Review on Cuisipro Hand Held Mandoline Guard by Michelle Sun

Until I saw Cuisipro's mandolin, my newest favorite slicer was the OXO Good Grips Complete Grate and Slicer Set. Beautiful, light, portable, with a knife compartment in the vegetable holder. It looked good and while I knew it wouldn't last forever, I liked what he was doing. And then came Cuisipro, tall and muscular, handsome and ready to go. That's it: my second marriage again. Anyway, I switched to Cuisipro and I really like it. Includes three cutting blades with double faces. You can slice, make those crumpled cuts and waffle cuts, or you can grate or julienne. The weight is comfortable. It doesn't budge on the counter and is strong when it all comes out. Insert the blade, turn the key, done. The grip is non-slip, you get plenty of wrist protection (a must have for guys like me who are now officially to the bone). With five slicing options, you can do a lot with Cuisipro. Even better, you can adjust the thickness from thin paper to thick. I like my light potatoes when I'm making a salad, but I'm thinking of making some homemade fries and this will make it happen. Because now I need a second important source of chips. If Frito-Lay ever decides to play fast and loose with my arteries, I'll need a backup system. Anyway, I've tried Cuisipro with a number of different products. The first was a large bowl of semi-kim-chi, a type of fermented Korean kale salad that I didn't ferment. It contained chopped onions, bok choy, radishes, carrots, and other condiments, as well as hot peppers, fish sauce, and any number of other herbs and spices. It was a pretty good tasting and Cuisipro got the job done with no issues. Since then I've made some caramelized apples and onions that were easy to chop and the next project is a potato salad cart, an onion cart and maybe some carrots and other things that look interesting. With bacon, mayonnaise, vinegar and boiled eggs. Traditional plus bacon, that's the international term for "more". Big and powerful, Cuisipro does what you need it to do and makes tedious things like slicing tons of potatoes less of a chore. It's priced at $39.95 ($10 more than the OXO, but it looks like it'll last longer, so that's a scam). Easy to stow away. The mandolin is flat and I put the blades in a plastic bag underneath. It will take me months to lose them all. So, for a nice, powerful slicer that's easy to use, with blades that are easy to install or remove, and sharp enough to deal with whatever you want to slice, I wouldn't want that. don't see how anyone could go wrong with any of these. On the other hand, this third marriage didn't work out: I'm more of an optimist. Five stars for a great cutting machine.