Side by Side Comparison of: Norpro vs HomeNative

This slicer makes quick work of everything from cucumbers to potatoes. I used it to cut a 5 lb sack of potatoes into kettle chips in about 10 minutes. I also used it to slice a bunch of zucchini and oinions to put on the grill and it took me 1/10 of the time I usually spend slicing them with a knife. The thickness of the slices is so easy to adjust. You just twist the knob and you can go from paper thin to about 1/2" thick slices. Add on the slotted blade and you can make shoestring fries or pretty much whatever type of veggies you want to cut into strips. My daughter used it to cut zucchini into spaghetti sized strips and made a healthy spaghetti type dish, using the zucchini in place of pasta. One word of warning though, as I mentioned earlier, this thing is super sharp. It will not discriminate between your fingers and whatever you are cutting. This makes such fast work of slicing veggies, you will be tempted to just hold them in your hand as you run them back and forth at a lightning pace. If you prefer having all of your skin on your fingers to having some of it in your bowl of freshly sliced veggies, I'd use the included holder. Luckily, I was cutting 1mm thick chips and not steak fries when I learned this valuable lesson the hard way.

I bought it slice/chop papaya for papaya salad but didn't turn out so well, so I started using it for other things. I love how thinly you can use this to slice stuff. I didn't have a spiralizer so I used it to thinly slice zucchini and then cut it into strips to make noodles. Amazing! I've also used it to slice ginger, and it is amazing how thin it can slice things. I will update my review as I use it more but so far, I'm happy with what it's been able to do. Please be careful as the blades can be very sharp. It's easy to clean (rinse under water after your done, and if you need to get some stuff out, the tip of a skewer does the trick) and really easy to change between blades. I'm not sure I'l be able to utilize it for all its functions, but for what it's been able to do so far, I would definitely recommend it.

Bought this after getting fed up with my "slice-o-matic".
This is 1000 times better.
All I've done so far is slice with the basic blade. But pulling the "french fry" blades up is easy as pie.
Easy to slice. Easy to clean. Easy to change the blades as well. With what you get for the price, this is totally worth it!

I only wish there was an easy way to store everything together compactly. Other than that it's awesome.

Side note: Highly recommend getting a pair of gloves to use with this.

This is, by far, the best slicer/grater that I've ever used.

The blades are all super sharp and make slicing and grating extremely easy.

In fact, I read the reviews before I purchased this mandoline, and one of the reviewers had promptly cut his finger on it; when I read that review, I thought "Uh huh - got to be careful." Yep, got to be careful with it, because on my second use, I managed to cut my finger and didn't even feel it at first, the blade is so thin.

That thin blade slices tomatoes easily and cleanly, as long as I gently move the tomato back and forth across the blade as it goes through the cut. Only one other slicer I've had cut tomatoes so well, and that was a $120 large countertop slicer that is cumbersome to set up and time-consuming to clean.

Clean-up is very easy, and most of the time I just rinse each part after use and put it aside to drain until the next use - veggies that I've sliced and grated don't stick at all to the surface and wash away easily.

I've used this almost every day since I bought it, and the blade is still as sharp as when I got it, and I still love it.

I had previously purchased a cheaper mandoline slicer with a well known brand name that turned out to be a piece of junk. I wanted a good one but didn't want to pay an arm and a leg so I took a chance on this one. This has turned out to be a very good chance...I am very happy with this slicer. It is very sturdy with several blade options. You can adjust the thickness of the slices, something you couldn't do with the cheaper one. It is easy to keep in place so you aren't worried about it slipping and causing injury. My favorite part is the holder you attach to what you are slicing. It has a floating pin system that moves as you slice so you are never having to lift your hand and it gets down to the last tiny slice...no waste. This thing slices an onion perfectly for onion rings or whatever and gets literally every last piece. It is super sharp so it takes just a few seconds to slice a large onion. Faster than even locating a knife! I haven't used all the blades since I really just wanted it for slicing but all the blades and components are well made, sturdy, very sharp and appear as easy to clean as the slicing blade. I highly recommend this product!

I've been searching for the perfect mandolin for years, but each one I purchased was lacking in design and/or quality. This adjustable mandolin slicer is absolutely perfect! It's so easy to use and clean plus is does everything you could ever want. The container into which the vegetables, fruits, and cheese fall comes with a lid for storage. The blades are easy to insert and remove. I'm so thrilled with this device that I'm finding all sorts of things that I can slice and grate. Price is reasonable and fair, and delivery was fast. I recommend this device highly. I promise you won't be sorry that you purchased it!

