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3.2.2013

I have had this spiraliser for just over 2 years now (not bought on Amazon). I noticed & was surprised it had been given poor reviews here & felt I had to redress the balance. At the time of purchase I spent a great deal of time debating whether to go for this spiraliser over the cheaper models, but I am very glad I did buy this one.First of all the blades & cutters are very sharp & manufactured with great precision. There are 3 thicknesses of cutter for fixing into the unit, or the unit can just be used plain to produce thin non-stop long spirals of such things as cucumber by the in-built flat cutter blade. Note: after not using this for about a month I was surprised to find it not working very well & sort of mushing up a carrot,it turned out I had fitted the shredder cutter in upside down! This is an important point to look out for. The arrow engraved into the blades must point up otherwise it does not work correctly.I have found that even very hard vegetables such as sweet potatoes go through this item with ease. At all times you must apply a certain amount of pressure against the sliding base unit to ensure the vegetable or fruit continuously feeds against the front blade & cutters, this is the case for any of these types of spiralisers. It rinses very easily if you do this the minute you are finished before food dries on. I am not sure how the Lurch type spiraliser works for rinsing since surely the blades stored in the base of it must be removed before washing or they will get all wet?I store the additional blades in a little box for safety, I do not want them to get damaged, (the finest one is a miracle of precision metal cutting & engineering). I also store a champagne cork between the front plate to prevent accidents, & stop the sliding base moving forward when moving about for storage etc. This item does not take up very much room, is easily stored in a cupboard & lifted in & out for use. It has 2 sticky suction feet for suctioning it onto a flat surface, sometimes I use these, other times not, it depends on what I am spiralising & what quantity.The instruction leaflet is a poor translation into English, but nonetheless can be understood. Additionally it tells you how to attach an electric hand drill to the gadget if producing large quantities of spiralised food, which would be tiresome to crank by hand, & the additional necessary parts for this purpose are included with the purchase. I have not used this facility since I only use the spiraliser for my own family's use, but I think this indicates the quality of the machine that an electric hand drill can be attached to power its use.Here is a list of some of the foods I have used it for: cucumbers, carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, apples (dowse in lemon juice immediately they are cut to prevent browning caused by oxidation), beetroot, courgettes, onions, white & red cabbage, celeriac, butternut squash & fennel. All have spiralised beautifully & with ease.All vegetables & fruit need to be wide enough in diameter to allow the small circular blade (like a small diameter apple corer blade - it is 1 cm in diameter) to sink into the centre of the vegetable, this anchors the food to be processed. There then needs to be enough vegetable either side of this 1 cm diameter to shred. A small sausage (which feeds out of the "apple corer" centre) is left behind un-shredded; this can be nibbled, sliced up or used for juicing. Therefore thin diameter foods, such as small carrots, do not work in this type of spiraliser, anything about the diameter of a cucumber or wider is perfect.I have not used the Lurch or similar spiraliser so cannot comment on them, but would highly recommend this gadget. I suspect the quality of the cutter blades in this one are superior & will have longevity, & this is probably a factor in why it is used by commercial kitchens & chefs. If you are a salad fiend or into raw food, this gadget will last for many years, be a pleasure to use, produce good end results & pay for itself over time.Katy Thompson - Home Economist & Aga Cookery Demonstrator
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19.7.2017

