electric cheese grater

I just received this today and was anxious to put it to use... opened the box and was surprised... where were the stainless steel blades mentioned in the description?? It was entirely made of plastic, blades - yep plastic. I nearly packaged it back up immediately -- but then since it was here, I decided to see if it worked. So I pulled out a potato and started to grate it... and yes. It works. It works quite well. I don't know if the plastic blades will hold up over time - I'm very interested in knowing if the other reviews on here were also plastic blades or is this a new "improvement."

My experience with this product goes back 15 years, when I first purchased it. Because it grates a trifle larger and isnt metal, I was impressed with it's look.
It got better as Hash Browns were better then the restaurants, and my hands werent bleeding from a grater.
That was the original Borner, that has been improved to a larger size, with a convenient food holder.
Quality and price excellent with the customers needs addressed very well !

I bought this grater based on the reviews and comments left by others. I am a potato junkie and I recently bought a potato ricer to get the juices out of the potatoes I shred. The shredding took forever, like 10 minutes for one potato on a name brand shredder, then I had to rice the shreds, then cook, and then finally I could eat. I got this Borner shredder because someone commented that it was fast and it really is! It takes me about 1 minute to shred a potato. The shreds are much larger than I would have preferred, but what is interesting is that I don't have to rice these shreds at all. I tried, but nothing dripped. I don't get it! Borner shreds...to pan..to belly! All in about 7 minutes and I love it. I didn't receive the the food holder with mine and do plan on calling Amazon to complain- others got it and it is pictured, so it should be included. I am managing fine without it, but I hear the holder is for safety. I will probably buy the julienne style Borner just to see... Read more