Finally a slicer that works as described. The BEST slicer I ever have used is one my Grandfather made for my Mom. She still has it. It is made of wood and uses an old file blade made into a knife edge for use in the slicer.

This mandolin slicer is second only to Grandfathers homemade device. We are trying to eat more healthy meals and this slicer will make that a lot easier. Being able to slice various veggies and fruits for roasting with herbs and spices instead of frying, steaming, or boiling everything will go a long way to a big increase in easy to prepare veggie side dishes for us. This slicer was a huge help this past Christmas whilst preparing Scalloped Potatoes. Cut my prep time by half. I really like the slice thickness adjustment feature as well. It adds a little cool factor when your dishes have that professional look to them. I would buy this product again, and will if I ever break this one. (Not likely).

Just bought this for my son when I visited and noticed he had no slicer. Ohmuhgosh, I am so jealous! My old mandolin has only one slicing blade and no container, unlike this beauty! So far, we have sliced, diced (the julienne blade dices an onion) and grated. (Pro-tip: if you have a granddaughter who swears she hates all veggies, just finely grate them and throw them into whatever! Zucchini and yellow squash and carrots are practically invisible in meatballs, soups, etc. when finely grated and this mandolin makes it super easy!)

Children will be able to safely help in the kitchen with this mandolin, as their fingers will not come near the blade, thanks to the . . . holder? The prongs hold the veggie and one simply slides the holder back and forth along the tracks and the veggie slices (or grated cheese; whatever) fall into the bin. No mess on the countertop.

The bin has a rubber edging along the bottom so it doesn't slide around while slicing, and the mandolin fits snugly on top of the bin. The extra handle eliminates the wrist fatigue one usually feels when using an old school grater.

I love this mandolin slicer so much I plan to buy one for my daughter and son-in-law when I return home . . . and if my inferior old mandolin happens to meet an untimely death, well, I'll buy one for myself, as well!

Of course, I didn't start really getting in to cooking until 4 years ago, and dehydrating just yesterday, but I seriously with I had had this when I first got into cooking! It slices perfectly, such a simple tool but it makes prepping for meals so much easier, and kind of fun! I like to slice to the beat of songs on my Playlist and such.

Sliced a few veggies and fruits yesterday when my dehydrator arrived. Just, beautiful!

A couple piece were uneven at first, but that's because I didn't have the technique down.

Once you get a flow there's no stopping you!
Highly recommend this because of its simplicity and ease of use as well as being useful for multiple types if recipes. Get it!

This mandoline slicer is a very nice unit. It comes nicely packaged with all pieces and blades protected from damage during shipping. The entire unit is top-rack dishwasher safe which definitely makes for a safer and quicker cleaning experience. There are non-stick pads on the bottom of the slicer container which feel very secure, and they keep it from shifting around during slicing, adding to the safety.

Using the slicer: everything feels very secure when assembled. There are three options for the sizes of cut items: 1mm thick, 3mm thick, and 5mm thick. The adjustment knobs is easy to use and it feels secure when turning it to adjust the cut depth. The slicer itself produces even, consistent cuts.

A word about the excellent HomeNative customer service: when my gf accidentally broke off two of the retaining clips that keep the adjustable cut depth portion in place (this part is not intended to be removed anyways), I emailed HomeNative to ask about a replacement. Rather than have me send back my current unit for repair, the representative said that since they do not generally carry replacement parts, she would be happy to send me an entirely new replacement unit at no cost. This was a great, welcome surprise, and I can not say enough good things about HomeNative customer service for their commitment to customer satisfaction.

By the way, I was NOT provided any free or reduced-cost products in "exchange" for an honest, unbiased review (unlike many Amazon products these days, it seems). I simply felt that the excellent service and great product that I received from HomeNative warranted a truly honest, meaningful review.

Great little product. Not industrial grade but treat it will care and it will last.

The one thing I don't like is the "grabber" which is used to told the item-to-be-sliced in place. It has 4 prongs that are meant to enter the item to hold it in place. However, many times with potatos (my primary use), the "grabber" came free leaving the potato flying free and my fingers (due to downward pressure) in risk of being sliced by the blade.

