MuellerLiving Mandoline Slicer for Kitchen, Stainless Steel, Slice or Julienne, Vegetable Chopper, Fruits

This mandoline slicer is great. I have used it for many types of meats and cheeses. It folds up nice and compact and is highly adjust, with 2 different modes - Sliced and Julienne. The thin side of the slices is paper thin, and the thick side is perfect. Just remember not to throw away the little transparent blade blocking safety device. You can easily re-install it, and keep your fingers from being the reason for the next hospital trip.I do love that they had a tamper-evident seal on the box. That was pretty cool. Wish more places would do that.I found out the hard way that if you let the pusher slide even slightly off the grooves in the rails you'll be having chunks of plastic in your food. Don't let the pusher outside of the rails. It will cut off the small thin guide plastic rails from the bottom. A really common mistake is to hold you hand on the TOP of the pusher... DON'T do that. You're going to end up driving the metal spikes into the blade. Use the pusher like an air-hockey striker. Keep your hand wrapped around the mid-section with the plastic guards protecting your fingers and side of your hand.

I bought this for its many uses and right away began to cut some potatoes in 5mm slices. It was fast and made clean cuts. I must admit, I've never used such an item and came to find out I cut it too closely at least once, cut the top layers of skin off my thumb. And I didn't even feel it! Very sharp blade! Might want to read instructions now

Pro's: It was sharp and easily cut soft veggies, such as onion, cucumber, etc., its legs were sturdy and the rubberized feet were great, (so it didn't slide around), and it had a wide cutting surface. There were 3 MAJOR Cons for me: 1- While slicing potatoes, (for homemade chips), the size selector would NOT stay on the 1mm setting and with each swipe of the potato, the selector incrementally increased in size and eventually stopped around the 3mm setting, which I consider too thick for chips. However, the 1mm setting didn't move when cutting softer veggies, such as onions. There is no lock feature on any of the 'slicing' sizes, but the 2 julienne settings stay locked in place. 2- Removing the slicer/julienne blade was easy but reinserting it after cleaning was a pain in the butt. At the far end of that removable piece, there's a small protruding nodule, and if you don't get that nodule precisely lined up with the hole on the side of the mandoline, or miss it altogether, (which I did the 1st time), then that piece gets stuck and can't be forcibly popped back out without damaging that part and/or cutting yourself. Also, if forced, that plastic part would probably break! Instead, remove the back cover, (on underside, which has 3 tiny Phillips head screws), and gently pry that piece out with a butter knife or something similar. Not getting that nodule properly aligned with the hole will probably be a problem for some people. 3- The vegetable 'pusher' is wide and does a good job covering the width of the mandoline, however the pusher leaves a good bit of leftover veggie waste at the end of the cutting process due to the gap between the end of the pusher & the base of mandoline. The amount of veggie waste ranged from a 1/4" to 1/2" in thickness. Minor annoyances were: Although the folding legs lock into the open position, they don't lock into the closed position and will flop open unless held closed. A simple latching mechanism would be nice. I can foresee newbies having problems with the 'orientation' of the veggie pusher. It's designed to only go 1 way but can easily be turned the wrong way, and novices might not realize this. Yes, the pusher has places for thumb/fingers, and there are flanges on the top & bottom to help protect fingers if they slip, and it also has directional arrows which are meant for the up & down direction. Mueller could help the newbies by adding the words top/bottom or up/down alongside the arrows, otherwise some folks may incorrectly place it in the wrong (left/right) position... which would cut the plastic side guards on the underside of plunger. It's not rocket science, but a little extra labeling and directions would help the beginners. Lastly, it would be more user friendly if the 'print' or 'labeling' on the removable sizer/slicing/julienne piece was written around the perimeter of the dial instead of on the end. Since it's on the end of dial, one must either pick up the mandoline to read the options/sizes -or- stoop down to counter level to see the print. That was only a minor annoyance, but could easily be remedied. A few simple redesigned fixes would turn this so-so mandoline into a pretty decent one and also be a major help for beginners.

So easy to slice with this mandoline! I've sliced veggies as well as cheese and it's wonderful! Cleans up easily too! Be careful of the blade! It's sharp!!!

I had a "V" blade mandoline that needed replacing so I tried this one. It made nice pepperoni slices from a pepperoni stick with minimum effort. Same with onion and potato slices. However when using the julienne function, it didn't slice items quite as effortlessly. Definitely need to use the safety pusher. Stainless steel makes for easy cleanup. Overall, I prefer my original "V" blade mandoline.