Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This versatile mandolin has a variety of features. Made from polished stainless steel, it features a large safety guard, non-slip stand and interchangeable inserts. Suitable for use with fruit and vegetables, this popular mandolin is great valuefor money and popular with our in store customers.
•Deluxe Mandolin by Kitchen Craft
•Suitable for use with fruit and vegetables
•Made from polished stainless steel with a non-slip stand and large safety guard
•Interchangeable inserts include: slicing blade, crinkle blade, fine and course graters, and large, medium and small julienne cutters
•25 year guarantee
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Customer Reviews:
 Great product November 6, 2008
P. Freeland (U.K.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great product, versatile and very solidly made.
Previous comments about the instructions are fair, in that they could have been much more helpful, especially in giving guidance on blade selection and how to deal with different types and sizes of things like the carrot example. Which by the by the way, is best to be done by hand i.e. not use the slider/ holder, and then either finish the stubbs by hand or eat them (Chef's bonus).
Whether you use the slider or not there will always be a small bit that does not/ cannot be cut!
The versatility is you can adjust the thickness easily, and there IS a scale on the inside edge of the unit. The different blades allow you to; grate fine/ coarse, produce straight/crinkle cut slices, and then by adding the vertical blades you can produce thin/ thick strips.
One last comment is that it is big! It's about 18 inches fully extended, this is not a bad thing but something to be aware of.
 Difficult to master technique January 22, 2008
D. Gordon (Edinburgh)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I must admit I'm finding it really hard to master the technique of using this mandolin. For example if I cut a carrot across the width of the carrot, the slices are fine on the leading edge of the slice of carrot, but the other edge is paper thin, so I'm getting slanted slices and end up with an unusable shape of carrot left in the slider. It will effectively be a triangular shape and because one edge has made it to the stalks I can't keep cutting it. It seems as though I need to apply far too much pressure on the slider to get an even slice.
Apart from that, it is a sturdy machine and easy to clean, I just rinse it under the tap.
 Better than any of the others. October 16, 2007
Sparkie Mike
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This mandoline is solidly put together, there is no flimsy plastic bits that will break off. You understand why they guarantee for 25 years!
The instructions make it clear how to set the blades up and there is a scale on the side of the main unit (in inches and mm) to allow you to set the slice thickness.
The food holder attaches to the main body to prevent any slippage and the blades all come in their own box (understandably as they are razor sharp).
This is a great product and does what it is meant to do.
Fiddly July 12, 2007
Ahmed E Cohen (Cheddarshire)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is very solidly made and looks the business. The trouble is, its very fiddly. There is no gauge on the side to help you ascertain thickness or thinness of the slices. Its very hit and miss. It also leaves thick pieces stuck to the holder. The various blades are confusing too as to how you arrange them. Used it twice and dont like it at all. I wish I'd bought one of the plasticky slicers that lasted me 15 years and cost only a few quid. On second thoughts, I think I will.
What a an excellent gadget September 14, 2006
MK
43 out of 44 found this review helpful
This mandoline is great. It slices and dices to a variety of thicknesses for all sort of veg. It works a treat on root veg.
Comes with seven blades, some of which you use together.
The only downside is that there are no instructions on how some of the blades must be used together otherwise they won't do the job. However, it's not particularly difficult to learn and the results are worth it.
With a 25 year guarantee whose complaining!!
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