OXO Good Grips V-Blade Mandoline Slicer
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: OXOBrand: OXO
Model: 1155700
Color: White
Product features:
- Easily slices fruits and vegetables; makes straight slices, crinkle cuts, French fries and julienne strips
- Includes 4 blades; height adjuster offers 4 thicknesses: 1.5mm, 3mm, 4.5mm, and 6mm
- Blades store on board and remove for cleaning; textured surface keeps food from sticking; protects fingers
- Handle and turning knob are soft for comfort; non-slip feet keep it secure; fold feet and lock for compact and safe storage
- Blades require hand washing, while the body and food holder are dishwasher safe
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips V-Blade Mandoline Slicer
Customer Review: OK, but not great. I'd rather put that money into good knives
Summary: 3 Stars
First a note on the stock picture - it is misleading - it shows the cubing set (that oval with the extra 2 blades), but the mandoline that Amazon ships doesn't iclude the cubing set (I think in general Oxo packs it withot the cubing set, so I don't why this is the stock picture)
The pros: It has a nice design.
Unlike other reviewers, I found it easy to change the blades, and assemble and disassemble the whole thing. The blades store within the mandoline, so you don't have loose sharp things in your gadget drawer.
Most of the mandoline (except for the blades) can be washed in the dishwasher.
Although it is plastic, it is sturdy. The base doesn't slip, and the handle at the end of the mandoline feels sturdy and comfortable.
It is really nice to have the 3 width adjustments.
The cons:
A very small "sweet spot" to safely and comfortably slice the vegetables. Maybe I chose the wrong vegetables. Here are the results:
*Cucumber - Beautiful thin, medium and thick slices, but with limitations. At its full length, the cucumber was too long and narrow to use the food holder. Every time I tried to set it on the holder, the cucumber would get loose and/or the whole thing would collapse - so I had to do the first 1/2 of the slicing without the food holder - fearing for the integrity of my fingers. At some point, I could put a shorter piece of the cucumber and successfully slice about 2-3 inches - which went really fast and the slices were beautiful. Then it came to the end of the vegetable, and it was impossible to slice the last 1/2 inch or so (because the holder only goes so far, and it is hard not push the wires that hold the vegetable in place just so, before they start scratching on the body of the mandoline).
*Onion - Nice medium slices, but again the last 1/2 inch or so couldn't be done with the mandoline. I couldn't do thin slices - but that may be not being familiar with the mandoline. I find the onion easy to slice with a knife, so unless you have a bucket full of onions, not much time saved.
* Bell Peppers - by the time you cut them to clean and take out the seeds, and then not being able to slice the last 1/2 inch or so, again the overhead was too much over just slicing it with a knife. I could only slice them successfully at the medium and thick setting.
* Tomatoes - maybe I was using a tomato that was too ripe. The mandoline made a royal mess with very ripe, and somewhat ripe tomatoes. Maybe it works well with green or barely ripe ones.
So maybe it was bad luck, and if we were a big french fry eating family I would have loved the mandoline.
I didn't hate it, but we don't have that much storage space, and I didn't feel that the trade-off between the amount of space it takes, and how useful it was for our style of cooking deserved keeping it.
We'll be putting that money into a good set of knives, and maybe a hand-held or compact mandoline.
Description of OXO Good Grips V-Blade Mandoline Slicer
OXO's very versatile V-Blade Mandoline slices fruits and vegetables with ease. Four blades and a simple height adjuster make straight slices, crinkle cuts, French fries and julienne strips in a variety of thicknesses. The blades store on board and are easily removable for cleaning. A textured surface keeps food from sticking to the Mandoline and the food holder securely holds food and protects fingers. The handle and turning knob are soft for comfort and non-slip feet keep the Mandoline secure on the work surface. Fold the feet and lock the Mandoline for compact and safe storage. Hand wash the blades; the Mandoline body and food holder are dishwasher safe.Mandolines & Slicers
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