I have owned other mandolins but none had worked as effectively with the simplicity of this model, so I decided to invest again in this classic. WHat you see is what you get; a sharp blade, a plastic frame and a hand-guard (more on that later). Build-quality is excellent, if feels strong and robust and built to last in that Japanese manner of enduring quietly. The blade is sharp but will benefit from sharpening now and then. Raising and lowering the cutting plane is handled by an embedded screw, a simple an elegant solution which enables a finely-tuned cut to be achieved. Nuts on the side of the device allow other blades to slow-in,which produce a fine-to-thick jullienne.Using soft to medium-soft fruit and veg is simple and foolproof with the main slicing blade. Adjust for thickness and away you go. Using the jullienne attachment however is very difficult with anything not soft in texture. Julienne carrots? No chance. Thick potato of chip thickness? Nope. Hard veg, especially root veg, is playing with fire on this device. One either has to ram the vegetable at force into the blade or slowly draw it across the blade and risk losing fingertips. Therefore if you plan on slciing aubergine, tomatoe and cucumber regularly you're ok, but if you want to make french fries and slice sweet potatoe, look elsewhere. Which brings me to the packaged hand protector. Made from thin and flimy plastic, its simply not up to the job. I have not been able to make it work effectively.Why 4 stars you might ask? Well, on a price to quality ratio this works well, against larger and more expensive devices. If you want something with multiple parts and attachments then you will spend more. Likewise, more expensive versions come with better hand protectors and stands. The downside to these larger units is the space they take up in the kitchen alongside storing all the parts. This device is small and neatly fits in the cutlery draw. The choice you need to make is how often you will use a mandolin slicer, for what, and what features you really will use versus the simplcity of simply pulling this out the draw and blasting out some tomato slices.This device fits my requirements perfectly, does the simple task of slicing very well and has longevity. For that reason, it's a thumbs-up from me.
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15.11.2019

Benriner mandolins are what you will find in professional kitchens, so you know they gotta be good. Dead simple & sturdy with none of the fancy and unnecessary extras like a stand.I also own the previous version of this mandolin. In order to adjust the cut thickness on the old model, it was necessary to dial in two small thumb screws on the back. This new model replaces the screws with a large dial which greatly simplifies thickness adjustments — it's definitely a big upgrade not having to fiddle with two small screws.My first mandolin was a Selkin Borner V1 which for some reason was very highly rated (it was America's Test Kitchen's pick & they are usually pretty good about their picks).However, I found it to be flimsy & a pain to store with it’s sharp, bulky blade attachments (by contrast the Benriner's blades are small & thin & easy to store). Eventually, I got so fed up with the Borner that I upgraded to my first BenrinerI'm not sure if they are still making a "narrow" version (the old green colored model). I recommend getting the wide version as it's extra width comes in handy while still being ergonomic. I haven't seen or tried the new jumbo model, but if you are slicing something like large eggplants, it might be for you.Regarding some of the complaints in the reviews, if you are finding it difficult to use, I would recommend watching a YouTube video or two — for example, ChefSteps has a quick video of Chef Grant using the old model. The blades are crazy sharp, so if they are not cutting your product properly (also a complaint in the reviews) check the manual or watch some videos.And a finally a word of caution: Mandolins are famous for cutting fingers. If you are at all uneasy about using the slicer, use the included safety guard keeping all digits on the guard. Otherwise use a good technique as Chef Grant does in his video or use your palm as you'll see in restaurants.Happy slicing!P.S. The picture was my mise en place for BBC Good Food's Horseradish Potato Dauphinoise recipe. I can also highly recommend this dish, and it would be a great way to introduce yourself to your new Benringer mandolin!
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15.1.2014

I've used a number of different mandolins and this Benriner is simply the most efficient and best slicer.The beauty of this model is that you can adjust the thinness of the slices by turning the small button on the back of the mandolin to raise or lower the top part of the mandolin. It's therefore effortless to set your desired slice size and with no additional parts, so simple to clean.You receive three blades for juliennes. I inserted the medium blade to julienne a carrot and I was simply amazed that a) this mandolin could actually julienne it properly and without applying huge force and b) that the juliennes were perfect. Passing the "carrot test," which my other mandolins could not manage,indicated that I was working with a quality product.I've since used it for slicing shallots, tomatoes, lemons and cabbage, all of which it managed beautifully. Incidentally I set the blade to the thinnest slice size and sliced a lemon, the result was so thin, it was like a microscope specimen.Some other reviewers have cast doubt on the efficiency of the accompanying finger guard. It's not brilliant compared to those with a larger plunger style grip but it does work, better with some things than others.As a product the only negative thing I can say about it is that it's a little thin for larger items but so far, that's not been a problem for me.In regards to the shopping experience, buyers should be aware that if you purchase this from Amazon reseller EIKOKUJIN NI AKIHABARA [ Send Tokyo style ] who are based in Japan, there is a high probability that you will be charged VAT and a Post Office handling charge before your delivery is made. In my case this totalled £18.85! There was no mention of this anywhere on the Amazon order page. So while the product is excellent, I would strongly recommend purchasing from a UK based supplier. You will pay less in the end.
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1.1.2015

