Side by Side Comparison of: GalleyFresh Kitchenware vs Presto

I am very pleased with the way it works, made cutting the potatos super easy.

Bought this as a Christmas gift for my mom last year. She loves it! Even a year later, the blades are still sharp and slices the vegetables as well as it did the day she pulled it out of the box. The blades are easy to change from blades that slice thicker to blades that slice thinner. It's easy to clean and doesn't take much space. You can slice almost any vegetable and it makes the job so much quicker and easier than slicing by hand with a knife. She has used it so much and it has been very well worth the money. Would definitely recommend for anyone that spends a lot of time preparing food.

This slicer is great! I used it to slice potatoes for a scalloped potato dish and it worked smoothly. It has 5 interchangeable blades and everything fits nicely back in the box for easy storage. I love that it stands up on its own while you are slicing. The hand guard also works nicely with prongs to hold the item in place. I see this becoming a very handy tool for day-to-day prep in my cooking regimen. I've uploaded a copy of the instructions as some people can't seem to find them. The instructions come with the confirmation e-mail, versus printed and in the box.

This is my first mandoline so there was a slight learning curve for me to get the hang of using it successfully. I mangled my first tomato and I sliced off a tiny chip of plastic from the safety grip slicing a potato... user errors all my own fault. But by my third time using it, it was a breeze. I love this thing! The price point is great for a mandoline with this many inserts for slicing varying thicknesses.

One recommendation I'd have for newbies like me: mine came with no instructions in the box, so the only description of which insert to use for different cuts was a picture on the side of the box. You might want to cut that panel off the box and keep it before you throw the box away.

I used the slicer for the first time today. I slice sweet onions to dehydrate. My family and friends love them so I dehydrate a lot. I don't know how long the blades will stay sharp, only time will tell. So far I absolutely love it! Easy to use, easy to change blades, easy to clean. I can slice large size onions. The guard is wonderful. Can't say enough about it, I highly recommend this mandolin slicer.

I love this salad shooter. I really mostly use it to shred Cheddar cheese blocks. It works great. I had an older one that finally cracked so I bought this new one. I am very pleased with it. It is more powerful than the old one so it doesn't bogg down much at all. It is a little noisier than the old one, but I don't run it for very long...so I still give it 5 stars.

I can't believe how well this works. I have a $300 Cuisinart food processor that I'd been using to process produce from our huge garden. It broke (again!) and I decided to take a chance on the Presto based on the great reviews. Wow, what a great machine. It actually shreds cleaner than the Cuisinart, no mush and glop like Cuisinart makes. It goes forever, cleans VERY easily, and extra parts are cheap and easy to order. I ordered the extra shredding blades from Presto, and then got another pusher assembly off eBay so I can trade off while one's in the dishwasher. During this time of year, I'm processing 30-50 lbs of zucchini at one time, twice or three times a week, mostly shredding it, and this machine just won't quit. And it's even faster if I'm slicing. I've also used it to shed a ton of cheese, and it does it beautifully, again much nicer than the Cuisinart and with less waste, and SO MUCH easier to clean. I love making salads to take for lunch, I can quickly slice and shred some veggies in the morning and just rinse the cones and set them out to dry. I absolutely love this thing!!

I bought mine in 2010 and it is used exclusively for chopping pecans and for that purpose there is nothing better. Yes, I know you can buy chopped pecans but what you are getting are essentially floor sweepings. If you bake and need chopped pecans you better chop them yourselves. I typically chop 10 lbs at a time and power is a requirement. In a few minutes I'm done and all the parts that get dirty go in the dishwasher. I find that the ripple cone is the best for nut chopping but mine is getting little cracks in the corners of the slicing insert. It still work well but I thought I would buy another cone. Go to Presto site and the ripple cone is no longer available but it is still included in the set sold here. I interpret this fact as it is available in the set but not as a part as an indication that it likely is no longer in production and they are just playing out the string. I could be wrong but when was the last time you saw a SaladShooter ad for this product that once was widely promoted? I see me buying what to me is essentially a $50 ripple cone but at $10 a year I'm still getting value for money. I soon will corner the market for never used slicing cones. I just can't bear throwing them out.

