I bake loaves in a bread machine once or twice a week. Until I bought this slicer about 6 months ago I had pretty poor results trying to slice bread, particularly fresh bread, with a bread knife. This slicer has changed that totally. I can slice loaves about 2-3 hours after they come out of the machine, either thick or thin slices with no holes or tears. Because the loaves are quite tall, I lay them sideways when slicing. I waste less of the loaf and enjoy evenly toasted bread. The slicer is easy to clean of crumbs and folds up into the origina...Read more