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Five Star Reviews:

63%
Highly Recommended
January 22, 2017
I have been using this for a couple of years - and I highly recommend it! I use it whenever I need to slice a lot of a particular vegetable or when the uniformity of the slices is important to a recipe. This has not ended up in the back of a cupboard in the "gadget graveyard". It is easy to use, easy to clean and has stayed sharp, despite lots of uses. All the pieces snap together for easy, compact storage. I made a beet, orange and fennel salad tonight, and was reminded what a great device it is - there is no way I could have gotten paper-thin slices of fennel with a knife. I made onion soup gratinee last week, and the recipe calls for 8 thinly-sliced onions - this made quick work of slicing a pot full of uniform slices, and the reduced slicing time means fewer tears. How many of you have been cutting onions with a sharp knife, blinded by your own tears so you can't see what you are doing?! The vegetable grip thing makes this much safer than a knife.
Super-fast and works great; slightly scary but safe if you use it properly.
February 2, 2016
When I saw the latest fad, a vegetable "spiralizer" that makes veggie "spaghetti" out of things like zucchini, I thought veggie sphaghetti was something actually worth giving a try. The problem is that I didn't need another cheaply made, single-purpose gizmo in my kitchen. So I bought this. It doesn't make long "spaghetti" like the spiralizer does, but julienning a zucchini lengthwise works just as well. I then quickly sauté the strips in butter and season with salt and pepper. That's a new family favorite, which is something because zucchini is a vegetable and there aren't many of those on the favorites list. Best of all you can julienne a zucchini with this thing in a couple of seconds; it's way faster than using one of those chintzy spiral gizmos.In fact everything this device does, it does insanely FAST. With it you can slice, dice and julienne your way through a mountain of vegetables far faster than you can with a knife. The only problem is that the speed with which this thing works is slightly terrifying, and I speak as someone who's cooked with *very* sharp knives all my adult life. The safety holder is a good thing, but it works best with spherical stuff like tomatoes. Julienning zucchinis is slightly awkward because the little tines that hold the vegetable secure aren't quite long enough, but it still works. I also wear an anti-cut glove on my working hand, just in case my attention wanders. This thing is beyond razor-sharp; it'd be so easy to julienne the tips of your fingers off in a moment of distraction...Clean-up is another thing that requires some initial thought. Tossing the the blades into a tub of soapy water could be very bad for someone's groping fingers. A quick rise with the sprayer, a dunk in soapy water, followed by another spray does the job. One really thoughtful feature is that the mandoline and auxillary blades fit into a caddy that also doubles as a drainer. So after you give your mandoline and julienne blade their quick cleaning, you pop them into the caddy and put the whole thing in the dish draining rack. That's a really nice touch because ou do not want to leave a mandoline around disassembled.I don't mean to scare you off a mandoline; they're a very useful addition to your kitchen if you already have a good set of knives. You just have to give a little thought about how to approach each task as you're getting used to using one. Figure out what works safely and stick to that. This model in particular has a well-thought out safety features.I still use knives for most small slicing and dicing operations. If I were dicing just two onions, I'd definitely use a knife. It's sitting right there in the knife block and it cleans up in just an instant. If I were dicing four onions I'd definitely take the mandoline out.
Great slicer!
December 29, 2015
This mandolin is the best I have ever used and I love how well it sliced the cucumbers I was preparing for pickling. The slicer made clean even slices down to the small nub at the bottom. I highly recommend that you follow all safety instructions and never use it without the guard that is placed over the food to be sliced. As an added bit of safety for me, as I tend to easily cut myself, I opted to use a cut proof safety glove and I am glad that I did. I like the multiple settings for thickness of your slices and found it moved easily from setting to setting for slicing onions and cucumbers. If you would like a great kitchen tool to make quick work to prepare your foods for canning, this handy little device it perfect. I wish I had bought this first instead of the cheap one from the local box store that I had to return after the first use.
Slices through things like it was butter...
August 9, 2015
Amazing tool for this newbie chef. I purchased this based on a product review on America's Test Kitchen which rated it highly on performance and safety. Apparently, safety is extremely important with all mandolines since it is so so very easy to slice of a portion of your hand along with the food. ATK rated the Swissmar highly in part because you can change the blades with touching any sharp parts and that you can store it while in a safety position so that you don't accidentally cut yourself while moving it either in or out of the cupboard.