I was skeptical about this one. I was perfectly happy with my mandolin until I sliced the top of my pinky off. Obviously, I needed a new system, but a saladshooter? There are a lot of parts, but they all come off of the motor section and go right into the dishwasher (the motor section wipes clean and
fits in the space in the drawer left when I threw out my 2 mandolins). One twist to the right mounts the chute to the motor section. The slicer/shedder cone fits into the circular base of the chute and one twist to the right of the plastic ring secures the slicer/shredder cone to the chute (lining them up becomes second nature after the first couple of times). That's it. Fill the chute (or half-chute for smaller amounts) loosely, plug it in, and use the adjustable food guide to push the food through the slicer/shredder cone into a bowl. I've had this item for 2 weeks, and I've used it at least once a day for salads, soups, snacks, side dishes. I've sliced carrots, celery, green peppers, mushrooms, onions, potatoes, cheddar and parmesan cheeses and nuts. It's as easy to disassemble as it is to assemble. Rinse and put all non-motor parts in the dishwasher, stack and zip-lock-bag them when they're clean. One of the other reviewers pointed out that celery can jam, and I found this to be true (it gets a little stringy, but it's useable). So, as daunting as this machine appears to be, I found it surprisingly quick and pilot-friendly. Not only would I recommend it to a friend, I bought one for my sister-in-law for her birthday.

After grating off a chunk of my pinkie, I've had enough of my evil grater and started looking for a faster and safer solution to my shredded carrots addiction.
Following tons and tons of research, I bought the supremely ugly SaladShooter. It does what it is advertised to do, and does it beautifullly. I can shred 5 lb of carrots in minutes. MINUTES! Washing them and cutting off all the ends takes more time.

Just why does it have to be so very ugly? It also stains from certain veggies right away, in my case obviously carrots, so I wish it came in red or black instead of offwhite.

I uploaded pictures to show the uglyness of orange stains.

Nice wide face area to slice on so it works really well with larger veggies. Can't do anything on it with carrots. But foe my slicing needs, this is super quick and easy. Has become a STAPLE item in my kitchen. This product is well-made. PLEASE be careful---there is a learning curve to getting the hang of this and just use caution, the blades are SHARP!!

I like this slicer. You just need to be careful with it. What I found is that the piece that holds your vegetable only takes the vegetable down so far. I didn't want to waste so much food so I tried to continue the slicing by holding the vegetable and I almost sliced my finger doing so. Be careful with this slicer. I recommend getting the mitt you can wear that is cut resistant.

I was very excited to get this product. I used it a little bit and it has become a dust collector in my cabinets. The main reason is because the slicing guard is really big and when you've sliced maybe 2/3 of the vegetable or fruit, the guard hits the mandolin and doesn't allow more slicing. So you have to remove the remainder of the fruit/veg etc and hand slice it with a knife anyways. (Or maybe purchase a sharps glove for protection and still use the mandolin with your glove hand- may still be dangerous?)

I actually considered giving away my mandolin. Still mostly chop chop on my cutting board with a knife and I was excited to move away from that with a faster option.

The product arrived timely, and I give only a 4 star rating due to the following details. As a first time user and never having seen this product used, I was dismayed there were no instructions at all with the product, not even on the box it came in. The box did warn me to handle with care as the blades were very sharp. I had to go to the internet and watch YouTube videos to understand how it works. I figured out on my own how to change the slicers. I am sure as I get more familiar with using it, it will become a staple in my kitchen. I do wish I had a slicer where I could adjust the slice thickness, but the 3 different slicers will do for now.

It's plastic but better than the one I previously bought at the supermarket. However, it didn't come with instructions and instead of having a 3.5mm blade guide it had two 2.5mm guides. I'm waiting to hear from Amazon to see if they can get the missing piece for me. The safety guide is much better than the one I had and the adjustable prongs grab the food solidly.

Update: Amazon shipped me a new one and this had all of the correct pieces. Good to know that they worked so quickly to make it right. Thanks Amazon!

Love it, but don't use it as much as I thought I word. Only 2 of us. I will use it when I could for a larger group. Holiday especially.Works great.

Works great, easy to use and clean. Is great for those times you don't want to lug out your food processor !

