I have been looking & looking for one of these little gadgets. I was so excited to come across this OXO Good grips apple corer. I have an big apple peeler/corer but really didn't like the cranking that I have to do with it or the mess it makes. I do a lot of canning & wanted to just get the core out & then run the rest of the apple through my Juicer & then Mill it but it was so much work before. A friend showed me how she did it with just taking the cores out & Boy was it was easier. using the corer by OXO is much quicker,less messy & retains more of the fruit. Very Very Glad I purchased this. Its sturdy & held up well to my 50lbs of apples