bought this a few months back on june 16th 2012, and it has worked flawless for over 20 cases of beer cans.I bolted the can crusher to a piece of plywood and then attached the plywood to a 2x4 stud in the garage.As i crushed a few cans, i noticed that if you try to over crush a can, it wants to flex the plastic backing and it wants to flex away from the plywood , i can see it breaking over time, so i drilled 2 holes through the plastic backing/base if you will,and put in re-enforcing bolts with washers, so now it works perfect, and will last a long time.**update 11/14/12**Still working great, over 3 huge contractors garbage bags full of crushed cans