After having the pasta roller for a year, we decided to try this roller, and it is so easy to use, even this husband can take over (as long as she made the dough, the filling, and told me what to do!) After following the included instructions for Pasta thickness and creating a long sheet of pasta, cut square on the ends, we folded it in half and began the process of adding the filling. The first attempt we did not stuff each ravioli full, and it was noticeable when we cooked them up. The second attempt, we didn't use the hopper, and used the spoon to fill each ravioli before moving on, and that gave us a better end product. It is important to take out the extra filling before you finish each sheet of pasta, or you will make a mess on the roller itself. We also found it helpful to let the sheets of ravioli set for a short period before separating them, and we cooked up the scraps from separating them. We have also saved them to use in a homemade chicken-noodle soup. If you are going to freeze the Ravioli for future use, I would freeze them solid on a cookie tray before trying to put them in a container (speaking from sad experience here).

Works as advertised, well made. I dinged it one star since, unlike the linguine attachment, this one came with four loose parts - two partially threaded rods and two plastic whatchamacallits.

If it happens to anyone else (or is the new standard) one would be well advised to dig out the good #1 phillips head bit. The screw holding it together was a bit stubborn and made a hash of one of those gummy cheap bits. One good thing about cheap bits is that, at least in this case, they act as a fuse and sacrifice themselves before ruining the screw which is apparently made out of mithril or somesuch.

Handy attachment to make wider pasta. Since I discovered how fast and easy it is to make pasta at home, I use it all the time. The wide shape makes for an interesting presentation. I particularly like it for pasta with mushroom and gorgonzola sauce. Note: the pasta comes out wider than store-bought pappardelle.

So easy to use and it works! The only annoying part is breaking the ravioli apart afterwards. You need to wait for a while for them to dry first, which means you can't cook them immediately. Even then you need to be careful and it's a bit tedious. The rollers could have been closer together to cut further into the pasta to make this step easier. Still, much faster than the manual way overall. Very little cleanup if you follow the directions and don't overfill.

My second time using the Linguine Pasta Cutter, the handle started skipping during the cutting. Luckily, I was mostly done with just a couple of batches left. By the end, the crank just spun around uselessly. The side of the unit is pretty easy to open with a Phillips head. When I took the side cover off, I discovered that the white plastic gear had completely chewed through the corresponding grey plastic gear.

Now I was just using this to cut regular ole pasta, nothing fancy or extra tough. I'm pretty much dumbfounded that a piece simply disintegrated. I just purchased this three weeks ago, so I'll ask Amazon for a replacement. But I'm kind of skeptical that, if the replacement uses the same kind of plastic gear, it will fare any better.

UPDATE
The replacement arrived from Amazon today. I immediately took off the side cover and, much to my relief, I saw sturdy metal gears in place of the plastic gearing on the broken unit. At first, I wondered if the plastic unit was a fake. But, other than the gears, the construction is remarkably similar. I think Marcato must have changed their manufacturing because of a high rate of failures using the plastic gears. I'm guessing that this unit will be much sturdier. Later, I'll update my rating if this cutter is more durable than the plastic one.

If you order any of these pasta cutters, do yourself a favor and immediately remove the side plate. If it doesn't have the metal gears, pack it up and return it.

UPDATE 2
I've used the metal-geared linguine cutter several times now without incident or drama. As you'd expect, it reliably cuts linguine. I'm changing my review from 1 star to 4 stars. I'm still going to dock Marcato a star since, at one point in time, they thought plastic gears could ever possibly be a good idea.