I bought this because I just wanted an easier way of slicing vegetables easily and evenly. Now I use it for everything - jobs that used to take ten-fifteen minutes are done, quite literally, in two. It is, in my opinion, probably THE most useful item that I've ever bought for the kitchen, after knives and pans.Take, for example, making a curry base with five finely chopped onions - that would take me fifteen minutes to peel the onions, chop lengthways, rotate and then chop sideways, and even then the results would not be even. It now takes me longer to peel an onion than it does to slice it into fine, even pieces with the mandolin.What I particularly like about the Benriner is that it is so easy to wash and keep in good condition.Sure, you can buy more complex and probably safer mandolins, but would you ever actually USE them knowing what a faff it is going to be to take it apart and clean it? Probably not.- the simplicity of the Benriner design means that there is very little that requires cleaning, and washing takes a minute at most. I have to admit, I was initially sceptical of the use of a polymer body compared to stainless steel, but it's an excellent quality and grade of polymer and perfect for the job - I wouldn't bother to pay extra for stainless now.In terms of safety, the safety 'handle' is probably too small for some people (my wife doesn't like it), so I don't tend to use it very much. I sliced my finger tip once as a result, but have now got the hang of it, and can gauge slicing things so that I now do it safely. If necessary, I still use the handle, but not that often.I've had this for a few months now, and the blade is as sharp as ever. I'm sure it will need sharpening or replacing at some point, but I can't see that being necessary for quite a while.
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14.5.2015

Summary: This one works the way the others are supposed to. Buy cut resistant gloves rather than using the handpiece.Long version: When I was a kid, my mum bought a mandolin of the 'JML/as seen on TV' type, and it lay at the back of the cupboard unused. I spent £40 on a mid-top range one from my local kitchen store. It was better, but still didn't live up to expectations.This one is exactly what I'm after. Potatoes, onions, carrots... It treats them like air. The main blade is ridiculously sharp, as are the julienne blades. Hold veg, rub up and down over plate - sliced veg. It's THAT simple and quick.Seeing some comments about the fixings, the main body of the one I received was plastic,but all of the holding nuts were metal.Two very VERY minor anti points...a) The finger guard is strong, but you're still very close to the TEETH OF DEATH. If you're *not* looking to get long julienne strands (by slicing veg lengthways) then just use a pair of cut resistant gloves and leave the guard in the box. The gloves really do work, and you get a much better sense of what you're doing with the cutter by holding the veg directly in your hand.b) The julienne blades are quite short - the max depth you can use them at is about 3mm - don't go thinking you're going to use this for making chips.Looking at other reviews, the company has been around for a while and Grunwerg has a branch in Sheffield - I doubt I'll need to think about this for a while, but it looks like there wouldn't be a problem buying spare blades for this.
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2.4.2015

I looked at several other mandolins and read reviews before going for this one. Its design is excellent , compact and won't take up your kichen drawer space up full of never used attachments like other gadgets. There's 3 blades and the guard and thats it. Easy to clean as the slide flips up an a rinse under the tap is usually enough or if bits get caught in the blade its a second to drop it out and wash it off. So far I've used it for julienne carrots, swede and parsnip. also for thinly sliced tomato and peppers which it does brilliantly . (for slicing you just loosen and drop out the second blade). It's only failure was Mushrooms. Can't fault it's performance really,with not too much effort it's very fast to reduce your veg to slices or sticks.I have not cut my fingers with this but I can see the danger. BE VERY CAREFUL. as with all these type cutters you need to use the guard to save your fingers!! In some instances like when doing carrots upright you dont really need the guard til you get near the end- or you can waste a bit.Others like tomatoes can be started without the guard and then stick it in and on top to continue. You'll know what I mean . You do get a little bit of waste even with the guard but its next to nothing and usually gets eaten in my case lol.I've only used the medium blade and that suits me. Thickness is adjustable buy turning a scew with a knob and is a doddle. Mine has metal screws(purchased March 2015). I expected it would have plastic ones as one reviewer mentioned.
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19.3.2016

