Well for starters, it is stainless steel so it is easy to clean. It is a combination potato smasher/ricer in one unit. This masher seems to be built extremely solid. I have had no issues with it in anyways as far as it durability goes. The masher has the regular part for you potatoes and then it has a plate with holes in it for the ricer part. This is all on a spring loaded system that is fairly strong in resistance.
Personally I have used this to smash potatoes and bananas. Now for the potatoes I have done both skinned and potatoes with the peelings on it still. With out the skin it is super easy and melts through the potatoes with ease. Now if you plan to leave the skins on the potatoes it is not going to work as far as going through the ricer part to break it down really fine. This is made for mashing, not cutting. Now when it comes to the bananas in the recipe I use I had milk, applesauce, vanilla, and a few other items. The masher does a great job with mashing and pushing it through the ricer part. If you are doing this with a food like bananas be ready for it to have some suction between the masher plate and the bottom of the bowl until it is reduced to small pieces. It is not a strong suction but if you are not paying attention and move the smasher I could lift the bowl and drop it and make some mess.
Now for cleaning and care of this. It stays that it is dishwasher safe. I don't know if you would ever actually need to put in through a dishwasher since it is stainless steel. It only takes a steady stream of hot water to knock and melt all of the particles off of it. The handle on the masher is solid so you do not have to worry about it holding water if you do use it in the dishwasher.
If you are in the market for a really good potato masher, you need to look no further. This masher will handle almost any project you have in mind in the kitchen. I would like to thank The Kitchen Fix and affiliates for sending me this masher to try out and leave my opinion.
Can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Quality-Potato-Masher-MashPro/dp/B00KSXCV42/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427813675&sr=8-1&keywords=MashPro
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