I purchased this masher after my potato masher that had a similar head design but a typical longer handle failed at one side of the welds.  It is great.  I really like this style of masher head because it sort of rices potatoes rather than mashes them.  The plastic rubbery handle is wide and the short handle design allows for more leverage when mashing.  It does sink into the potatoes a lot for a very big pot of potatoes - I prefer to use an 8-qt stockpot for mashing for less depth of potatoes and easier mashing.  This masher also works great for bananas and even crushing graham crackers for a pie crust.