Title: Not as sharp as I had expected. Buy the microplane.
Product review: I thought this would be better than the Microplane because of its much-touted "2 sided photo etching process". I was terribly disappointed. The unit I got was dull and would not grate without using force. In addition, the grating surface is too short because it is divided into two- coarse and fine surfaces (each about 5-6" only). The sliding plastic covering the other half of the rasp interferes with grating. You could remove it to give you a little more room but that causes the rasp to lose torsional stiffness. The tendency to twist when you grate is not helped at all by the rounded ends. If they were flat, you could rest one end on the counter to stabilize it, but they are rounded so it actually promotes twisting. The Microplane is half the price, is built much better and grates so much more smoothly and effortlessly than the Cuisipro. I would definitely advise against buying this product.
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