SiliconeZone 11-by-15-Inch Non-Skid Flexible Cutting Boards, Set of 4
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of SiliconeZone 11-by-15-Inch Non-Skid Flexible Cutting Boards, Set of 4
Customer Review: One of my 3 CAN'T DO WITHOUT kitchen items!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had 2 sets of these simple but marvelous mats so far, not only the handiest thing I've bought for my kitchen, but friends keep talking me into giving them one. I only need one or two but one is always on my countertop for various uses the past few years.
I'm a senior lady and disabled, and my time standing in the kitchen is limited so I hate cleaning up messes, picking up dropped stuff on the floor, sterilizing unweildy wood or plastic cutting boards. Mainly love the ease of chopping or slicing vegies on it, folding it over like a funnel and dumping right into a salad bowl or a pan with NO SPILLS, or vegies onto another can't do without item, faithful George Foreman Grill, beside my meat entree. Top down, vegies and meat dinner in 4 minutes.
So simple to just put under the faucet and run hot water over it, or wipe with a little bleach on a sponge. Very few knife marks on mine, but I don't like super sharp knives, and if I seldom have to cut meat I use a scissors and wax paper on the mat to then wrap and freeze pieces. I buy boneless skinless chicken or pork or sirloin chops. The grill gets a once over with a damp paper towel. So simple and time saver, not like cuts on a wooden board which is most unsanitary.
Beyond a slicing surface, great for placing cannisters on to fill with coffee or sugar, salt shakers, or stuff I seem to always have to spill some, shakey hands at 70. Just roll it up, shake in the trash or sink disposal, rinse if necessary and reuse, keeps counter clean and free of stains. I put hot or cold things on it to protect the formica, made a few stains with coffee but cleans with bleach ok, not ruining my counter top. They wear well but at the price, and the work they save they can be tossed for another new one. Best features are flexible enough to roll and empty, easy cleanup forget the broom, and no storage problem in my cramped space - stack them on the counter and peel top one off for next job.
Besides these mats and the elec non stick grill, my micro rice steamer is the third CDW to make food preparation easier than ever in my life. If I spill dry rice filling it, roll and dump in the cooker. I am not kitchen friendly, want to spend as little time on my feet as possible, hate to cook, hate cleaning up, dinner in 6 minutes and I'm done.
So glad to see these are on the web, had a hard time finding more in stores when I want to gift someone. If you want the job done clean and fast, tired of bending picking up rollaway strays off the floor (or always between stove and counter narrow space) buy these for a staple in a kitchen, especially for seniors - I've no dishwasher nor disposal I might add. Why in the world would one need a cutting board heat resistant? not for oven or stovetop use. For glue guns and crafts which I also do, put a piece of wax paper over your extra mat if you want to protect a table top, I use one on my desk and serves as a coaster too. I didn't even know about the silicone part, who cares.
Just can't rave enough over these. Saves work, saves time.
Customer Review: Good concept, but not a true cutting board.
Summary: 4 Stars
A cutting board is more than just a thin plastic sheet - which is basically what this product is. I don't think this should be called a cutting board at all - it's not even a board of any sort. It would be more accurate to call it "Non-Skid Flexible Cutting Surface" - and that's what I would use it for.
One of the benefits of a true cutting board is the shock absorption factor. Meaning, when you're chopping away, the board absorbs the shock rebounds from the chopping - this helps in fatigue and jarring. This plastic surface does not offer that.
What this plastic cutting surface does offer though is a light, manueverable, flexible surface that you can cut on, pick it up, and funnel all your ingredients into your bowl/pot/pan. This is the biggest advantage to owning these. I would use it on top of my favorite wood cutting board. Having all the different colors is great for color coordinating. So - in prepping a meal, I will put the green mat onto my wood cutting board, chop all my veggies, pick the mat off the board and set aside. Then I can put my red mat down, chop all my meat, then put aside. Now I have all these mats with all the prepped foods awaiting cooking. This is handy because then I don't have to dirty a bunch of prep bowls and there's less chance of cross contamination without having to wash the actual cutting board between changing foods.