This was bought as an experiment to see if Spiralising veg would work for me in a recent drive to eat more healthily.I watched some tv and online demos, most seemed to be quite big, plastic and with lots of bits - and a fair bit of food wasted. I bought a vertical one from Lakeland but found it too hard on my hands to use, plus very awkward to have to keep on disassembling/reassembling it when doing a good quantity of veg, so it went back.Then I saw this. It seemed expensive but to have good reviews and also, to be small and neat. I did contact the seller to ask what to do if UK customs duty was applied, and had a very polite reply that if that happened,all I had to do was take a photo of the form and send it to them for a refund. It came much quicker than I expected.Once I had worked out how to use it (not so good at following directions) it has performed well.It is well-balanced, sturdy and neat, takes only a moment to set up, swop blades or clean. Most importantly, my hands are strong enough to use it. Be careful of the blades, they are super sharp. There is no bowl to catch the veg noodles (or their juice), so I stand it in a shallow container, on a damp dishcloth to keep it all firm - job done. The veg tried so far are potatoes, cucumber, carrots - all great. Takes up very little space and is easy to store - the blades are safely in a little matchbox sized storage box. Glad I have it, sure it will last a long time.
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19.10.2008

Bought this about 7 years ago to slice potatoes thinly enough for gratin dauphinoise. I'd previously used my food processor but the size is much better with this mandolin, you can adjust it to suit you perfectly.One great thing about it is it takes minimal space in a drawer so is great for people like me who don't have the luxury of a big kitchen (or even a medium sized one!) and have to utilise their space. It can also be used for julienne and grating but I predominantly use it for the purpose I bought it for. I no longer have a food processor, just knives and this. And of course the Kenwood Chef for cake mixtures which I'd never have trusted a food processor for anyway (not enough air).At the time I bought this mandolin,it was either £20 or £30 for this from Peter Jones or Lakeland or buy a professional mandolin or £150+. This is super sharp and I nearly sliced my fingers off when I first got it so I wouldn't be surprised if those shops had stopped selling it for health and safety reasons. I've learnt that it's better to actually use the guard they thoughtfully provide or waste a bit of food instead of slice your finger off, so as long as you're on board with that, I think this is a great buy. There are now options which are between the two price ranges, I haven't tried them but seven years later, I'm still happy with my purchase.
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21.7.2011

I have this mandoline since few months, I didn't buy it in amazon, but in a local shop in barcelona (a smaller one, cost me 50 euros! In amazon costs only 35! should have checked here before I bought it, although in Amazon USA it cost only 29 USD!!! So I am sure the seller can lower the price in amazon uk).I know this looks "ugly", not fancy nor resistant as a inox one may look like, but it works great and very resistant! A lot better than a WFM inox one I had. Super sharp slides, with 4 different functions (slides, coarse, Julianne and "very fine Julianne"). Very easy to change the blades, not difficult as those mandolin with V shape blades.And I must said it is used by lots of chefs/food writer like Gordon Ramsay,Michael Ruhlman... etc.There are also bad sides like everything in our lives. It cannot do grating and dicing. But I think for grating it is better to buy a microplane zester or grater, it is not the best task for a mandolin. On the other hand, the finger protector is too flat and too small, you can only apply it when the food only left a small piece, but probably you have already cut yourself before that if you are not very careful.For dicing, I haven't found yet any gadget can do so, with a reasonable size, without complicated assembling process. If anyone has found it, please write me your comments! Thanks a lot!
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31.10.2012

This is an absolutely fantastic gadget. I use it at least once a week - usually to make vermicelli from carrots which saves on calories no end & is genuinely nutritious & tasty. I never buy pasta now - I just used 'cheats': for lasagne sheets I use layers of leek flattened out and blanched (thanks Hairy Bikers), for tagliatelle I simply peel a courgette down to the seed layer (eat raw - just pour the pasta sauce on as normal) and for spaghetti I use this gadget.It can be a little fiddly to use. While you are turning the handle you also need to keep pressure on it to drive the vegetable through the blades. I do this by wearing oven gloves & stabilising the blade end with my little fingers and apply pressure at the handle end with my thumb.Or I stabilise the blade end with the inside of my forearm and pull on the handle end with my other fingers while turning the handle with my other hand. You need to experiment. Wearing oven gloves allows the turning handle to slip around.This gadget is actually made for the Japanese market and there are fabulous pictures on the box of people using a drill (instead of the handle) to create spiralised food. There's a special gadget and a few different blades to choose from.I would recommend this to anyone. You just need to be a little creative about finding the best way to make it work for you.
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10.9.2015

