I bought this reluctantly because I needed a pastry blender and this is the only one I could find. After reading the other reviews, I figured it would be fine. Big mistake. The butter pushed the wires around at first, then got stuck all over them rather than actually being blended into my dry ingredients. After two solid minutes of attempting to cut in the butter, I decided I could do better with my fingers. I was done in seconds instead of minutes. I will never use this or any other pastry blender again.