| | |  | Carafes | 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:
| 12.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 40 reviews |
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 Benriner Japanese Mandolin slicerFeb 14, 2010
The best mandolin on the market. Tried to use another more expensive mandolin and found it not to work as well as the 20 dollar Benriner. Best product on the market for the money.
Great slicer at a fabulous priceFeb 13, 2010
I bought this after researching mandolines on Amazon and other "foodie" sites and settled on the Benriner after reading reviews from people who have had theirs for 20-plus years. I also heeded the advice of those who suggested getting a glove to protect my hands. I bought this at my local Asian market for the same amount as it is on Amazon and I have been using it for about a month now. While I haven't used the different shredding blades it comes with, I have used it to make cole slaw, paper-thin slices of fennel, onions and shallots for a delicate stew I made yesterday - it works like a dream! I have never been able to make acceptable cole slaw with just my knives (and I have high-end knives). I can't wait to make sauerkraut! I rinse it in hot water and leave it to dry in the dish rack and it doesn't rust.
It is imperative (for me anyway) to buy a glove to use with this product. To those who gave it fewer stars for being dangerous, I think I would say just get a meat cutter's glove, or a fish-filleting glove, or, as I did to avoid having a uni-tasker in the kitchen, an Ove-Glove - all of these options cost about 15US to 25US each. I have been cutting myself with kitchen knives for 30 years, so I knew better than to use this slicer unprotected.
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15 years of use: great gizmo for the right purposesJan 28, 2010
Probably more than 15 years, and I'm just now about to order a new one since they don't offer a replacable main blade. Like any kitchen tool, you have to know what to use it for and what NOT to use it for. I use it for paper-thin (or just very thin) slices of cucumber and onion - every night in our salad. You can place the blade right over the salad bowl and not even have to wash the other piece. Also great for paper-thin apples for pancakes or thin potato slices. (Don't use it for thicker slices of hard veggies like carrots - use a salad shooter or an old-fashioned knife!) I keep this mandolin in the drawer right next to the sink...takes very little space, and the plastic makes it lightweight and easier to use than a big heavy metal mandolin. As far as safety goes, one trip to the emergency room 8 years ago taught me to concentrate as I get near the end, use the finger guard (which I have no problem with) and not be cheap about getting every last bit. (Yes, I've cut myself with a knife too, but I'm not going to stop using knives in the kitchen!) This and my immersion blender are my two favorite kitchen gizmos, and I highly, highly, highly recommend it. Indispensable. Inexpensive. Easy to store. (Not sure if I'm trading up to the larger one. If an onion is too large to slice it flat, I slice it at an angle which creates smaller slices which I prefer for salad or cooking. I also like the compact size.)
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Wow, works like it should!Jan 08, 2010
We purchased this mandolin to make it easier for salad prep slicing (ie. mushrooms, cucumbers, carrots) but have found it such a breeze to use that we now prep countless dishes with the slicer. We have been using it for a few months now and the blades have stayed sharp and slice through a tomato just like the day we first tried it. We are very pleased and easily give it five stars, the guard is basically useless however, but the mandolin aspect is what I am rating and easily give it five stars.
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Small, easy to use and efficientDec 23, 2009
Half the size (and half the price) with none of the bells and whistles of more elaborate alternatives. Because it is so easy to use, and clean, and store I use it much, much more often than the "Cadillac" mandolin I received as a gift. What is harder to do because of its size can be easily accomplished with an old-fashioned, inexpensive, four-sided slicer/grater or a processor for large quantities. But for small amounts and spur-of-the-moment uses it can't be beat. It makes beautiful, thin slices of chili peppers that add zip and color to salads, sandwiches, steamed vegetables, pork chops, baked squash, practically anything you can think of, without the risk of adding too much heat that accompanies dried peppers and powders. Would you ever consider sprinkling dried peppers on a salad? Me either, but pretty, thin, green slices with yellow-white centers look and taste wonderful. Using this mandolin is easier and more convenient than a knife.
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