DASH Safe Slice® Mandoline Slicer, Julienne + Dicer for Vegetables, Meal Prep & More with 30+ Presets & Thickness Adjuster - Grey

First of all, I have to say that I totally disagree with the review that stated "This product was intended for use with a developmentally delayed person to aid in cooking." I am an experienced cook that is well versed in the use of a knife and a mandoline. If you have a tool like this that can make processing food easier, faster, and safer, I see no reason not to use it no matter how good your knife skills are. I also disagree there is a lot of prep work before this mandoline can be used. For some slicing some foods, like celery, carrots, etc. I generally cut pieces to be close to equal length. If the lengths are longer than the shoot, you can use your hand to push them until they get short enough to use the pusher.I use this mandoline primarily for cutting ingredients I use in our salads. Other than the greens, avocado, and cherry tomatoes I use, this mandoline is used for radishes, cucumber, red onion, red and green bell peppers, and carrots. If you are into salads, try cutting radishes with either a knife or a convention mandoline. Yes it can be done with a knife, and not with a conventional mandoline very easily. Cutting them with a knife takes time to cut them evenly and individually and you have to be careful they don't slip so you cut your fingers. With this mandoline, I cut off the ends of the radishes, put 4-5 of them in the chute of this mandoline, and they are all evenly sliced in less than 5 seconds. I haven't found a cucumber yet that would fit into the chute of this mandoline. I cut off the end on an angle, and again, enough evenly cut slices for two salads within less than 5 seconds. For peppers, cut them in half, remove the seeds and membranes, and put them in the chute of this mandoline fitting them together in layers. Again, perfect slices in less than 5 seconds.For red onions, I peel them, cut them into quarters, and put a couple of quarters in the chute. Again, enough for two salads cut into perfect even slices. For carrots using two carrots, I cut off the ends, cut the carrots in half, put the 4 pieces in the mandoline chute, and, again, less than 5 seconds to even slice all of the carrots.Honestly, I can't imagine trying to do all of this with a conventional mandoline as most will not cut anything that is not soft. I did used a knife prior to getting this mandoline, but it took me at least 15-20 minutes more to get all of these veggies cut and cut evenly. I am not a "developmentally delayed person in cooking", but I do appreciate any cooking aid that saves me time.In addition, for my purposes, I have had no problem at all in cleaning this mandoline or with food sticking in it. I simply use my sink sprayer to clean it. As yet, I haven't had a need to use the brush that came with it for cleaning.Although this mandoline may not be good for all slicing needs, it certainly helps a lot in the preparation of salad ingredients. Will this mandoline replace all use of a conventional mandoline, a food processor, or a knife - not likely. They all have their uses, and this mandoline will not replace any of them. Really, the purpose of kitchen gadgets is to make some jobs easier and faster. This mandoline will definitely do that if you make a lot of salads with a lot of ingredients as I do. It will not replace a conventional mandoline that will slice large veggies such as potatoes. Whether this mandoline is useful for you depends on your needs. Personally, for me, it saves a lot of time in cutting veggies I use for salads.UPDATE 02/19/24:I have had this mandoline for 3 years, and it still is as sharp and cuts as well as the day I got it. I use it primarily for slicing veggies for salads which makes it so much easier to make dinner salads almost every night.I grow most of our veggies indoors, and most recently I had to slice a large harvest of carrots before steaming, packaging, and freezing them. Slicing all of the carrots would have been a tedious chore, but, by using this mandoline, I had them all sliced in less than 5 minutes.One thing I have learned is to keep foods packed in the shoot so they don't turn sideways. To do this, I sometimes adjust the orientation of food in the shoot or add more to keep everything upright. As you use this tool, you learn how to keep slices even. Although I use a knife or my larger mandoline for some jobs, this mandoline is still an invaluable tool in my kitchen.I hope this review was helpful for you. I will update my review if my opinion changes or I find more uses for it.

I absolutely love the slicer. I work as a Merchant marine sailor in the galley and so I do a lot of chopping and sliced and icing. This never wears out. It is a must have in everyone’s Galley or kitchen.

I don’t know, I have mixed feelings about the slicer. I bought it because I absolutely dread dicing onions. It works great as a mandolin, but it is not a great dicer. You have to run the ingredient through several times to get it diced and then it is not an even cut dice. I bought this as an alternative to the very expensive pampered chef mandolin. Not sure if it’s any better though

I love this product, especially the food shoot so you don't have to get near the slicer. Don't know how long the sharpness will last. I use it 2-4 times a week. I love it. The suction on the feet makes everything safe. Bless

This is a really nice tool. To be able to set the thickness of your slices easily with the turn of a knob is great. The frame is solid. It has suction cups to hold it in place. It’s a good design. I can easily uniformly slice a cucumber in a matter of seconds.

To start, this doesn't do what they advertise in the description, but it is well made so I give it 3 stars. I specifically bought this for dicing but you first have to julienne and then dice. But. It doesn't actually work very well, or at all really. There is no controlling the julienne pieces when you put them back in to dice so they go everywhere in the slicer area and really just make a mess. So just julienne and then dice by hand. It does actually save time but the description specifically says it dices and it doesn't. I'm going to keep it because it does slice really thin but you have to do it in such small batches because of the angle of the slicing area. If it were closer to perpendicular instead of 45° it would be better, you wouldn't have to cut the big pieces you put in on a bias. Also, definitely don't bother with onions, we tried for 30 minutes to just julienne them and it was pretty unsuccessful. They move around too much in the slicer area. Still pretty good for thin slicing and julienne though, so worth it in the end for me because I am a hazard when it comes to mandolins and this one is basically me proof. =)

Great build quality and easy to use. Compacts down to easily be stored away when not in use and does not take up much room. Makes slicing quick and simple with the versatile design. Very easy to clean up after use and even a child can use this slicer without fear of cutting themselves. The different adjustments for the blades allows for different cuts without having to store blades separately from the unit itself, risking any cuts to fingers. Definitely recommend to anyone looking for a great slicer.

The item itself is actually very nice. However when it arrived they stuck a sticker on the items box - and it was filthy dirty from being in the truck. I bought this as a shower gift so I then had to remove the sticker from the package, and clean it up before giving it as a gift. I was expecting it in an Amazon box. So the item itself was good. The package itself is horrible.