Swissmar V-Prep™ Mandoline Slicer – Versatile Kitchen Slicer for Julienne, Shred, Cube & Slice – Includes Multi-Function Bowl & Safety Holder – Essential Kitchen Gadget – White

I've had a couple of mandolines in the past, and my experience was that they were super cheap and didn't work at all. They were complete piles of junk, and dangerous because they didn't cut well, causing it to stick and your hand to slip. This one slices extremely well, it's almost scary. When I first got it, I did a trial slice of a red potato. I didn't think it was working properly because there was no force needed at all. I looked down and half the potato was sliced already. When I say no force needed, I don't mean a little force, or hardly any force. I mean it felt like nothing was happening. I got this because I recently purchased a dehydrator, and need thin, even slices of food. This definitely does the trick. It's pretty well made, has enough attachments to do any thickness I want, and has the julienne slicers at two thicknesses. The thick straight slice is great for just about anything, and the thin slicer is paper thin. Super thin red onions are great for pizzas, sandwiches, or salads. I am pretty decent with a knife, but I can't slice this thin. Although the manual specifically warns against it, I tried out the 'spin it 90 degrees' trick to see if it would dice, and it definitely works. Pull it back over the julienne prongs, then twist it, then go down, repeat... Perfect little cubes. Try dicing an onion like that with the smallest julienne attachment... tiny little onion cubes, works GREAT in meatloaf. The hand guard thing works pretty well, and normally I feel pretty confident with it.. however I was slicing bananas, and they were just too squishy to use the hand guard. I started doing it without the guard, got distracted for a split second, and almost took off the tip of my finger. Two weeks and about 12 fingertip bandages, and it still looks pretty bad. It's pretty obvious, but this thing is sharp! If you're an easily distracted monkey like me, don't try to do bananas without the guard. I ended up buying Chef'n Bananza Banana Slicer specifically for that purpose. I'm a musician, so would prefer to keep my fingertips. Anyway, with more solid foods (onions, potatoes, apples, whatever...) it works very well and is very secure. The fact that it's self contained and has a tray to catch the food, with a lid, is great. I'm super happy with this slicer.

Blades stay sharp, easy to clean, stores safely. This is my second unit. The old one still functions after 10 years but is finally beginning to dull. Good product.

This will be a lengthy review as I have been a user of the original V-Slicer since 1988. Yes it lasted that long, almost 30 years! I was hoping to make it 30 years and then replace, but I dropped the large Julienne insert on its nose and it cracked right down the blade line (it was already cracking a bit, this just speeded up the process.) This is the insert I use the most so I couldn't live without it. So I bought the new V 5000. In all respects it looks like a very similar design to the original. The original included most of the accessories you can buy extra now including the grater, the thin julienne vegetable decorations maker, The waffle fry maker (was really too small) and the peeler tool set. I broke my peeler using the lemon twist maker item on the side of the peeler. This was the only deficit in the set. The new peeler tool comes with another tool that I'm not familiar with but all these are extra now. But as you can see by the pictures (with the old and new items) the blade positions seem to be exactly the same even though the old inserts do not fit in the new frame. The new inserts lock a bit into the frame, where the old ones did not really "lock" in per se, but they were secure enough. They are more so now. The food holder cup is of a similar design and has some kind of like the serrated edges on the raised lip guards that I think have a function but I don't know what it is. The V 5000 includes a catcher and storage box for your cut items. That is a nice addition, Why I bought this set v.s the others. I wouldn't buy any of the other sets that didn't include this. So most of the other reviews will speak for this item and the fact that I have been using my old one for nearly 30 years. It is simply the best mandolin out there. No, you cannot vary the thickness of the slicing more than two, but this is of little concern. The thin slicing, while not paper thin, is pretty much thin enough for almost anything. The thick setting is good enough for thinner French fries and if you needed it twice as thick or more than that, you would use a knife anyway. As many others have said, the blades are extremely sharp, so if you are using this without the holder you have to be EXTREMELY careful. I have never cut myself because I'm so afraid of how sharp this is that I take extreme care every single time if I'm not using the holder. Overall, I have been extremely satisfied with this mandolin. Apparently, they are discontinuing the insert version and going to an adjustable sickness version I'm not sure how the julienne setting will work but I'm sure will be similar to the other mandolins that are coming out with multiple adjustments on the frame. With nearly 30 years of experience with this product is absolutely the best value that I've ever seen for any cooking tool.

