| | |  | Knives | Home » » Benriner Slicer | | | | | | | Description: | | Benriner Mandolin Slicer, this little slicer comes with three blades, coarse, medium, and flat. You can do almost everything that larger mandolin slicers do at a much lower cost. This size slicer mandolin is excellent for home use and will allow you to create beautiful garnishes for your dinners and veggie trays. The size is 3 1/3 inches wide by 12 1/4 inches long. The Benriner Mandolin slicer is made of tough nylon resins with high quality stainless steel blades. The Benriner Mandolin slicer makes a great gift for the cook in your home. | | | Features: | |
• Includes safety pusher and 3 blades
• Easy to use
• Easy clean up
• Makes a great gift
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 12.4 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 12.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 87 reviews |
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195 of 197 found the following review helpful:
Great slicer while it lastsJun 02, 2006
By Sandy P
"saprater"
This is an excellent slicer. I've used everything in it from carrots (when making my carrot version of thai papaya salad) julienned into matchstick thickness to wide thin slices of Korean radish. Never failed me.
Two drawbacks though:
1. The safety guard is a joke. It doesn't hold the veggies very well and is a pain to use effectively...which means I usually don't use it. I've cut my fingers on this mandolin twice now, which isn't bad for two years of regular useage, but I don't like the sight of blood so I'll leave it as a major detractor. Luckily for me, I cut myself on the julienne part and not the actual wide slicer. In other words, my finger meat was left shredded but intact. Whew!
2. The metal parts rust. Yep. They rust. Hence the reason I am now shopping around for another slicer. Don't know yet if I'll get another Benriner. Might look into the Bohn.
***Update***
Apparently Benriner realized the metal parts rusted because their mandolins now come with plastic screws to hold the julienne blades in place and to adjust the thickness level.
68 of 70 found the following review helpful:
excellent portable mandoline with a few flawsJul 10, 2005
By M. Mckay
THis is a great item which is used several times per week in my kitchen, primarily for slicing cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables. the basice slicing blade stays sharp and is easy to adjust. Careful! It's easy to cut yourself! I suggest getting a kevlar or other cut-resistant glove (such as the steel gloves used by fish mongers or meat packers); I find them to be more convenient and more useful than the plastic holding tool. The finest julienne blade was a problem for me; if I slammed a hard carrot through its teeth, occasionally the teeth bent; be careful that the vertical thicknes of the julienne is not more than the width of the julienne cuts. I don't care for having to keep track of the separate blades when they're not in the slicer, but it's not much different than tracking accessories for a mixer or a Cuisinart.
I have a Bron stainless steel mandoline, whcih costs well over $100 more but the Benriner is what I turn to again and again.
94 of 102 found the following review helpful:
 DON'T BUY THISJan 22, 2008
By orangekay
This little guy works great, but unless you are absolutely positive that you will never want to cut anything larger than a medium sized mushroom, do yourself a favor and get the "Super" model. It's essentially the same thing only it's wide enough to take on whole potatoes, onions and fennel bulbs, and it has metal adjustment knobs to boot.
It's my understanding that these are high carbon steel blades, and yes, that does mean that they will rust if you put them in the dishwasher or forget to dry them thoroughly. Nothing a little Barkeeper's Friend can't fix, and a light coating of vegetable oil after washing can help keep the rust at bay if you live in a particularly humid environment.
A cut resistant glove would be a wise investment whatever model you end up with.
34 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Poorly designedMar 04, 2005
By T. Monson
I wanted to love this, as I bought this on the recommendation of other professional cooks for its zippiness, simplicity, and sharp blades. I am pretty adept in the kitchen, but this tool is unsafe if you decide to use the flimsy finger guard. Also, the blades were not sharp enough to handle hard veggies, such as carrots, gracefully, so I was left struggling trying to jam them across the blade, the finger guard trying its best to go off track each time. The finger guard should be higher and somehow secure better to the track. Worker's comp not worth the risk--I'll stick w/ Bron!
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Not for amateursFeb 22, 2005
By Julian Pappas
If you are a good cook this is a great tool. I've worked in many a kitchen that depend on this very slicer. It is lighter and cheaper than a french mandoline. You can simply hold it over a bowl and slice away, no setting up and easy to clean. If you are good with a knife you'll have no problem. This tool, however, is not for the clumsy or the inexperienced. The finger guard is useless so you had better know what you're doing. Tip: use to slice as much of the food item as you feel safe and finish the rest with a sharp knife.
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