This mandolin was a great gift for my husband. I think that it isn't the most amazing one on the market, but I love that it has so many attachments and different ways to slice and grate and prep food for your endless meals. I know that people are complaining about there not being some rubber handle or something but I don't think that has any effect on the tool itself. I am super happy with this purchase.

UPDATE 12/3:
I have now purchased this mandoline twice and I am so thrilled with it. This was a great gift for my mother and she is having so much fun making different recipes.

I should have known better than to get a mandoline, but after watching one too many Top Chef and Master Chef episodes, I bought one anyone, lured by the idea of paper-thin, perfect, beautiful slices of all the vegetables I could get my hands on.

I was so excited when it arrived and read all the "WARNING: Extremely Sharp!" warnings on all the pieces.

"Yes, of course it's sharp! Duh! That's why I bought it."

Put it together and started upon my vision of uniformly sliced cucumber pieces...and within 6 slices, I had also sliced off the tip of my finger.

After waiting for the bleeding to stop for over an hour and then a visit to the ER, I packed all the pieces back into the box and have not touched it since. I now wince every time I watch the chefs and wannabes on TV use one so quickly.

5 stars for delivering on its promise of sharp cutting, minus 1 star for missing finger piece.

First, I would like to say that Mandolines are not for the novice cook. Yes they are sharp and yes you could do some damage to your fingers. If they were not sharp they would not do the job. This isn't a reason to give a product 1 star.

I recently devolved an allergy to white potatoes and miss potato chips. My purchase was to make sweet potato chips and this mandoline does a whiz bang job with sweet potatoes( you know how tough they can be to cut with a knife). I nocked off a star because I did not like the pusher that came with it. I instead use one that came with one of my other mandolines that would not adjust down to slice thin enough for chips. Blades are not replaceable but are sharp enough to last for quite a while. I comes with enough attachments to warrant the price.

Update:
I bought a second one for my sister who is a novice cook. Along with the mandoline I bought a pair of cut resistant safety gloves for her to use when slicing. She has a dog that has food allergies and plans on making dehydrated sweet potatoes sliced like fries. For her she wants to make sweet potato chips and zucchini strips for veggie lasagna.

Handy to have when you don't want to drag out the big food processor. I mainly purchased this to be able to slice potatoes thin enough for microwave potato chips, something my processor could not do.
UPDATE: Follow the reviews that tell you to use the guard, I read but did not follow when slicing squash. Being a long vegetable I thought I would be ok til about half way down and then use the guard, WRONG! Sliced a small chunk out of my pinky, ICK! There is somewhat of a learning curve if you have never used one. I had always used a processor or a knife. It is manual but still quicker than a knife and at my age you really don't care (and neither does anyone else) if you're right (or left) boob ends up a little perkier than the other one. ;)

I had no idea I would use it so much, but it DOES NOT come with the glove.
I have a Cuisinart, but this is easier to get out and clean for small to medium projects.
The prongs on the safety "hat" could use some improvement - sometimes they don't hold items

Finally used my mandolin this past weekend. It performed well and sliced my zucchini beautifully. The only problem or complaint I have is that there is enough of a space where the blade meets the plastic. There were slivers of zucchini stuck in that area. Being near the blade, it made removing the slivers challenging. Performance wise, this worked well. Clean up and getting the slivers out was the challenge.

This is great for making potato chips, which is what I bought it for. I don't really use it apart from that unless I'm making something in bulk since it's more cleanup than a handheld.

I did try to make French fries with the julienne slicer, does not work. The lid also doesn't stay secure on the base, so storing the product upright is not an option. Finding a place to store it at all was a bit of pain, but fortunately I have a big kitchen.

Overall the quality is what you pay for and this tool is great for what I needed to use it for.

Also, baked versus fried potato chips: definitely go with fried!

Make sure you use the safety hat ALL THE TIME!!!! I cut my thumb at the 1st time use bcuz I thought cumbers are too long to be held by the safety hat. The result is you dont know how fast it goes when slicing. So I hurt my finger, pretty deep cut...I guess long stuffs like carrot and cucumber should be cut into certain length to fit the safety hat.

Blade is sharp and the product performs well. However take care with the way you use the safety guard when it comes to harder fruits or vegis. While slicing potatoes the guard got stuck on the side of the slicer, causing me to cut my thumb rather badly. Anyone who has ever used a mandolin knows that is an inherent risk to using the tool, so I do not mark the product down for it. However, I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because of the design the top guard uses. It has 3 prongs that press down into the item you are cutting, they are fairly spread out and they do little to secure anything that is long or fat.

