I tried my hand at pasta making on New Year's day. This machine made it a lot easier! It rolled out the pasta super thin, and has a fettuccine and spaghetti cutter side. The mechanics of it worked really good. Only slight issue I had was the handle (which is removable by design to switch between the roller and the cutter) would fall out pretty easily. I know it's supposed to be easily removed, but a little tighter would be nice. I ended up dropping it about 6 times over the course of 3 hours of use, so I guess it wasn't that bad. The directions advised to run a piece of dough through all the mechanisms repeatedly to clean it first thing, which is good advice. Even cleaning it for about 10 mins with dough, if my pasta sheet hit the outside edge while going through, it would pick up some grey discoloration, so be careful of that and try to get all corners. I spent 5 hours making pasta, and can't wait to try it again this weekend! Great tool, very happy with it!
I LOVE homemade pasta and with all the machines out on the market, it was difficult to choose. Imperia is the brand that many professionals use but I cannot afford one of those. The "pro" unit has stainless steel rollers, which I would prefer I could not find any prosumer unit that used stainless. The limited edition is described as having a new coating so I bought this machine. It works great and has been easy to clean. If you want more attachments the 150 attachments fit this machine. I gave this four instead of 5 stars because 1) No stainless steel rollers 2) The clamp included is not "long" enough to fit short overhang raised edge countertops in my apartment.