CucinaPro 178 Fresh Pasta Set

Customer Service is everything to the consumer. When he pays his money at a local shop, he returns home with a product, and if it performs as promised, he gets his money's worth. Such is not the case when mail ordering. The customer pays for the product and waits, often for weeks. When the product finally does arrive and is damaged, a new set of circumstances comes into play. Emails back and forth to the company begin, producing copies of the invoice, item numbers, and defining the problem in detail. After days of back and forth emailing, the consumer's only recourse is often re-boxing the item, hauling it to the nearest post office, and paying for postage. Then, the wait begins all over again. The result: Time wasted, money spent, aggravation all around. When the company finally acknowledges receipt of your mailing and ships the product to you again, you question if you can be sure of receiving the second shipping undamaged. The DBROTH pasta maker may be a good pro... Read more

I had always wanted to make fresh pasta, especially ravioli with great fillings like lamb, artichokes or crab. I found the whole process daunting and the reviews of machines made it sound even scarier. This is the first reason I chose this very inexpensive machine. If I failed miserably then it would not be a great loss. On the very first try my husband and I turned out an incredibly delicious meal of lamb ravioli with an herbed cream sauce. We had never made fresh pasta before. It took a while but the learning curve was not nearly as steep as some reviewers make it sound. The machine works exactly as it should, was not full of oil and filings (I did prepare for that by making a double recipe of dough)and only using my cutter crimper tool ([...])we produced professional looking, wonderful ravioli. Yeah, the crank handle got accidentally flung across the room a couple times, but this just added to the fun as we laughed, sipped wine and marveled at the amazing little pillows we actually ... Read more

The unit worked fine, but the handle kept on falling out of the unit and onto the floor. I must have picked it up 20 times, now the plastic part does not stay on the handle and I have to use it without it, which is not a problem. ------- UPDATE ------------- after using the machine twice, the rollers won't turn anymore in the highest settings when dough is passed through, i.e. pressure is applied to them. The attachments work fine.

I've been wanting a pasta roller for some time, my mother had one when I was younger. I have made fettuccini, angel hair, and farafelle pasta (using the lasagne roller and hand shaping) with this machine, cooking half the recipe that day and freezing the other half (already shaped) for another days use. Also with this machine i can make whole wheat pasta, and/or put spinach in the pasta to make it a bit more healthy than regular.

I just received this item for my birthday. Upon opening the box I could smell machine oil and see metal dust. After unwrapping all of the attachments, most of them had rust and corrosion on them and were coated in machine oil. I'm pretty sure cooking equipment should not have machine oil on them nor have metal dust. The construction seemed shotty at best. I boxed it back up and requested they return the product. I would not recommend this product to anyone.