I find that there are dishes that I now cook on a regular basis which I would never have attempted before because I don't have the knife skills to attempt the recipe in one lifetime. With this mandoline, I am able to very efficiently go through a lot of veg in a small amount of time and that the veg is exactly the same thickness which makes for even cooking times and spectacular presentations. The blades are extemely sharp and will go through the veg like butter. I do find that I have to pause on a very periodic basis to remove the veg from underneath the mandoline. I really dislike placing this at an incline by leaning it against a bowl or placing it on top of the bowl. That just doesn't provide enough stability to make me comfortable because I do sometime have to use a little bit of force at the end of a long stroke when I'm slicing squash of eggplant lengthwise.

As with anything that is extremely sharp, you do have to be very careful. There is a hand guard that is provided that will hold the food as you slice it. I would highly recommend its use especially as you get closer to the end of whatever you're slicing. **** Melissa Clark from the New York Times has an excellent suggestion. Please purchase a cut resistant glove along with the mandoline **** I really really love my mandoline and with this suggestion, intend on using it even more often.
Perfect For Me
May 29, 2013
I reviewed so many slicers, it was difficult to pare it down (pun intended) to one to place an order. I weighed the reviews against the price and the frequency with which I anticipated using the slicer. After finally deciding on this one, and having used it several times, I feel I picked the one right for me.The heavy use hasn't occurred yet as that will be as the garden starts giving us an onsalught of produce that needs canned and dried, so that aspect is still to be determined. For regular meal preparation though, it is perfect. I keep it in a drawer under the counter top where I prepare food so pulling it out is convenient. Usually rinse and put in dish rack to dry as most uses are non-greasy, but goes in top rack diswaher too.My only complaint so far, it stains. I bought a white one (seemed traditional and kitchen'y' to me, but slicing carrots (which it did very well) turned it orange. If the staining would be an issue to you, I suggest you purchase the red one, maybe won't be as visible.UPDATE: Still haven't sliced off any fingertips and am as happy with it today as when I first wrote the review. Also, since then, I have used the julienne and square cut blades with success. I don't find it as fast as slicing (which is as fast as you can move that veggie back and forth) because I have to pick up the veggie at the bottom and start it at the top again; you can't just slide it back up to the top because of the additional blades in those attachments. It isn't an issue however and is still infinitely faster than by hand. I'll even use it for one tomato, and I'm pretty good with a knife.While they don't recommend it, I usually start holding the item in my hand and as it wears down and gets closer to the slicing blade I'll use the holder. Just don't wait too long or your fingers'l be shorter. With carrots, I don't see how you can't start by hand, there's just no way fit them in the safety holder. I just slice till I get down towards the end and pitch it (dogs or soup, whatever).
51%
This thing is super sharp
June 4, 2016
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.
Great slicer!
August 10, 2015
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.
Quality
April 22, 2014
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.
Excellent! Wonderful! Great!
October 1, 2013
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.
So Much Better
September 18, 2013
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!

Four Star Reviews:

19%
Really sharp
November 25, 2016
I found putting the attachments in to be more difficult than videos on youtube made it seem. I'm not use to using a mandoline so i feel awkward having to hold it up and i'm still unsure of how much force to apply when going up and down, so i got stuck on the blade a couple of times cutting the onion in the photos. If you haven't used a mandoline before i would suggest getting one that props itself up without needing to be held and comes with knobs to do all the slice/dice/julienne sizes. I'm probably going to have to use it more to like it but as of this review i don't think i like mandolines as much as i thought i would, they seem to be more of a hassle than just a knife
Good design, but wish it had latch for the holding it in place or a stand.
December 23, 2015
The mandoline is designed well overall. The thickness adjustment is a quick with a push in with a thumb via sliding in/outof the bottom plate. The unit comes with 3 bottom attachments: 1 ) without vertical blade and, 2,3) with small vertical blade in twodifferent size to cut slices into thin cube/rectangle cubes. It also comes with the food pusher which works well, and a case to storethe vertical slice bottom plate.Some of the vegetables that I tried and comments on it.1) Yam ( made YAM hash brown) the pressure required was not as much as I thought. It worked well.2) Apple (did not de-core the apple, nor peel it). There was little resistance felt at the core, but sliced clean.3) Carrot, not problem, little surface area, little resistance, very sharp blades.The food pusher worked remarkably well. After the above test, only sliver of 1/8th inch vegetable wasleft. The food pusher is not designed to ride on the groove on the mandoline, but rather on top of it.The front and back edge of the food pusher has plastic serration to give feedback as to danger beyondthese points.Very good design overall.Through these and more, only thing that I missed was a stand or leg to keep the unit in place. Using this on alarge bowl to collect the sliced veggies, left small vegetable parts all over the kitchen counter top. I wished therewas easier way to hold this in place than by holding it by the handle.Overall a very good design, much better design than the Japanese Mandoline I previously used, as well as severalother brands available locally.
Very good when used with care
October 17, 2015
So far have only used it a few times to slice zucchini for chips and apples. Very easy to use, adjust, and clean. Lots of safety built in with the locking blade and the wide food holder. Sometimes a bit hard to keep the food on the holder's prongs. Easy to change to alternate blades. Recommend wearing safety gloves to avoid chance encounters with the blade which is very sharp. The food handler makes it virtually impossible to accidentally touch the blade while slicing foods.
A Real Cut Up
August 29, 2015
If I could add half a star more I definitely would! This is a great product to have in the kitchen. So far it has done a spectacular job cutting tomatoes, onions (almost no more crying) and peppers, making uniform slices quickly and easily without any problems. It was more difficult cutting sweet potatoes into fries since they are harder to cut through due to their density, but it did a nice job when there was enough momentum to cut through them thoroughly. Cleaning the unit is very easy, and changing the cutting attachments is as simple as pushing a button and sliding them into place. Note: I find it very easy to do, but my wife still has difficulty with changing cutting attachments and putting it together for storage after about a dozen or so uses ... She will figure it out soon enough, she's just not very good at things like this I guess. It stores fairly easily if you have space, but it is a little on the bulky side when trying to store the unit and the vegetable holder together. We keep it with our cutting board and the pots and pans since it takes a little too much space elsewhere, but that is not a problem when considering how much we have used it and how well it has performed to now. I would definitely recommend this to friends and family!
Good but not wonderful
March 18, 2015
I'm still learning how to use it. I read ALL of the reviews before I bought this. You are supposed to put the extra 2 blades into a holder and stick the holder onto the back of the main piece. It doesn't go in very well. I wanted it for making julienne veggies, and it's fine as long as the veggie is short. The holder doesn't hold a long vegetable, like carrot or zuccini. I held each of them with my hand until it got closer to the machine, and then tried the holder. But the holder keeps coming out on harder veggies also.It's fabulous for making shoestring fries, which I sprayed with a little oil spray and made in the oven. On the widest setting, the fries are still VERY thin. It slices potatoes, onions, and all sorts of things into round or oval slices, depending on the shape of the veggie.The holder is shaped weirdly and doesn't seem to be made for the mandoline, since it's hard to figure out which way it goes and it has no guides on it.The blades are VERY sharp. Many other reviewers said use a glove with it. Of course, I had my first cut - a tiny one on the side of the palm, and now use the glove ALL the time.It was not packed well. The box was a little crinkled, which is annoying, because I am storing it in the box, so nobody can get cut from it when it's on the shelf.It works quickly and well, and I'm glad I got it.
Used a lot, good kitchen tool
July 30, 2014
Very sharp, lots of settings. I use it frequently when I need to cut more than one carrot / potato / etc. The thin potato slices are PERFECT for homemade potato chips! The blades are very sharp so we pay close attention when we clean it. It doesn't seem to have little nooks for food pieces to get caught, so the cleaning is easy. It does have the ability to cube foods, too.....but it is not entirely easy. (I haven't found anything that can cube well.) Sometimes I try the cubing technique (which was not explained well in the literature, but I figured it out), and sometimes I just slice things into "sticks" and just use a knife to cube them where they fall on the cutting board. If I were doing cups and cups of items, I would have to stop frequently to pick up the slices from under the mandolin. It does about one large potato in slices before being filled underneath. I purchased this to make thin potato slices for chips, but love it when I am making soups or any other recipe which needs lots of slices, strips or cubes. I have not tried fruit, cheese or meats on this. It is well made...I have not felt that I was close to breaking it. If something were to happen to it, I would definitely buy another one.
24%
Great little product
April 23, 2017
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.
Kitchen Pro
November 19, 2015
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.
They Don't Lie: This Sh*t Is Sharp
May 27, 2015
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.
Does the job
January 16, 2014
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.
September 6, 2012
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. ;)

Three Star Reviews:

8%
Saves a lot of time but could have been better
May 19, 2017
This is the first mandoline I have and while it can be a great time saver I am not very happy with the design here.You need to rest the mandolin on a cutting board / bowl when using the mandoline. The angles you have to hold the mandoline is pretty awkward and every so often you have to pause, clear out the space below the mandoline so you can keep slicing. Something like extending feet or a specifically designed larger basket would have been helpful.While the knives are pretty sharp onions still won't slice through very easily in one movement, sometime it starts slicing fine and then gets stuck halfway through the slice and you have to apply a lot more pressure.
It is ok.
April 16, 2017
I used to have this before. But nowadays there are more efficient tools for the same purpose. I regret getting it in a way but kept it. It is hard to put it back, a bit cumbersome and bulky.
The problem is the inserts.
January 12, 2016
I bought this mandoline a little over 6 months ago and recently tossed it. When the mandoline worked, it worked well. The problem is the inserts. Lining up the insert with the arrows and pushing forward did not always succeed, which can be frustrating when you're trying to cook. I felt when trying to get the insert installed I was putting my fingers at risk if my hand slipped off of the insert. Releasing the insert by pushing the colored button also did not always work. I'm going with the much simpler Swissmar Borner V-1001 V-Slicer Plus Mandoline.
Not nearly as good as the older model it replaced
July 12, 2015
I got this because of a review on a popular cooking show on PBS. The exact product they reviewed however was no longer manufactured. This is the newer model that has replaced it. You would think that since this was a newer model it would be as good or better right? That was my thinking in spite of the way it looked in the picture. I should have taken the picture into more careful consideration. The original was long like this one, but the "V" was higher up nearer the center. This model has it lower toward the bottom. This causes whatever you cut to come off the ramp just after you slice through. Not easy to use. The old model had a blade you dropped in and slid to the setting you wanted, and it was secure until you slid the blade out. The new model has a button you press in to let the blade slide to a setting and lock it in place. The problem is that the inserting position is one of the cutting positions. If the inserting position happens to be the setting that you need to use for slicing, that can be a problem, since it will not lock in place in the insert position. Instead as you try to slice, the blade can act like a teeter totter and rock up and down with the movement of the food item, creating an annoying and dangerous slicing condition around a set of sharpened blades. In another position the blade is locked in and doesn't teeter up and down, but that wasn't the position I wished to use at the moment. Another thing, it appears to have notches underneath to like rest on a rim of a bowl when slicing, but this is not the case. These notches are totally of no use to keep the slicer in place on top of a bowl, so everything slides all around creating more of a problem and an unstable slicing situation. It does cut good so I gave it 3 stars, but every reason why the old model was recommended was totally ABSENT on this later model. It is German made, but clearly the design is not well thought out at all. I am a tool maker by trade and have modified my slicer to make it more stable for my use, but I would not advise anyone to get this as is more trouble to use than it is worth.
I like to use this for onions and other vegetables for ...
January 1, 2015
I like to use this for onions and other vegetables for cubing, I really have found a million uses for it... but I love it for onions (once I figured out how to turn it 90 degrees every swipe) because I don't cry anymore. You have to be careful not to buy things that are too wide for the slicers or it won't cut them... and there is a lot of wasted vegetable because it gets suck underneath the machine... and you don't want to get you fingers too close to those extra sharp blades... I like it... just don't love it... if it could chop and do spiral cut too... I would be in love with it... and the blades are scary sharp!
really good but kinda scary
March 5, 2014
I like it because its very sharp and slices through foods easily. I also like the variety of blades. However, im giving it 3 stars because the little red button thats supposed to keep the blade in place falls out easily and constantly in any blade position. It has fallen out numerous times while using it and also when putting it away. This is very dangerous because you may think you have the blade in the safe closed position but then all of a sudden the little red button falls out and the blade opens and you have been sliced. So be very careful when handling it even if you have it in the closed position.
10%
Okay for the price point.
March 24, 2015
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.
Good for the money
April 21, 2014
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 haz a mad.....
February 2, 2014
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.
Somewhat disappointed...
August 14, 2013
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.
first impression - good
February 18, 2013
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.