My daughter purchased one of these first and recommended it to me. I wanted to try microwave potato chips and needed a mandoline slicer. The price on this one has varied from $16 to $22 over the past couple of weeks and I was able to purchase at the lower price.

This comes from Norpro which is a reputable company I have purchased from before. There are a variety of blades but I have only used the regular blade which is very sharp and makes quick work of slicing potatoes. It also comes with a juicer attachment. It does unfold and stands securely.

I will say that I do not like the mechanism and the guard that holds the item to slice. It is very unstable and your vegetable (or fruit, cheese, etc) must attach to the four prongs inset in the guard. Most of the potatoes I have used did not fit properly as they were either too large or too small. For me, very few items have fit securely and I find myself using my hand instead. You have to be exceedlingly careful to to slice your fingers!

For use once in a while this is fine as long as I am careful. For everyday use I would definitely purchase something in a higher price range with more safety features.

I'm glad I got the bargain version of a mandolin before plopping down big bucks for one. Just know that whatever you slice has to be pretty firm. Zucchini, potato, apple, carrots are fine...but don't try tomatoes, cheese (unless it is *really* hard), say, cooked meats.

Also, the vertical blades made me think that it could be used for dicing up onions...not so. Those blades are not very sharp. So while I can see how they would be good enough for making french fries (something I've yet to make), they don't work for dicing onions or, say, tomatoes.

So I must say there is nothing *wrong* with this product. It just did not meet my expectations. So perhaps my expectations were out of line...but I just don't want others to make the same mistake.

I bought this for two reasons.....waffle fries and potato chips.
It did a great job slicing potatoes for the chips, but when it came to the waffle fries.....the serrations on the "wavy blade" or whatever they call it are way too shallow for me to make waffle fries. I just get ridges scratched into either side of a potato slice. Boo.....
Works great for the potato chips though, so at least it's not a total failure. Also used it for onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes, and I'm happy with all of the blades. All except the crinkle cut piece of ish that's so shallow I can't make my beloved waffle fries.

The food pusher is REALLY awkward. The pins are recessed, so you have to lift the top up while trying to get it to stick into the food...I'm rarely successful. Got a pair of gloves instead, but still can't get the last piece through thin enough.

But, I'm pretty sure the pins are recessed to keep them from hitting the dull blades, & damaging them. They were sorta ok in the beginning, but became severely dulled in short order. I've never been able to cut anything that isn't very crisp {potatoes, carrots, etc.} The slightest mushiness in a potato, & you'll be there forever struggling with it.

The blades are clearly made out of VERY cheap metal. I had to have a friend use a stone to sharpen the straight blade b/c it won't fit in a conventional sharpener...forget about sharpening the others. The grating blades are ok, but not large enough to use on big jobs...like lots of cheese.

The unit itself is sturdy enough, & I like the recessed julienne blades. They seem to be slightly better quality than the main blade.

So, if you don't have anything less firm than a carrot to cut, don't mind struggling with dull blades & an awkward pusher, it's ok for first time buyers.

The plastic body is reinforced enough for a light duty kitchen tool, although the leg probably will break where the load is entirely on the hinge. The parts fit and lock well, but adjustment parts are light duty. The soft plastic threaded bolt and thin spring will not survive jammed or gummed up food. It has blades to make french fries but the slicer will not survive pushing potatoes through the blades, and the fries will be about 1/4 inches square or less - too small - IMO.
I bought it wanting a cheese grater, never used one before, but with a safety handle, since kids might want to try using it.
For the price, it is an acceptable gamble. I may just remove the french fry blade barrel and the adjusting bolt to make the cleaning even easier in the washer.

I got this to grate potatoes for hash browns. I like the size pieces it produces but it's a LOT of work. The grater is really short so one stroke makes really nice pieces, just too few of them If the grater blade were the full length of the unit, I'd give it 5 stars.

I do like the holder for protecting my hand. And the glove is a nive touch as well.

The slicer itself is great but there are a couple things that I absolutely do not like, which is why I rated it 3 stars. The container that holds the vegetables warped after putting in top rack of dishwasher the first time, so each time I use it I have to insert my fingernail in between the lid/slicer and the container to get it to fit right (and this isn't the easiest thing to do). The other thing I really do not like is the safe holder (not sure what it is called) does not have pointy spikes, it has blunt-ended spikes so they do not hold in the potatoes and keep slipping out. Very poor design.

