I owned a Susi garlic press that I purchased perhaps 30 years ago and it just now broke. It worked well the entire time. So I decided to replace it with this one which is all metal and has no plastic in it. I've just started to use it and it seems to work very well. it is a little larger so it holds full cloves of garlic more easily. It remains to be seen how well it will hold up. I do still peel the garlic before I put it in the press.