Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Skip it

At the time it was the only small electric shredder I could find, and I've used this item for over a year, but I can't say I like it one bit.Its primary role has been to shred carrots. As others have noted, the shreds fly everywhere unless you very carefully cup your hand around the spout. That's assuming you can get the carrots to shred. The unit is designed in such a way that often the carrots or pieces (you usually need to cut them to get them in the tube) will catch in the space between the tube and the blade. It's a hassle to have to fish those parts out and try again. And eventually, pressing carrots down to shred leads to a bent, then broken blade.My previous mini-food processor handled this work for years before it faded. The B&D; unit is a great example of poor design and poor quality materials.