However the blade is nice and sharp and easy to adjust the thickness of the slicer.

I purchased this item in September 2015 and paid full price, which was then $39.99. I liked it very much at first and used it for a variety of cooking tasks.

Within a few months, I discovered that the materials are not made to last, and I am very disappointed with my purchase.

After using the mandoline to grate lemon peel, the plastic food container base became badly pitted and pockmarked from the citrus in an ordinary lemon! (See photo.) Then, after using the vegetable slicing blade to make a few batches of sweet potato chips, the blade became so dull that it is no longer able to cleanly slice softer fruits and vegetables like fresh tomatoes.

As HomeNative claims to offer a "a FULL Refund or Replacement", I will contact them and update this post regarding their response.

UPDATE:
After I wrote to HomeNative, they quickly sent me a complete replacement, free of charge. Based upon the Customer Service and the way in which they honored the warranty, I am upgrading my review from 2 stars to 3 stars. I hope that the replacement mandoline will not suffer the same shortcomings as the first.

Overall, the mandoline slicer does generally slice most of what you give it. The slicer's food container / storage base worked OK. The entire unit is approx 14 1/2" long when the handle/cutting deck is assembled on top. The actual handle portion of the deck top sticks out w/ no way to remove. This makes it difficult to store the item in a typical overhead kitchen cabinet unless turned sideways on the shelf. You definitely NEED the handle when trying to use the slicer, so it's a necessary trade off, I guess. Of course the blades were sharp (being brand new), but they were somewhat small. The smaller grater was almost too small / too fine (used for Parmesan?) The julienne blade allowed for slightly thicker or thinner cuts, but the again the general size was a bit smallish.

I had problems using the safety hat when trying to get it to grip onto any other than a relatively flat or softer piece of food. If you required any amount of shuffling force to make your cuts on a crisp item (such as carrots or apples), it was far better to just use your hand. I used a cutting glove for this and found my fingers were easily bumping into the blade edge (kudos for said glove!). I found my food was sliding off the side or end w/o being cut so I really had to limit myself on the size of the item attempting to be sliced. Tomatoes were an absolute failure for me, even with a zigzag motion when approaching the blade. I'll have to stick to a sharp kitchen knife for those, I guess.

The flat, general slicing blade worked fine for just about everything else I pushed its way. I went thru a head each of cabbage and lettuce by slicing the heads into smaller chunks first. The blade's thickness adjustment knob was easy enough to use, but not really easy to tell how much of a turn you needed. You will need to experiment a lot by running food thru and checking the bin.

It was a toss up for me if I would be better off with something different and keeping this for the relatively smaller slicing requirements. Then again, all of my slicing requirements are relatively smaller. ;-) I think with my limited dexterity and grip (onset of arthritis) it became more of a chore than I anticipated to hold the device still while zinging the food back and forth in front of the blade. The gripper areas on the outer edges on the bottom of the bin did help but you still needed to hold everything firmly. I'm still not certain if the smaller size is a help or a hindrance. If you spend some time with it and keep experimenting, eventually you may get the results you are seeking. Maybe. BTW, the Customer Support of HomeNative was awesome.

I bought this to replace an old mandoline slicer of a different brand that had all the same features. It works just like you'd expect it to, but i do have 2 complaints.

* It can't go deep enough to make homestyle fries
* The handle you place on the vegetable is horrible at holding onto standard sized vegetables. It worked great for my big fat vegetables but if they were skinny or small at all...there was just no way to use the handguard/handle for slicing that vegetable making it so you have to use your hand, unprotected.

I was excited to receive this, but now i'm just disappointed.

Really limited on shapes when shredding or slicing, the attachments are not fun to deal with, and it's really hard to clean out. The only thing this device would do better than average at would to be even slices or whatever very small item you want to make. Otherwise a knife and a hand grater is better and MUCH easier to clean.
Did I mention small? I mean in both ways. You'll get less of an area to grate on than a normal grater, plus having to chop it down to fit the little safety handle. Pain in the neck.
What I had hoped to do, was to use it for long zucchini slices-that was my error in judgement on what it could do. The rest...