I did a lot of reading before I decided on this one. I love this mandoline. It's very sharp. Easy to slice carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, pears, apples, sweet potatoes and onions in no time at all. I keep celery in a bunch, clean it well then slice away. Julienned carrots did ok, but I think larger carrots would have worked better. However, I still ended up with nice carrot shreds for my salad. I put the mandoline on top of the "catch-all basin" then slice. Some people complained it couldn't do sweet potatoes. I had no problem. Granted it takes slightly more effort, but it made beautiful uniform slices for yam chips. Haven't tried fries yet. Also, I did order cut resistant gloves to make sure nothing happens. These blades are sharp. I never get near them and I use a fork to pull out the small leftover scrap. So the thing gets stained. Who cares. I took a star off for the hand guard/vegetable holder thingy. The plastic is a tad flimsy and could be sturdier, but it works fine. The storage container holds everything. I haven't had this product long, but I couldn't be happier with it. Overall, it has truly sped up my meal prepping.

I cook a lot, and nearly everything is from scratch, so I want things to work when I buy them and not add too much mess to my already huge collection of kitchen tools. In about 30 seconds I knew there was a reason the V-Prep was so highly rated. The storage design alone would make me interested. (I like things that pack themselves away in convenient little boxes.) What made me really happy though is how well this worked. The blades are sharp and it is super easy to switch slice types. You can really fly through veg on this thing, so my fingers appreciated the large safety holder. I spent a mere 3 minutes from start to clean up turning a few potatoes into shoestrings. The kid is happy. I am happy. The V-Prep was dry and neatly away by the time I was done serving lunch. (This is how I wish the rest of my kitchen time went, but alas, we can't have everything.) I have tried in on a few other items on it and everything went pretty much the same. Quick cuts, quick cleanup. I'm definitely satisfied with my purchase.

I am a gadget person. Over the past 40 years, I have owned many kitchen mandolins. This is without doubt the best. As a total gadget freak, on Prime Day I went hunting to see if there might be something better. The simple answer is "no," there is not. While looking I also noticed that my current Swissmar, purchased on May 30, 2013, had just passed its 10th birthday. It seemed a good time to write a review of a product that has stood the test of time. During the past 10 years, I have used it on average about once a day. It has, without a doubt, been the kitchen tool that has been the single most used, best-value kitchen tool I have. (And I pretty much have them all.) For most of the past 10 years, it has been sitting on my kitchen counter where it has been exposed to sunlight. I also wash it in the dishwasher sometimes. As a result, the top and the standard blade I use 90% of the time have yellowed somewhat. Besides that, it is little changed from when I received it 10 years ago. The two blades I use less frequently are still quite pristine looking because they are stored in the mandolin container box out of the sun. (They have both had several hundred uses.) After 10 years of daily use, it seems absurd to claim the blades are just as sharp today as when I received the mandolin. However, whatever dulling has occurred, it is too little to notice. After 10 years of daily use, there is no issue whatsoever with the blades being dull. They *seem* just as sharp as the day I received it. Safety: I am a klutz. I am absent-minded and easily distracted. Yet, after literally several thousand uses I have yet to cut myself while either using or washing it. (I can not say that about my kitchen knives.) Yes, like any sharp kitchen tool, it should be kept away from young kids and it should be used with suitable care. Personally, I worry far more about cutting myself with my knives than with this mandolin. Cleaning: I have purchased some fancier mandolins with adjustable blades and/or safety shoots. They are fun for a bit and if doing a fair amount of cutting they can be a bit faster on the cutting end. But "oh my God," the cleanup on all those adjustable parts takes longer than cutting veggies up the old-fashioned way by hand with a knife. I use my fancier, "safer," adjustable mandolin only every few months because getting into all the nooks and crannies is too time-consuming. Cleanup on the Swissmar is really quite easy. Use any kitchen brush, soap, scrub back and forth parallel with the blades, rinse and you are done. There are no nooks and crannies for yuk to hide in. The pictures up-loaded are of my 10-year-old Swissmar mandolin which goes in the dishwasher, is stored on the counter where it is exposed to sunlight, and is used on a daily basis. You will see that the mounted blade is a bit yellowed, but that the others are not. If this concerns you, then store your unit out of the sunlight. 5 or 7 pieces?: I would never consider not getting the 7-piece version. All the cuttings go in this holder, none on the floor. It saves a mess every use. I have no doubt that it has paid for itself several times in rolls of paper towels not used for cleanup. And also again in bits of food that did not escape to the floor. (Sorry doggies!) Also - this is my first review. Quality reviews short of 6 months seem silly to me.

