When I was looking through reviews, trying to find them for the specific attachment I wanted, its kind of confusing because they have reviews for all these attachments together. Anyway, this is for the slicer/shredder. My step-mom gave me her Kitchenaid because she never uses it. I don't really bake very often, so I mostly wanted it for attachments and this was the first one I bought. I have since also picked up the food processor and meat grinder. Heres my thoughts on it:

Dislikes:

-Shredding/slicing: It does an OK job of shredding and slicing, but my food processor does a much better job. When I shred cheese (which is the main reason I bought this) it clumps up, especially with the smaller shredding cone. It works by food going in the chute and is pushed down into the rotating cone and coming out in the middle. After my cheese comes out and spins in the cone it clumps up because it doesn't automatically just fall out, it spins and spins until it works its way out. Think of a spinning cotton candy machine and how cotton candy swirls around, thats my cheese. When I sliced potatoes the sizes weren't as uniform as I would like. There were lots of bits and pieces all over (Im posting a picture). It still is so quick, shredding cheese for nacho's or tacos takes a few minutes, rather than 10 minutes with bloody knuckles and a sore arm.
-Cone and rod assembly: Assembling the whole thing isn't too hard when you've done it a few times, but this part of the assembly sucks. So the rod has this fan like thing on the end you screw the cone onto. Theres a little indentation on the actual white attachment that you stick the square piece in that gives you some leverage to do it because its a tight fit. There have been a few times I have had to have my husband get it off. Its very difficult. Im not a wimpy girl either. Its quite frustrating.
-Leaves big chunks behind: This is so frustrating. When Im pushing a food down and its done, as in no more food is coming out, I look in the hopper and there will be large pieces of food left. This appears to be due to the space between the pusher and the cone. Last time I shredded cheese there was a thick slice that never made it to the cone.
-No soft foods: It does say this in the description, so I cant hold it against them, but this just pulverizes tomatoes and other soft fruits/veggies. My food processor attachment works on soft items much better (still not great though). If I throw food in the freezer for 5-15 minutes ahead of time it does a better job.

Likes:

-Dishwasher safe: This takes up a lot of room in my dishwasher, but oh well. I wouldn't want to clean out the cones or the whole assembly. I love that I can just toss it all in there.
-Less pieces to assemble/disassemble: My food processor attachment has a lot more pieces to worry about and they aren't all dishwasher safe. In fact, I almost returned it because theres some seams in the large unit that chunks and juices can get into. This slicer/shredder is much more sanitary and easy to set up. I pretty much only get the food processor attachment out if I have a lot to do!
-Fun to watch: My daughter loves when I use this because she watches all the food tumble out. Its a silly little thing, but it makes the job a little better.

Overall, for the price Im not super disappointed. I don't know if I would necessarily buy it again, but I do use it about once every 2 weeks. The food processor does all the same stuff, but a lot more. Unfortunately, its much more cumbersome to clean and store.
When I was looking through reviews, trying to find them for the specific attachment I wanted, its kind of confusing because they have reviews for all these attachments together. Anyway, this is for the slicer/shredder. My step-mom gave me her Kitchenaid because she never uses it. I don't really bake very often, so I mostly wanted it for attachments and this was the first one I bought. I have since also picked up the food processor and meat grinder. Heres my thoughts on it:

Dislikes:

-Shredding/slicing: It does an OK job of shredding and slicing, but my food processor does a much better job. When I shred cheese (which is the main reason I bought this) it clumps up, especially with the smaller shredding cone. It works by food going in the chute and is pushed down into the rotating cone and coming out in the middle. After my cheese comes out and spins in the cone it clumps up because it doesn't automatically just fall out, it spins and spins until it works its way out. Think of a spinning cotton candy machine and how cotton candy swirls around, thats my cheese. When I sliced potatoes the sizes weren't as uniform as I would like. There were lots of bits and pieces all over (Im posting a picture). It still is so quick, shredding cheese for nacho's or tacos takes a few minutes, rather than 10 minutes with bloody knuckles and a sore arm. -Cone and rod assembly: Assembling the whole thing isn't too hard when you've done it a few times, but this part of the assembly sucks. So the rod has this fan like thing on the end you screw the cone onto. Theres a little indentation on the actual white attachment that you stick the square piece in that gives you some leverage to do it because its a tight fit. There have been a few times I have had to have my husband get it off. Its very difficult. Im not a wimpy girl either. Its quite frustrating. -Leaves big chunks behind: This is so frustrating. When Im pushing a food down and its done, as in no more food is coming out, I look in the hopper and there will be large pieces of food left. This appears to be due to the space between the pusher and the cone. Last time I shredded cheese there was a thick slice that never made it to the cone. -No soft foods: It does say this in the description, so I cant hold it against them, but this just pulverizes tomatoes and other soft fruits/veggies. My food processor attachment works on soft items much better (still not great though). If I throw food in the freezer for 5-15 minutes ahead of time it does a better job. Likes:

-Dishwasher safe: This takes up a lot of room in my dishwasher, but oh well. I wouldn't want to clean out the cones or the whole assembly. I love that I can just toss it all in there. -Less pieces to assemble/disassemble: My food processor attachment has a lot more pieces to worry about and they aren't all dishwasher safe. In fact, I almost returned it because theres some seams in the large unit that chunks and juices can get into. This slicer/shredder is much more sanitary and easy to set up. I pretty much only get the food processor attachment out if I have a lot to do! -Fun to watch: My daughter loves when I use this because she watches all the food tumble out. Its a silly little thing, but it makes the job a little better. Overall, for the price Im not super disappointed. I don't know if I would necessarily buy it again, but I do use it about once every 2 weeks. The food processor does all the same stuff, but a lot more. Unfortunately, its much more cumbersome to clean and store.