I liked all the attachments. I DON'T like the safety holder top of the handle. It looks as one piece, it is but yet it isn't. When you attach your fruit or vegetables I did make certain it was firmly attached from underneath but the part you have your hand over pops up then the fruit/veggies pops out from underneath. I know sounds confusing only example I can give is a very long time ago their was a plastic travel cup that folded many used to take medicine it was like an accordian you can pull it up to have a cup and close to collapse it while still as one piece this is similiar. Make certain you insert the 4 prongs into the large part of your firm fruit or veggie.
My only complaint is the handle, it needs to be modified as I solid piece.

I really liked it at first, problem is it didn't last and I am back in the market for a new mandoline. It is made of plastic and did not even last a year. The grating was ok because the size of grating area was very small. I eventually adjusted but.....
Slicing was another story. It was not a smooth motion at all. It was a struggle to get the blade trough the food. Even eggplant did not slice smoothly.
My problem is I want one that slices and grates but that is pretty hard to find in the expensive slant or V-blade models. Guess I'll just have to get a separate shredder.
So my recommendation. Spend more. You get what you pay for.
Please do not buy this mandoline if you want something that lasts.

I'm not returning this item because I can use the upper body workout. It is a messy companion, with a shredder surface area that is severely lacking-- but since I'm only going to use it once every couple of weeks, I will keep it around until I can get something better for a decent price.

I am sure that those who love this have figured out how to use this more effectively than I have. The directions are laughably poor.

The good: It is cheap and compact, the graters more or less work about as you'd expect; the slicer works with good grasp

The Bad: the safety holder is horrible and undermines any potential this machine might otherwise have. Does not hold things. Very unintuitive and the instructions (again) are horrible. Definitely speaks for the recommendation of getting gloves to use this with. Hard to clean. The blades for fries are very difficult to turn up and down. Only works for a very small band of sizes and requires a kind of force that as often as not ended up with the bit of produce flying away from the blade angrily. As I say, I've got some major technique to learn, but am wondering why I'd want to spend time perfecting my Norpro slicing brilliance, when I'm good enough with a knife and have a set of great kitchen alternatives.

I am a paraplegic with balance issues so food preparation is sometimes difficult for me. I can cut vegetables with knife and cutting board, it just takes a lot longer. I was hoping this device was something I could keep on the kitchen counter, chop vegetables as I go while cooking. Alas it was not. I have to switch blades for what I'm cutting and still use a knife and cutting board on large vegetables so they fit. Then I just have more dishes to clean.
I gave it two stars however, because the product itself does work as described, it's just not the tool for me. I would have returned it, but since it is a quality slicer, I kept trying to work with it past the 30-day return window.

I originally ordered this slicer in July 2015. It lasted less than 2 months before the blade on the vegetable slicing attachment came loose while I was slicing a potato. It didn't come completely off, just came loose on one side causing the blade to curve up to a vertical slant while I was slicing. Thankfully I was paying attention and didn't slice into my hand. I contacted the company and they sent a replacement quickly. The second one lasted almost a year before the slicing blade flew off of it too, this time while slicing sweet potatoes. It never sliced any potato easily and eventually the blade came loose from the plastic plate it was attached to. It was hit or miss with other veggies. Sometimes it sliced them easily and other times it was a bit of a chore. Also there never was any consistency in the thickness of slices and the holder would not securely hold whatever I tried to slice. I really want to like it but with the risk of a blade flying off every time I use it I just can't.

I do have to give the company props for customer service though. Melissa responded quickly after the first one broke and sent me this replacement. I did not contact them after the second one broke since this seems to be a design flaw that no replacement is going to fix.

Very efficient and effective in slicing. The guard, however, does not hold the food tight and have to keep adjusting. Due to this flaw, it is dangerous. First use, with slipped guard cost me a chunk of my thumb. Could not be stitched, wound too wide and deep. Three weeks later, still having thumb treated. Sturdier guard to hold food would increase safety. Be cautious when using. Price paid, 19.99 which is about right for quality. The original price of 79.99 is laughable.

Somehow I thought there was a lid so this doubled as a container in the fridge, but it does not. The grip thing sucks, so buy some gloves if you like it enough. I bought it primarily because I thought I could make fries and the wife could do her grating, but it makes fries about as wide as a shoelace at the widest setting, and the grip thing tears through the food and slips out. Overall, it sucks.