A little bulky but, plenty of power. We grind beets, carrots, radish, cauliflower, potato, and apples and it barely slows down. Makes life much easier for our elderly mother since grating by hand is pretty hard for her these days. Kind of bulky to find storage for all the attachments and unit.

Works well overall and a time saver. Really noisy as others have stated. Until I became familiar with the shooter it was awkward to assemble. Shredder is great. Instead of cutting and shredding vegetables daily for a salad, I can do a lot of prep ahead of time enabling Me too have veggies over several days. One good benefit now I shred a different variety of vegetables into my salad than before because of time and/or laziness. One big con, I wished it had more metal parts don't like the plastic.

Am happy that I purchased this product. I have used it 4 out of the last 5 days. Easy to clean, by hand - and really pretty easy to store. We are traveling the US in an RV so space is precious and no dishwasher but there are no complaints here for what work it does in the kitchen. I have used it to slice the ginger I had asked 'the community" about and it works great! Now I can have fresh slicesof ginger everyday for cooking and my tea! I have not tried to grate the ginger yet though but am sure that it will work well too. I did try a sausage link - slightly frozen, slices were thin, still round but a few were messy - no big deal. Have done zucchini, squash, celery, onions and my first potatoes (for au gratin). All worked great!Would recommend to others.

Hats off to the Amazon community for the customer feedback provided re: the Presto Professional SaladShooter (PPSS) ... your comments persuaded me to purchase this product.You were right!I've had my PPSS about a month now and find myself looking for opportunities to use more fresh vegetables in my cooking!For example, I love stir-fry but have only prepared it occasionally because of the amount of prep work involved. Thanks to PPSS, prep work is quick and easy ... so much so that I've made stir-fry three times in the last month.Overall, I'm pleased with this purchase. However, I do have two concerns/questions that I want to share with the Amazon community.1) Power Cord ProblemsI have had problems with getting the unit to power up.After troubleshooting, I discovered that root cause was the positioning of the electrical cord where it enters the base unit. It had been twisted during packaging.When I straightened it out, the unit powered up. Unfortunately, the cord seems permanently twisted so I have to untwist it every time I use the device.Upon further research, I discovered that more recent versions of the Presto Professional SaladShooter come with a replaceable electrical cord.Clearly I got an older unit. Here is the model and unit number:Model: 0297003Unit: 47125K2Have you experienced this issue?2) Replacement conesFor stir-fry (and the scalloped potatoes my 97 year old father loves), my go-to cone is "thick slice" (regular slice is too thin).I want to order more thick-slice cones but don't see them as an option via Amazon.Have you found a trusted vendor where I can purchase these?

I couldn't get the 'holder' to hold onto the carrot. So I thought I could do it by hand. Be careful - the blades are very sharp. I sliced my finger. Now, I am wary to use it.

It's not sharp enough

A little hard to work with at first but I got the hang of it. I love that everything comes out the same size. However the round thing to hold the food for safety purposes is somewhat useless, it does not hold anything too skinny, too thick, or too hard like sweet potato. That was a little disappointing so I ended up buying the NoCry Cut resistant gloves then I just hold the food in my hands and go up and down until almost the end works like a charm!

Love my new slicer....just have to be careful, that blade is really sharp. I cut my finger taking it out of the box because I wasn't paying attention. After inspection, blade had several nicks in one side. Contacted GalleyFresh several times, They said they would send a replacement several times. Now been several months and nothing!!

the best I can say for this is it does an ok job.

The first one was dead on arrival and replaced without problem. ok can happen. The second one works good but one of the tools is just stamped out and not sharpened. Was nearly impossible to grind down potatoes. The other tools are good though. And its really loud. So ok but just not great.

I bought it to grate vegetables since I have a very productive home garden (bottle gourds, carrots)It is good for grating large volumes. Reduced a bulk of my load.But no I would not recommend purchasing this for routine use:1. Does not shoot as nicely as in pic. Unless you hold it at an angle. But for me personally I can't press hard and hold it slanting.2. Fitting of blade funnel needs to be done well (base and ring lock) which is a bit pain but sometimes mine keep falling off. It happened after use for sometime so Maybe it's my fixing problem.3. Material gets lodged between the funnel (chute funnel like opening) and blade funnel and then one needs to apply lot more force to push it through.4. Cleaning is a pain5. One of the blades broke while slicing carrorts.

