If you like smashed, not pressed, garlic...
Purchased (3) of these garlic press devices after seeing videos and reading reviews but very disappointed in the product. The press itself is a completely different shape than what is shown in the videos. The bottom is nearly flat, so there's no ability to rock it. I have tried to press dozens of cloves of garlic and it never pushes easily through the perforated metal. I end up with a smashed piece of garlic clinging to the bottom of the mesh. If I continue to drag and press back and forth, like a grater, it eventually pushes through. I thought it was the garlic, but after multiple tries with different heads of garlic, I feel it's the device. The ease in which the video shows the garlic pressing through is not realistic. I'm a seasoned cook, so this is not some amateur-hour complaint. I have tried to contact the mfr. three times via email with no response.