Loving my new meat tenderizer I used it on my steaks last night and it worked wonderfully, it was very easy to use I just had to press down on the top handle and the needles would go up and down into the meat tenderizing it without me having to bang it hard and make so much noise like the hammer type tenderizers do, after it was very easy to clean I just pulled the two bottom clips out and the bottom part came for so I could easy wash the needles and then store it back in the nice holding container it comes with and I'm all done definitely made everything so much easier it's well worth the price.