I bought this at the end of January this year and loved it. Primarily used it for grating cauliflower for cauliflower rice. However, it died last week while shredding cheese. The motor stopped working and the damn thing went in the trash. It was a very useful small appliance for me, so I'm debating whether I will buy another one. Hopefully this was just a fluke, since other reviewers seem to have gotten good use out of theirs.

I have always loved these, but this is the first time I have paid full price for one. I usually pick them up at my local thrift shop for pennies on the dollar. They wind up lasting me a couple years and I use them often. This time, I couldn't find one so I decided that if the older, used varieties have had a couple years life in them, the new and updated version should be great! I can't say that I am convinced that will be the case. Out of the box, it has a burning smell. I thought it would go away after a few uses but it isn't. It feels as though the motor is struggling and I have to baby it. My thrift store finds were stronger than this one. Basically, I am using this for carrots and other easy to shred, light jobs. Yeah, mostly carrots and radishes. Small cheese jobs perhaps.

Like others I use to own one of these years ago but smaller version. This is the Professional and the size is quite a bit bigger. I like all the attachments with this model, and I do think if you don't put the parts in the dishwasher, should last you for years. When you are grating a hard cheese, I notice the turning on this model doesn't seem as fast as my old one, but it works well. I do notice that after dropping in some squares of say cheddar cheese, it grates it just fine, but when you pull it a part to clean it, I notice it left some flat pieces of the cheese...basically a waste unless you pull those pieces out and reinsert it in the top. Same for some vegetables.I think if I was to recommend I would get the smaller size, go to Presto's website and order the attachments I want from there, they are only $4.99 each. Complaints...slow turning, very loud (surprised how loud it was, my old one was much quieter), too bulky, and leaves too much food in the barrel.

After returning the first one (see below), I now have a replacement. Works fine so far. However I used it to cut up carrots tonight and parts of it are now very orange and the color is not washing off. I consider that a sign of cheap material.ORIGINAL REVIEW:Wow, fast delivery of a huge disappointment. I ordered the Professional model due to the great reviews and the FOUR slicing/shredding attachments. The box it came in says it is the Professional model and says four and the picture shows four. There are two. There is zero quality control with most manufacturers. Especially if the product says "Made in China".I wanted this to help with Thanksgiving dinner prep.

Not handy. It does not cut correctly: it cuts only half of the veggies. I would not recommend it.

It works. The storage is a bit slippery for the blades as it is positioned horizontally for storage. The device to hold product for use is limited in size and you will have to use a knife to accommodate that. It is sharp and care has to be taken.

I received my mandoline and I was excited.. To say the least, it was short lived. I put it together so that I could use it that night.. My family and I live on primarily a plant based diet, and do juicing, so having a mandoline I thought would've made thins a breeze and cut back on time spent slicing, etc. The blade isn't that sharp at all, it was a struggle to slice a sweet potato... And while slicing a pear, it was still a little challenging.
The plastic handle/tool broke, were it slides on to assist and make it so that you don't cut your hand/fingers.
This was my first mandoline and it made it a little difficult to want to buy another.

Like the previous one I owned the removable part does not stay locked in the motor unit preventing the triggering of the security switch. Same problem I've seen forever. I thought they would have fixed it by now...

It would be an awesome product if it worked. I purchased on May 19th 2016. Had to replace small slicing cone since (i use it the most). Now while slicing radish or cumber the whole thing falls apart while slicing. Have to hold it in locked position. For $50 they are charging for it, I woudl expect more durability. Also this product was placed ins service in May 19 2016 today is 8/31/2016 and I am writing this review because I am looking for this product replacement. I only use it to make a salad for lunch for work 4 times a week. This thing is not going to work with grating hard cheese. I am having hard time keeping it together to grate carrots and radish.

I was very excited to get a salad shooter to make the chore of preparing the salads easy and be able to make smaller qty butthis is not the one for me.First of all is underpowered and slow , unit is not able to shred the apple with the peel on. Second the thumper is awkward to use and and push , too many parts and this units requires that you press very hard to shred. I am a strong man and I found it hard to use , wife gave up on it on the first try.Last but not least unit is super noisy and hard to clean , lots of pieces and the flimsy retainer ring didn't inspire confidence that this unit will last long.