American Test Kitchen endorsed this so I thought it must be good. I do like the way you change blades without getting your fingers in the way. It is kind of flimsy tho and doesn’t seem sharp enough to slice a potato without grabbing. It would be okay for vegetables I guess. For $30 you can’t expect much.

For years I thought I wanted a salad shooter, because while I like a good salad, I hate spending the time to cut stuff up. After numerous bouts of investigating, I stumbled upon the concept of the mandoline slicer. Wow. What a fantastic kitchen toy!!! And extremely easy to use. And very easy to clean. I chose this one in particular because I wanted a good quality slicer that had a catch bin / storage bin. Honestly, I can't imagine why they don't all come with a bin like this. Trying to balance the cutter on the edge of a bowl does not appeal to me, nor does attempting to safely store the very sharp attachments that come with the slicer. Forget salad...now I am making my own spring rolls and broccoli slaw. And slicing things to put on pizza. And, well, yeah, making fancy salads. The slicer comes with a little gadget that supposedly holds the food safely while you slice it. I highly recommend getting a pair of cutting gloves to supplement the food holder because a) It doesn't always behave b) It is absolutely useless with odd shaped things like broccoli stems. The few times I've tried to use the safety holder have quickly gone downhill, and I usually end up pulling out my cutting gloves anyway. This slicer is definitely worth the cost.

This is the second time we have bought this product. The previous one lasted over 10 years. We changed it as the blades were no longer as sharp, and the plastic body had got scratched --- but it still performed beautifully. We have in total purchased 6 times --- the other 4 have been gifted to family --- and ALL are very happy with the product

As a home cook, I've got decent knife skills, but it is still time consuming prepping meals. The Swissmar Borner V slicer helps alot, especially with salads. Look up the American Kitchens review on YouTube for the details. In summary is you can get french fries, julienne carrots, make slaws, dice onions, get zucchini ribbons, etc in seconds. The base is sturdy, change out blades is quick and its very safe to use with the handle provided. You do need to apply some pressure and speed with harder vegetables, but I quickly got the hang of it. Like any sharp steel blades, unfortunately the diswasher is out of the question. Using a dishwashing brush is ideal for longevity. From my homework, this is still the best mandoline on the market, very sturdy, and everyone should have one in their kitchen.

Producto de buena calidad, simplifica mucho el trabajo de la cocina. Lo califico con 5 estrellas porque funciona excelente, pero se debe tener MUCHO cuidado cuando se usa, debe hacerse de acuerdo a las instrucciones, las cuchillas son MUY FILOSAS, y en un descuido me corté un dedo de manera muy fea.

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Most mandolines sold anywhere are horrible products that just waste your time and you'd instead be better having a sharp knife to cut your veggies.... But not this one ! This one is actually good. I want to leave a prop to the seller Swissmar who sent me a new mandoline under warranty after I sent pictures of a defect in the manufacture of the blade of the first I received. I was passed my Amazon return window having not actually tested my mandoline right away and I was afraid I'd have no recourse but they replaced the whole mandoline under warranty. I was very pleased with the customer service and that made the whole difference for me. I recommend making a close inspection of the product as you receive it in case you'd suffer a similar defect. The first unit I received had blades that were like warped in two places. The new one I received fulfilled my expectations. The Borner German made blades are very high quality and stay sharp a long time. I have had several Borner mandolines over the years and even my 5+ years old ones are still way sharper than most competing products in a brand new state. No other brand compare. You can cut very fast and very precise cuts that makes using such a tool actually faster than a food processor. I really like the box it comes in both to protect against children putting their fingers on these ultra sharp blades and also during the preparation, you can cut horizontally and fill the box and use it to carry your slices veggies.