I try to start cutting my food with a cut for leveling the potatoes so it sets in easy. It is also nice for cutting Carrot Sticks, Boiled Eggs. Cucumbers, even onions!The only downside I can think of is that the handle doesn’t stay up on its own when adding the food to the cutting blades.It’s easy to take apart and clean but you do have to take it apart to get it cleaned, downside! Other than that, it has made quick work out of a normally timely process.It also could benefit having more weight at the bottom to keep in place.