These mats definitely have its advantages, and I would recommend purchasing them - but I would not call them cutting boards in any manner. So to summarize, here are a list of of their pros and cons:
Pros:
1. Color Coordinated
2. Helpful in prepping, coordinating prepped foods, helps to cut down the need of prep bowls.
3. Easy to store, easy to clean, sanitary
4. Great that you can pick it up and funnel foods into bowl/pot
Cons:
It's NOT a cutting board and cannot replace a true cutting board. It IS a surface that is easily cleaned and manueverable - so it's a mat that can be used as an alternative to your cutting board or a surface you can place on top of your regular cutting board to get the best of both worlds.
Customer Review: These really work.....
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for a flexible cutting board that I could pick up, bend, and dump my chopped whatever into the pan. These boards deliver with one small challenge: not all the stuff comes off, so you are left with vegis stuck to the boards and have to scape them off or tap the board on the side of the pan. Not a biggy, really. I like that I can whip one out of the cupboard and slap it down on the counter and make sandwiches on it without having to worry about whether the counter is dirty....we live in a very dusty, sooty city. They are non-skid, which is perfect. They are much easier to handle than my oversized wooden cutting board or my plastic cutting board that I have to put a non-skid pad down for before I use.
They are very thin, sort of like the Tupperware roll-up pastry board. They do show cut marks from the first, but so does any cutting board! I own Henkel knives, both serrated and straight edge, and am not at all concerned about cutting through them. I certainly wouldn't use a meat cleaver with excessive force on one though!
The color coding is pretty.. but I don't pay attention..I use all four for everything. It's nice not to have to wash a cutting board in between steps, that's for sure. Cut/chop your meat, place the board aside and grab another board. Cut chop your vegis, place the board aside, grab another, slice your bread, and so on.
They clean up well and fit in any sink...because they're flexible! :)
My kids also use them for playdough! They will pick up the playdough scent, so dedicate one to just that!
Hope this review helps!
Customer Review: Inexpensive, Durable, color coded for use, Sanitary
Summary: 5 Stars
I think I've pretty much done my whole review in writing the title. You get FOUR cutting sheets for around several dollars each. The cutting sheets are extremely durable - unable to be cut through unless a concerted or intentional effort is made. They come in four colors - RED for Meat, GREEN for Vegetables, ORANGE for Poultry, and BLUE for Fish.And since they are color coded." And the set of different colors means you know which has been used so you don't have to wash it everytime, since you'll remember if it's clean or not.
One side on each sheet is "rubberized / siliconed" backed so it doesn't slide around on the counter. A good thing. A bit confusing though - on the instructions it states "The sheets should be HAND WASHED with NON ABRASIVE CLEANSER". But here's a pleasant suprise since so many kitchen items now can't be - IN THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS IT STATES -"THESE ARE DISHWASHER SAFE". Which (IF ACCURATE) makes me feel better that the set can get REALLY sanitized in the dishwasher! Each sheet is 11 X 15, a good usable size for ALL of the items I use a traditional cutting board for. You can fold them and put cut up food into pots without losing alot like solid boards. And roll them up for storage in a kitchen drawer or when picnicking, etc
I'm happy with this purchase. It is an excellent value on a well designed and made product. And it's a kitchen item I've been looking to get when I found the "RIGHT" combination of value, that is well designed and well made. Here it is! Finally found it!
A happy HOME CHEF!
John Row
Customer Review: Useful, and here's how
Summary: 5 Stars
Update: These are increasingly finding a new career in my kitchen as funnels and guards. Flour, chopped bits, anything finely ground tends to stick-and-release at times, causing the sudden avalanche to overshoot the destination container (e.g going from flour bag to storage bottle). These work nicely to form a funnel-backsplash to keep the flour off your counter. Of course, you can chop on them too. I use these so much for this I've bought thicker, but slightly stiffer IKEA flexible chopping boards to help out with the stuff below. They're cheaper.
If you need to drizzle stuff into a mixer or even a blender, these work great too. Beats parchment funnels any day.
I use one of these as a secondary board under a smaller board for electric knife cutting. It's a pain to get the crumbs off the counter, so when I'm done cubing baguettes for fondue, or cutting bagels for breakfast, or trimming a round cake, I can simply clean up my counter by dusting crumbs off these boards into the sink.
When chopping vegetables, I also use a traditional cutting board, but with one of these boards underneath. Either it catches unwanted bits that I can easily toss into the disposal, or catches the chopped bits to funnel into the pan or pot (depending on the choppee)
So I don't know if they're great boards or not, but they are great mats with the added strength of accepting a stray stroke or two of the blade. Mine have lasted fine over several months.