Gramercy Adjustable Mandoline Food Slicer, Mandoline Slicer for Kitchen, Mandolin, Potato, Tomato, Carrot, Vegetable, Fruit and Onion Cutter - Stainless Steel - INCLUDING 1 Pair Cut-Resistant Gloves

Ever read some reviews and wonder if people are reviewing the item you're looking at and if they read the manual? Forget about the reviews that say it leaves black plastic bits in their food. There's an arrow showing how to face the food spear/holder. That plastic is from them using it exactly 180 degrees off the way it is designed to work. Doesn't save time? I guess if you have almost Gordon Ramsay knife skills, sure. I don't. This thing is sharp. It cuts clean and fast. Need consistent cuts? Near perfect. For dehydrating foods, this assures every piece is dried to the same degree. A knife pro may be able to cut single slices faster, but twist the lower blade to julienne or to french fries and this mandoline will absolutely smoke them. If there's large quantities of cutting to be done, I'll use this hands down (but fingers UP! It's seriously sharp. Missing finger sharp). Clean up may take longer than washing a knife but the stainless steel cleans easily and with the included brush, getting between the lower blades is easy. While this is fun to try "fancy" foods, the food holder spikes do not allow for full cutting of your food. Once you get down to what could be the last slice, the holder slips off the food and won't cut it. The tolerances are just too tight. I dislike wasting food. I won't even suggest how I work around it, because it's dangerous and stupid. Just know there will be some waste unless you get a knife out to not have any waste. After 3 years this is still better than razor sharp on the original blades and going strong. I've had zero problems with its functionality. I'd like to add 2 things: 1) Be careful how you store and pick this up. Even with the blade guard on the flat blade, the wavy blade is still exposed underneath and out of sight. Grabbing it from the business end could lead to injury. I cut myself not once, but twice immediately after the first cut reaching inside the drawer to get it out. Why? Because the initial cut was so sharp, the pain didn't register until I had already used the other hand (thinking the first was a pinch and a fluke) to try to grab it again. Always store this where the handle is what you reach for. 2) The description says it will cut waffle fries. No and sort of. If you imagine the perfect waffle fry or search for images, this will not do that. If it can, I have yet to figure out how. What I get is a very thin version of a waffle fry so technically it's possible. The key is pressure. After the first cut, you turn the food 180 degrees and press SLIGHTLY to achieve the waffle holes you're looking for. It took practice. If you just want waffles without the holes it's easily done at any thickness. But is that really a waffle fry? The depth of the "crinkle cut" blade just isn't deep enough to make them efficiently.

This is the second mandoline I have had. My first one had a blade that went straight across, not at an angle and the blade didn't seem very sharp. This one is so much nicer, vegetable cut with ease. It is sturdy and doesn't slide when I use it. It was easy to clean by hand, but now I put it in the dishwasher instead. When I washed it by hand, I used a dish towel to dry if off. Warning: a dish towel does not prevent the blade from slicing you finger. I got a deep gash that took a few weeks to fully heal. Pros: The blade is very sharp, it cuts through vegetables with ease Cons: The blade is very sharp, it cuts through fingers with ease :) - be careful, not just when slicing, but also when handling it afterwards. I learned the hard way.

works well. very sharp. must use gloves.

Great value and great performance. As other reviewers also noted, you need to use this product very carefully, as the blades are truly razor sharp! Do not use when intoxicated or distracted :-) Likewise, be careful when cleaning the product. I have no injuries so far, because I paid attention to what other reviewers said. This is an excellent product! I wish I'd had something like this many years earlier.

I’ve wanted a mandolin to help with my food prep for a long time. This was easy to set up, use, and (very importantly) and clean and reassemble. The main thing about anyone using a mandolin is that the mandolin will cut you as easily as an onion or tomato. The blade is super sharp, so wear the provided gloves and use the food pusher to stay safe. I like that it’s fast and the slices can be dialed in to just the right thickness.

Works amazingly well. Easy assembly and comes with protective gloves - it’s very sharp. Made a huge dish of scalloped potatoes and it only took a few minutes to slice 6 large russet potatoes. I love it.

The blade is very sharp and works well. The product includes a glove for safety, and I strongly recommend using it at all times. However, I had a problem with the black plastic guard. When slicing a lemon, it only held the lemon for one or two slices. After that, the lemon slipped inside the guard, so the blade could no longer reach it. When I tried to adjust it to continue slicing, the blade started cutting the plastic guard instead of the lemon. This made it ineffective for lemons and unsafe. This may work better for other foods like cucumber, but for lemons, the black guard did not work for me. Please be very careful and always wear the glove.

It's great. The safety glove and protection tools are a must have on your hand if you use it. Seriously, you will lose a finger or worse. It's easy to clean and I love it.