Out of 171 reviews 151 are 5 &amp; 4 star so clearly the majority rules. Its only use will be for cheddar type cheese slicing so is this a good choice?
149367
It's a pretty good knife for the price, however the blade has only been sharpened on one side causing the knife to forcefully cut to one side. creating inconsistent cuts and undesirable results.
1240367
Hard parmesan might be a problem. But cheddar should be OK. Good practice for those small motor skills. I'd recommend a large tray (and parental patience) for the job.
918498
I have had my slicer for well over a year and I have had no problem. I use it all the time and really love it. I make Zucchini bread for my husband and use it for the uniform slices. I do use it slowly and very careful cause I don't want any problems. I slice a whole of bread at the same time.
795233
I would not recommend it for hard cheese as the cheese would stick too much to the blade.Cleaning the blade also would be a little more dangerous since you would have to take theblade out to clean. The unit works well for typical vegetables as with any other slicer of thisnature.
1292236
I preferred the slicer that wasn't adjustable as this one tends to move thickness whilst in use as there is no locking mechanism. The non adjustable is the same brand, make sure you get the thin slicer and yes it will do your job I use mine all the time I love it!
2031387
I've grated cheddar on the coarse cylinder, and it was fine. But, since I slice rather than grate mozzarella, I have no experience with that to report.
1553071
It's pretty good. But I've only made mashed potatoes and a couple of cheesecakes. It did well with the cream cheese that wasn't fully at room temp and that was kind of stiff. And the retractable cord is awesome. It needs help retracting a little, but its great for storage.
243544
I have found that I do need to stop and start a bit when slicing through a block of cheddar cheese fresh out of the refrigerator (not freezer). This is not a problem at all--just my two cents. Overall, I would recommend this slicer.
588235
I have used it on a brick of cheddar, such as kraft. It certainly sliced that fine. You could try making sure your cheese is as cold as possible. I don't think it would slice anything as soft as, say a brick of cream cheese. I hope that helps you a little, take care..
1425242
It is a GREAT cheese knife but the hardest thing I use mine for in cheddar cheese. It is a plastic blade to gets very thin at the edge of the blade. If the cracker crust was a bit soft I would use it, but if thick and rock-hard, nope! It's fantastic for slicing hard-boiled eggs! I love mine and have given them as gifts to all of my family members!
167214
I have never attempted to use the slicing blades for cheese. I do shred a lot of hard cheeses (cheddar,parmesan, asiago, etc.) with the shredding disc and that works great. I wouldn't recommend tryingto slice cheese with a slicing disc. The high speed of the disc would probably begin melting the cheesejust enough to gum up the disc. If you choose to give it a shot anyway just be sure to use hard cheesesonly (like the ones cited above) and definitely NOT mozzarella or Velveeta. Hope this helps out.
828552
Have never tried -only use it for cheese - but I wouldn't think it would work - not strong enough/proper blade.
1129712
I have used it to slice very hard cheese, but soft cheese will not work. The grater blade works well to grate all types of cheese.
795235
My opinion would be that this would not be a good cheese grater or slicer. A softer cheese would stick to the mandoline and a harder cheese would not slice but grate, but not in a good way.
510809
Seems from other posters that the french fry blade is a waste (very tiny fries), but the coarse slicing blade is excellent (some were annoyed that it wasn't standard). Another poster mentioned getting spare/backup blades from theessentials.com since this is a discontinued item. When I checked that site, I saw their blades are only $5-6, so will buy individual blades from them instead of the kit. I hope it ends up being as great as everyone says!
2217212
I don't use it much at all anymore. Got it out the other day and replaced it with my Mac santoku which I love. It does slice well, but I'm not really pleased with it. I don't know if it would work on harder veggies, I also use a Forschner 8" chef's knife for harder things, seems more sturdy.
2217207
It's extremely sharp and wonderful for slicing. However, because of the clever like shape of the knife, I find it awkward to get that rapid wrist motion you see with all the professionals on the cooking shows. So when I'm dicing a softer vegetable, I always use my Henckel's chef's knife. I find the Japanese Mac Knife best for just straight slicing. It's so sharp it works well on both hard and soft vegetables though.