It's noisy, awkward, and the plastic stains easily. A food processor or a mandoline would be a better option. We tried it and sent it right back. It shredded carrots, but we tried to slice cucumbers and it had a hard time with the very thin skin of a European cuke.

Only works with some veggies like Cauliflower, Potato etc...it did not work when I tried shredding onions or green pepper into thin long slices because if the onion or green pepper falls parallel to the surface of the blade (long slicer) it did not work and made a very loud screeching sound enough to wake everybody in the building.

I like it but not that much. if got a lot of qualities yes but you really can't cut that easily. I thought it would take less mechanical effort but i have to push on the carrots, cucumbers or onions. Mostly its for decorations or something but for day to day cooking, its not worth it. the slices are too thin, the whole inside gets dirty and stuffed. An its harder to clean (the metal parts are quite sharp.) I can't cut veggies like onions, potatoes or pepper (capsicum) or cabbages. It showed it in that box but i can't do it. its no possible ways.

Please don't waste your money. Spend the extra couple $$ on a better one . Blades are already dull an food gets stuck where the 2 blades meet .

I think this was a waste unless I'm using it wrong. I will try again, but at this time it's not the best working piece of equipment for me.

I gave it away. Hated it.

Very poor instructions.

This is the only review I've done in the 8+ years I've been an Amazon customer. The box was beat to hell when I got it and the plastic sleeves to cover a "new product" were ripped and shredded I think this has been sent back a few times. I used it for 15 minutes and threw it back in the box. Was slicing onions no big deal it should handle it right? Haha when it got to the center of the onion it just stuck halfway into a blade had to dig it out with my hand in fear of losing a hand or finger. The rest of the 5 minutes felt like a struggle to slice it would not move quickly through as it should. I don't know why this has 5 star reviews I guess people are just too used to cheap crap. I'd give it a -2 stars if I could.

Did not work. Would not shred any vegetables.

The product is missing a major part. Without this part the product cannot be use. I am missing the round seal/lock that locks the cutting cylinders in the shooter. This is not my first salad shooter, although it is larger.

I used it to make salads. It somehow took longer than chopping the veggies myself. And not to mention the veggies the Presto chopped looked less presentable/less appetizing.

It is so difficult to get lined up properly in order to activate the on switch that it is just faster to cut the carrots by hand. Wasted the money. Don't have enough time to fiddle with it. Works for one chopping load, then when I cleaned it out, the alignment for the switch was off and I never did get it back in place to work again. Would be a great product if it had a better alignment system to activate the switch.

I was doing a project that needed a lot of grated vegetables. I was looking for an alternative to a food processor but before I chose this I read all of the reviews. Most of the reviews here are positive and addressed all of the issues that I thought were important, so based on this I chose to give this a try. I was totally disappointed with its performance. It was easy to assemble, but the minute I inserted my vegetables it started to go downhill. I was chopping cabbage so I cut it into little pieces and inserted a little at a time. Nothing came out. I continued to insert more and more, but the more I inserted the more it became clogged. I scraped out the chopped cabbage to find chunks that were stuck to the blade. I disassembled it to find the food stuck to the blade on both sides, it was a mess to cleanup with no headway in my project. I took 30 minutes to grate one half of a cabbage and 1 red pepper. I didn't attempt anything else. I had enough at this point and chose to clean it to ship back. When cleaning I noticed the little bit of red pepper that I had tried had gotten juiced instead of chopped or grated and the machine was stained everywhere. Not sure why others liked this so much, but if you have a project your doing and are considering this I would look into a food processor instead. Shipped back with uttter disgust and disappointment.

I bought it in November for Thanksgiving, and it was amazing. I was so impressed that it allowed me to make some salad in 3 minutes so I recommended it to many of my friends. However, last night I wanted to make some cucumber salad and that was only the second time I used this salad shooter, but the power switch didn't work, maybe it got stuck or something. I liked it so much I thought I shouldn't give up so easily, well, this morning I tried it again, and went through the instructions book and still couldn't figure out why it doesn't work anymore. I'm so sad that I have to return it, :( it still looks brand new, but just doesn't work.