I used the shredding attatchment and it worked ok. but the julien attachment did not work well. I kept having to push down on the top half of the device to get the blades to work on the attachment. not fun. So I ended up returning. I just got BLACK+DECKER FP1600B 8-Cup Food Processor, Black. it was 2 dollars more and less aggravation. I also got [[ASIN:B013RXBDGG Sagler Stainless steel Mixing Bowls Set of 5 with 3 kind of graters High quality mixing bowls with lids] I used the grater attatchment to shred some cheese into a bowl. but dont waste your time with this thing

This Mandoline earned me a trip to the ER with partial amputation of pinkie on my second time to use it. It is made of plastic and moves around a lot as very light which is what happened to me. It has a guard with prongs which I was not using because it is very hard to get denser veggies and potatoes on the very small and cheap metal prongs. That was a concern when comparing mandolins but the steel one was too expensive although now with cost of ER visit I could have gotten it and probably still had my whole pinkie and nail. I have ordered cut proof gloves now to use while operating this and recommend you purchase a pair and wear them during operation of this kitchen appliance as is very sharp and guard does not work very well for some items. I just wanted to warn potential purchasers of what not to do and encourage extra hand protection while using this very sharp object!

This is truly a piece of crap.

It's amazing how you can take a simple concept of a mandolin, and ruin it.

The first thing you do, is give a blade that ISN'T sharp. Yeah, maybe it will slice a potato, or an apple, but don't try anything hard like a carrot.
Then you take the blades to make fries, and they don't stay upright when you pass them, so you end up with a flat cut rather than fries. It's insane how these blade don't lock in place.
Add to this useless grating attachments.

I'm not a negative person, I usually write very positive reviews, but this piece of junk brought out the best in me.

UPDATE: Tremendous credit to Amazon, for accepting the return of this item!!

I'm having a hard time getting used to this. I have never owned a mandoline before. Trying to fit things into the guard is a pain, and I have had better results just not using the guard. Of course, that is not safe. I have tried tomatoes and they turned to mush. I did carrots and they did ok, but sometimes the slices got stuck in the blade. I'm still not really sure about this product.

Updated review on Jan.16, 2015. I have decided to return this item. After trying it several more times,I found it just takes too much force to cut through anything. The blades apparently aren't sharp enough. I tried to make french fries and in the first place, you cannot use the guard with anything that size. In the second place, it took a LOT of force to get it to cut through the potato, and it would get stuck halfway causing me to back up and try it again. The bottom line is that using that much force WILL result in an injury at some point. I'm going back to using a good sharp knife to slice things.

Wow, I had high hopes for finally slicing cukes or shredding cabbage for slaw. Not possible with this very poorly designed product. The safety holder has for small pins that are supposed to hold the item you want to slice. It is not possible to hold a vegetable in those tiny prongs and drag it across the angled blade. The "Shredder Blade" is laughably small sized holes that my cabbage just skimmed over. The cucumbers where mush and fell to the counter top as the slicer does not fit onto a bowl while you try slicing. I can't imagine trying to pull/push a potato or carrot across the "Wavy Blade", it takes so much force to operate. Again, an awful product, but it arrived timely and well packaged from the seller.

Just use a knife folks. This product is not what I expected. The only blade that seems to work as described is the slicing blade. The grating blade turned my cole slaw into mush and made grating cheddar nearly impossible. Cheese stuck in the blades and a lot of force was needed. I will stick to my box grater for cheese. The "guard" is difficult to use as well. Pieces need to be cut fairly small in order to be held and passed through blades. Im going to keep it because hubby laughed at me when I took it from the box. Im going to pretend it works just because of that! And the slicer is ok.

Just used it today for the first time it can't cut peperoni main reason I bought this because I like fresh toppings on my pizza I'm very disappointed

1. The grater is so small as to be useless.
2. The finger protector won't sit securely on food, like potatoes and tomatoes.
3. The slicer isn't sharp enough to slice a tomato cleanly all the way across. That last bit is a bear. It slices human skin quite nicely, however.

I had to come back and rewrite my review. This product did start out working well then it fell apart within a few months. The seller did replace it. The replacement never did perform well. I have thrown both units out. Not a happy customer.

This item is terrible for making thin sliced coleslaw.

This worked pretty well for one month although, as another reviewer noted, the width of slices increased with use. The reason I give this product a one star rating is because the plastic prongs holding the non-interchangeable portion of the deck snapped after one month; I now have to hold it down as I slice produce, which is unwieldy. I am disappointed with the low quality and will be contacting the company for a refund.