Two Star Reviews:

5%
Very disappointed, getting a different one.
February 5, 2017
I moved and recently sold my Bron mandoline, which I loved. So I googled reviews on the best mandoline and in the majority of sites, saw this model as highly rated (I didn't even see the Bron in any reviews). So I thought I'd get one, as the price was right as well.Initial impressions of the item was how "cheap" it appeared, (the plastic doesn't seem too sturdy) and the difficulty in figuring the thing out, especially with the poorly written manual. We both kept trying to figure how to attach the food holder so it ran in the track (as did the Bron) but finally realized it doesn't! There is no guide or track: it's just free moving.I first tried using it on parsnips with the julienne insert. I found the instruction manual useless but thought I figured out how to attach the plate and started slicing. Yes, the blades are very sharp BUT as I pushed the parsnip over the blades, the insert kept dropping down to the thinner setting, which I didn't want. It would not stay locked at the desired thickness as any pressure changed the adjustment.Also, you can only cut in one direction, because the backstroke brings it over the julienne blades again. This makes it impossible to use the safety holder as you have to lift the veggie off the slicer to start a new stroke, so it keeps falling off.I'm getting rid of this and ordering another Bron! That was solid stainless steel with a holder that ran on a track and you can move over the blade in both directions.
I would have been better off purchasing a food processor
February 19, 2016
The products does not come with any instructions and I have no idea how to use it. I would have been better off purchasing a food processor. I purchase the product to make crinkle cut chips but have no idea which plate should be used. It is hard to get the place on and off. I got so frustrated I just threw the dang thing in the garbage. I do not recommend this product for anyone. Pissed a waste of my money.
Dangerous and Flimsy Piece of Equipment
January 15, 2016
I bought this based on a glowing review from America's Test Kitchen. I have been looking for a slicer that got high marks for making julienne slices. My current mandoline does not do this well.This was a disappointment from the minute I took it out of the box. The package it came in was poorly packed and the V-Slicer box was broken and flattened, but the mandoline was intact.First, this is a very flimsy tool. The plastic feels cheap and thin. While the blades are sharp, the handguard does not fit securely and this is dangerous and unsafe. Second, the handguard is also cheaply made with many fewer prongs than my 25-year-old mandoline.I find this to be a dangerous and unsafe piece of kitchen equipment and I am returning it. This is hardly the quality expected from a $40 kitchen tool.
I was extremely disappointed in the quality of this V-Slicer
September 14, 2015
What can I say...I read all the reviews before purchasing and had high hopes. Unfortunately, I was extremely disappointed in the quality of this V-Slicer. It's cheap plastic and cumbersome to use. You get what you pay for on this mandoline. It's being returned.
I'm disappointed, maybe I'm just naïve
November 6, 2014
I'm disappointed, maybe I'm just naïve. I wanted a mandolin to make nice thin slices of cucumber, tomato, onion, etc, like they have at good sandwich shops. The thinnest setting on the Swissmar makes (what I consider) very thick slices. Maybe all mandolins do this, and they are better for French fries than salads? It seems like it's put together well. It doesn't have legs so you have to hold the end in the air with one hand while slicing with the other. It won't be as useful to me as I was hoping.
Not good for sweet potatoes
April 23, 2014
I'm sure this is a good product! But our main purpose was to make sweet potato fries ..... There was no way it was going to do that for us. ..... Plastic just bowed and it never made the cut. We were so disappointed since we had done our research and felt this was the mandoline for us.
6%
Really not worth it
April 29, 2015
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
March 27, 2015
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.
You get what you pay for
March 1, 2015
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.
doesn't exactly make your kitchen experience easier.
January 5, 2015
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.
Made me appreciate a good knife and a better food processor.
September 6, 2014
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.

One Star Reviews:

5%
Do not buy! Absolute crap
July 19, 2017
Bunch of cheap bells & whistles that do not work. I should have bought a simple, robust, integral mandolin. The mechanisms for adjusting are poorly designed. I cannot get them to work. Cheap Chinese plastic. I wanted a mandolin slicer. This one doesn't work
It Just Didn't Work For Me
January 12, 2017
I purchased the Swissmar Borner V-1001 Swissmar Borner V-1001 V-Slicer Plus Mandoline 5 Piece Set in Sept 2015 and it works fine but I wanted a green mandoline to match the color of my other kitchen gadgets. I have been considering buying this one for awhile now and when I finally made the purchase it, it didn't work for me. The V-7000 (aka Borner V5) is bulkier and the length of the mandoline below the blade is shorter than the V-1001 so the smooth glide is hampered when I slice food onto a cutting board. I thought having better control of the thickness of slices would be ideal but getting the blade inserts to fit properly became a chore and not worth the effort. Also, the blade inserts would not align themselves into the caddy slots properly; they kept going in lopsided and then slipping out; unfortunately during one of the slips my hand was in the way and if I hadn't been wearing a cutting glove I could have gotten a nasty cut instead of a little nick. I purchased this as a used like new item and, although it has never been a problem before, I think in this case it may be defective. I've decided to return the V-7000 and continue using my Borner V-1001. If you decided to buy this item, be very careful because the V-7000 is very sharp. It's always a good idea to use a cutting glove and of course use the food safety holder.
Cheap quality, uneven slices, difficult to use
October 11, 2016
There are three reasons why I regret purchasing this mandoline and would not recommend it.1. It slices unevenly. The blade attachment actually goes in slightly askew, producing uneven slices. See the picture of the sweet potato.2. It is very low quality in both materials and construction. The various blade attachments do not lock in. At times while using the product they would just change position (in terms of the depth of the cut) or fall out. The plastic is thin and flexible.3. The hand protector has sharp ridges right where my wrist rest while slicing. I had to put a small towel over the ridges to use it.
Hangs up on blade
May 18, 2016
Found that the food tended to hang up on the blades. Stopped using it when I cut myself through puncture resistant gloves. Would have been worse without the gloves, but still had a deep cut. I find a knife safer and faster
Dangerous.
December 11, 2015
Julienne blades frequently got stuck making me nervous and knicking myself several times while attempting to use this mandoline. For the price I was not impressed, and cannot recommend this product. Returned.
I actually loved it when I first got it and started using ...
August 19, 2014
I actually loved it when I first got it and started using it. I even have recommended it to others. However, just a couple of months after purchasing this mandolin, it has fallen apart! I've never machine washed it, only hand washed it. I'm careful when I change out the blades and only use it a few times a week. When I picked it up off my drying towel last night, the part that helps the blades slide in and out had completely fallen off, and there's no way to put it back on and fit.I went with this mandolin, though it was quite a bit cheaper than my current mandolin, because of it's great reviews. The only thing I can think is that the reviews re coming in quickly after the purchase and not after months of use. I am very disappointed and will purchase a quality mandolin from the bad experience.
9%
Be very careful if you purchase this product!
June 7, 2015
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!
Don't waste your money
April 6, 2015
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!!
Returned it
January 13, 2015
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.
Take My Slicer PLEASE
July 22, 2014
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.
Gonna stick to using a knife!
July 11, 2014
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.
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Old Price
Old Price
Price
Price
$59.95updated: Mar 18, 2020
$27.07updated: Mar 17, 2020
Features
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Answered Questions
Article Number
Article Number
5889332905123
8850535169893
Binding
Binding
Kitchen
Kitchen
Brand
Brand
Swissmar Brner
Norpro
Color
Color
white
White
Currency
Currency
USD
USD
Formatted Price
Formatted Price
$60.00
$24.99
Height
Height
157.5 in
236.2 in
Length
Length
580.7 in
521.7 in
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Borner
Norpro
Model
Model
V-7000WH
306
MPN
MPN
V-7000WH
NP306
Number of Parts
Number of Parts
V-7000WH
NP306
Product Group
Product Group
Kitchen
Kitchen
Product Type
Product Type
KITCHEN
KITCHEN
Publisher
Publisher
Borner
Norpro
Quantity
Quantity
1
1
Reviews
Reviews
Score
Score
8.6
8
Size
Size
One Size
One Size
Studio
Studio
Borner
Norpro
Weight
Weight
5.3 oz
6.3 oz
Width
Width
221.3 in
196.8 in
Feature
Feature

Made in Germany; Set includes: Tough ABS plastic frame with slip resistant rubber feet, Food Safety Holder, 3 inserts (7 mm and 3-1/2 mm blades, thick/thin plane slice insert) Blade insert holder

Incredibly sharp surgical grade stainless steel blades; 3 inserts-10 different cuts; Blades slice 4 different thicknesses, julienne, shred, cube and create fantastic French fries

Patented push button size/thickness adjustment will modify cuts without removing the insert; Blades cut from both angles; Plane insert has "0" safety position covering the V -blade when not in use

Ambidextrous Food Safety Holder provides complete protection and control; It's easy to use and requires very little pressure; Prongs hold food securely while the guard protects hands from the blades

Insert holder protects blades while not in use, also functions as a drying rack; Blade insert holder and food safety holder clip together for easy storage; Instruction manual included

Compact mandoline slicer for slicing, grating, shredding, and juicing

5 stainless steel blades for a good variety of slicing and shredding options

Safety holder doubles as a citrus juicer

Legs fold for easy storage; concave notches on legs help keep grater firmly on any container

Hand wash Recommended; includes instruction booklet

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