There is no perfect answer. You can buy a commercial slicer at a great price that slices great, but is so hard to clean you just dread using it. Or you can buy an easy to clean "home" model that is kind of a wuss, but does fine for a task or two at a time. Both can be purchased used, or barely used at phenomenal prices, but if it is so hard to clean that you don't want to use it, then FREE is even too expensive.