- Vivaant Parmesan Cheese Grater Hand Crank, Restaurant-Grade Rotary Cheese Grater Handheld Italian Style with 2 Stainless Steel Drum Blades is Dishwasher Safe & Easy to Clean

This handy little grater is excellent. My family consumes a fair bit of grated Parmesan, and this makes it quick and easy (and safe!) to grate some freshly at any time. I've also used it successfully to grate softer cheeses, nuts, chocolate, and occasional other ingredients. Cleaning is easy, too. The grater is solid and strong, but light. We were very happy with this for two years... Then the hard plastic cracked! (Not to worry, this story ends well!) It hasn't quite broken, and is in fact still serviceable. But clearly the handle is about to break off from the hopper. I figured two years is less than I'd like, but maybe that's the best I should expect. It turns out: not at all. I wrote the vendor, and immediately got the best possible reply. They offered an immediate replacement (well, full refund for a replacement, because of international shipping considerations, but the end result is the same), and apologies for an apparently rare problem. Service was friendly, helpful, prompt, and well beyond what I had expected. I already thought the grater was a 5-star product. This level of service makes it an even surer buy.

The Vivaant grater was easy to use and clean. When i had a problem with one of the drums, the company promptly replaced it. When they say they guarantee their product, unlike some other companies, they mean it. Great value and customer service!

Original Mouli grater no longer available. Metal imitations did not work well (bent and made black marks on cheese). This one does a good job so far. For plastic, it is well made. I am careful to not use large chunks of cheese or squeeze too hard when using. Accessories are a plus.

I am a former chef and a constant cook. My own kitchen is outfitted better than most restaurants, with everything professional grade or better. There is no comparison between freshly grated parmesan versus the stuff in a can. (Frankly, I'm not even sure what that stuff in a can is since it has a taste and consistency somewhere between sawdust and kitty litter.) I hate using a box grater for hard cheeses. It seems to leave as much cheese on the grater as it does on my board. I've employed MANY rotary graters over the years, only to be disappointed in their construction as well as their inability to do what they're supposed to do: grate the cheese/nuts/chocolate/etc. that I'm running through there. Inevitably they find their way into the recycling bin, another exercise in futility and waste of money. As I banked my latest disappointing grater off the lid of the bin and into the cylinder, I began my quest for the next member of my cabinet. This rotary grater had received numerous positive reviews, so I thought I'd take a shot. When it arrived and I unboxed it, I was immediately impressed. Loved the design and construction, as well as the "extras", such as some small containers that could attach to the grater and be able to be filled and/or used at the table or for storage. Nice touch. The keystone design on the grating cylinder allows for quick assembly/disassembly and makes cleaning a breeze. Let's not forget the most important part: it tears through my parmesan/Romano/chocolate like a breeze. Its performance is top notch. I was suitably impressed (and that is not an easy thing to do). Now for the negative...kind of. While I was cranking my way to a pile of parm, the grating cylinder broke. One of the support ribs did not handle the stress of hard cheese well. I swapped out the cylinder for a slightly larger grate and finished the job. (By the way, the cylinder for the softer cheese does a great (grate) job on the harder cheeses, but it's s slightly larger grate). Believe it or not, that failure turned out to be a good thing. When I contacted the company, they immediately acknowledged the issue, told me that they had a problem with that and had it redesigned with a different material to overcome the problem, and promptly sent me a replacement. All companies are good when you have no problems. But here's the thing...you can't run a business and not have problems. It's the businesses that care for their customers and take care of the problems that truly deserve our business. Standing behind their products or services should be the gold standard. In too many cases it's not...but it is here. Companies like that have gotten to be too few and far between. The ones that stand up for us, well...they deserve our business and receive my loyalty. Thank you again for a great (grate) product and amazing service.

After looking at several different versions of this hand-held grater from several different vendors, I settled on this one to use in grating fresh parmesan. I've always in the past used the dry grated parmesan that comes in the bottle (such as Kraft parmesan) or the shredded stuff you find in the grocery cheese aisle but have always wanted to try fresh parmesan like you get at Olive Garden. I finally took the plunge and ordered this one - I liked the ease with which it could be disassembled and would work easily for left- or right-handed people (the crank handle is easily swapped). We've gone through a full block of fresh parmesan now with this grater and so far I've really enjoyed using it. The fresh parmesan just adds something special to any dish, taking it to the next level over the packaged stuff, especially when used to garnish plated food for serving. The grater is easy to use and, given how easy it is to take apart, is easy to clean as well. I haven't tried this yet for any other kinds of product (chocolate, other cheeses, etc.) so I haven't used the larger-sized grater drum, though I expect it to function well also. The included containers that you can attach and grate into are pretty small, to be honest, so I don't really envision myself using them at all. I suppose that you could use them if you wanted to take freshly grated parmesan to add to your lunch or something but they really are only good for about 1 person's worth of cheese. So, more gimmicky than anything IMHO but not a negative for the product, just something to keep in mind. Finally, I liked that this grater was sold by a smaller mom-and-pop vendor and I like supporting the little guy, as it were. I can, based on my experience, definitely recommend this grater.

This is the second time am buying this as a cheese grater. My older product was left for my in-laws, so I bought another. I usually keep it in the fridge ready to grate my cheese, washing it in-between blocks of cheese. The older one has lasted over a year with no issues, thus bought a second and hope it'll last as well. Keep it dry and clean.