Having been asked by my teenage daughter to buy her a 'spiraliser' I first had to find out what that was! My research highlighted that these were originally designed in Japan and are the current 'fad' in the kitchen. This particular model had some excellent reviews although a large number of the UK/European produced versions have a horizontal mechanism so my only concern was the vertical nature of its operation. To my surprise the product took some time to arrive and was sent directly from Japan. It was easy set-up and is incredibly simple and easy to use - the pigeon English instructions whilst humorous aren't really necessary as the use and operation is obvious in many respects.The product produces long, continuous finely cut strands of any vegetable product, quickly and simply.Obvious really but I hadn't appreciated just how little cooking time would be required for sliced vegetables which is a real plus too! The product comes with a very sharp blade (replaceable) and 3 grades of shredding blade which are easily interchangeable. We have already made use of this on a number of occasions and I have no doubt it will be in regular use unlike so many of the gadgets we have had before. Making spaghetti from courgettes is fun, easy and very tasty. Take it from an old hack like me, this is a great product and not a 5-minute wonder.
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9.10.2013

I bought this spiralizer after purchasing another model that had a design flaw. This one does the job beautifully, cutting extremely cleanly and producing a perfect result. Worth spending the extra money to get a trouble-free product that's manufactured by a known brand. At least in ten years time I'll still be able to buy spare blades - so it will pay for itself in the end. And the product will last that long judging from the materials from which it's made.More critically, I would have liked rubber pads on all four feet rather than just the front two. How mean can you get! At least four rubber feet would give it a better chance to stop sliding around - as it does when you're cutting something.Theblades themselves are made from top quality hardened steel and are very sharp.There is no mechanism - like a threaded bar - to draw the vegetable towards the cutting blade. At first this seems like a drawback but on further reflection it allows you to apply the right amount of pressure to get the cut that you want.I'm happy with it so far. By the way, I bought mine through UK Juicers, who gave me a free Raw Food book worth £11. It's a great book too!
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29.6.2015

I was really concerned when the package arrived as the box was really small and light!I should not have been worried at all! The spiral cutter is quite small, but pretty robust. It is made of nylon and the blades are really sharp. There are 3 blades and they cut really well.Slight markdown on starts because it is quite hard to hold it still while you are turning the handle. It could really do with some suckers on the feet.I had tried another model before which was a lot bigger - I prefer this one as it fits easily into a small place in the cupboard and doesn't take a huge amount of room!I did a large red cabbage on it - made easy work of it. Despite the dinky size this cutter can cope with every size vegetable.Carrots have to be cut in half or they are too tall to fit into the gap.There is much less waste with this cutter compare to the other I tried which left a wasted core of about 1 cm wide - which is pretty useless when you are doing carrots! This one wastes a tiny stub just at the end when the spikes get too close to the grip spike and you have to stop!All in all, very happy with it. Delivery was just under 2 weeks I think
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2.4.2016

I'm so glad I got this. It's so easy and fast to use and really easy to clean. I love the small footprint because it makes it so easy to store and I keep the blades in a pill bottle that just sits underneath it on the shelf. It doesn't do 'fat' spirals but I knew that when I bought it. The vertical design means that it's really easy to apply downward pressure while spiralising. Unlike a horizontal spiraliser this doesn't remove a core from the middle of the vege/fruit so in veges like cucumbers or courgettes you also get the softer, moister core that contains the seeds, which can make the spirals a bit moist.I often use an apple corer to quickly whip the middle out of older courgettes that have more seeds or if I'm doing apples or fruit with a core.With the horizontal spiralisers I didn't like the fact that they core the item because it seemed a bit wasteful. The Benriner leaves about a 5mm slice of the item but usually it's the bit of the item that I would throw out like the top of a carrot or courgette or beetroot. Or you just eat it anyway.
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