Microplane Stainless Cheese Mill, Stainless Steel

Works ok if you push hard on the top as you turn it. Doesn't hold as much cheese as I would have liked.

If you want something to grate parmesan cheese, then store it in the refrigerator, look no further. We have tried a few of these, but others were flimsy, didn't provide enough leverage to grade easily, or didn't provide suitable storage. This one met all expectations.There are two grating wheels for varying the fineness of what you grate. The non-used one stores in the bottom lid, which is convenient. The handle is easy to turn and grate. The whole thing comes apart and cleans very easily.No complaints!

This is my second Microplane cheese mill. I had the first one for a couple of years, until it wouldn't hold the shredding blade in place anymore while turning. So, I replaced it with this newer model in Dec 2012. It fell apart a couple of weeks ago. The problem seems to be that the tube that holds the sharp blade in place is plastic, and has little plastic teeth that fit into little grooves in the sharp metal plate. As you use the mill, the blade digs into the little plastic teeth, and wear them down. Once the teeth are sufficiently worn down, the blade is no longer in a static position, and as you turn the body to shred the cheese, the blade turns too, and is unable to shred the cheese. They need to make the tube out of metal so the teeth won't wear down. I'm sad this unit only lasted a few months, had it lasted a few years like the previous model I would replace it. I'll stick to the flat planes for now until they get this design flaw sorted out.

It takes a lot of pressure to grate a hard cheese like parmesan. The construction is very simple, but the design is not effective. The cheese is pressed against a circular grater, and spun over the grater. As a result the cheese in the middle is moving very little distance with each rotation, so it grates very slowly. The barrel style grater is much more effective.

Pro: It grates excellentCon: Any size chunk of cheese makes the "Top" sit up too high and if you dont use the whole chunk there is seal to keep it fresh. Doesnt fit in my refrigerator shelves except the top one for tall items

Sharp blade and easy to use

This is best Cheese Mill ever! It is easy to clean and store. I have had many and my biggest complaint is that they are hard to work, break, rust and difficult to clean without getting cut. I use it often! I do not know why you can no longer find it in the stores. However, I am thankful that Amazon carries it.

I was looking for a new cheese grater and this one looked easy enough. The blades are flimsey and very bendy - the plastic housing is - well what good can you say about plastic. All in all a big looser on the cheese grating front.