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Kyocera Adjustable Mandolin Slicer, Red | 
 enlarge | Brand: Kyocera
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $22.96
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 1589
Color: red
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 3.6 x 0.4
MPN: CSN 202 RD
Model: CSN-202-RD
EAN: 4960664455157
ASIN: B000HZBXOA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The Kyocera ceramic adjustable mandoline slicer is a nice compact way to slice vegetables | | • | The ceramic blade will stay sharp many times longer than a metal blade | | • | Slicer cuts quickly and efficiently due to its sharp blade | | • | Just turn the dial to adjust the thickness 5mm, 1.3mm, 2mm and 3mm and includes a hand guard | | • | Safe to use in dishwasher |
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Product Description
The mandolin slicer is easy to use - just turn the dial on the back for paper thin, medium, thick and very thick slices. The ultra sharp, durable ceramic blade won't rust or brown foods. Perfect for cabbage, carrots, cucumber, onions, potatoes and more.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Flimsy and dangerous December 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Your first few experiences with this tool are likely to be delightful. It features a ceramic blade, which is much, much sharper than the machined steel blades found on most mandolins. It is small and light, making it quick and easy to use and clean. Adjustment is accomplished simply by rotating a rectangular piece of plastic on the underside of the tool to one of four positions.
Unfortunately, the faults in this tool will soon become manifest.
First of all, as many reviewers have said, it is dangerous. The guard that comes with it is worthless and it's difficult to imagine a guard for any hand-held mandolin being of much use; such a guard is, by necessity, too small and not held in a fixed line of movement relative to the blade. Second, this tool is dangerous even when not in use: there is nothing supplied to cover the blade when it is not in use, so if you have a drawer full of kitchen tools in which you dig to find things, your fingers will eventually meet the blade.
Second, there are only four thickness settings (3.0mm, 2.0mm, 1.3mm, and 0.5mm). This is somewhat limiting. That the thinnest setting is 0.5mm is especially disappointing: Be aware that 0.5mm is substantially thicker than "paper-thin," so if that's what you are buying a mandolin to do, do not buy this one.
Third, it is flimsy. Because it is constructed entirely of plastic, it bends while you use it. This is especially bothersome for the thinnest setting. When cutting thin slices, if the plane of the deck on which the food slides is not perfectly parallel with the plane in which the blade sits, you will end up slicing only part of the food, with your slice tapering out into paper-thin-ness and then into nothing. Cutting fibrous or dense foods is difficult at any thickness due to the flimsiness.
Finally, the blade, so sharp when new, dulled to the point of near inutility after slicing two bulbs of fennel and a bulb of celery root. The blade is neither replaceable nor even removable for sharpening, so as soon as the blade dulls, the entire tool is trash.
In summary, there is little or nothing that I can do with this tool that I cannot do as well with a knife and the knife is less dangerous.
 Wow, a mandolin that works! December 27, 2008
I've used mandolins before. I've had three or four given to me and I've always sent them back to the manufacturer with a note asking them to check and see if they were defective. It's unreal the number of veggies I've cut that have turned out horribly. I was beginning to think that I'd never have an easy way to slice and chop food. Then my husband chose this mandolin from my wish list. Who knew that you don't have to spend $100 on a mandolin for it to work? I'm so thrilled with it that I've been recommending it to everyone I know. It makes uniform slices and can slice so thinly that you can see through the slices. And it does it with minimal effort on my part. The ceramic blade is very, very sharp, and I am sure that is what makes the mandolin so good at slicing through anything I try. The mandolin is also wider than I thought it would be - about 4 inches or so - which means that I don't have to pre-cut veggies in order to slice them. I plan on making potato chips soon, since we love homemade chips. I've never made them before because I just never had a slicer that would work well enough. I would recommend this to anyone who cooks.
See one before you purchase December 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this slicer primarily on the number of good reviews. I was very disappointed with the slicer once I received it. First this is very small and made of very flexible plastic. It is way too flexible and flimsy. The ceramic blade while sharp isn't as sharp a good SS blade. I would guess its more durable though. The thickness selector is very stiff small square bar you turn on the back. The markings are the same color as the plastic bar and very difficult to see. If you don't get the bar to stop squarely, the thickness is off.
Wow! December 24, 2008
I just shredded a head of cabbage like it was nothing. Love it! The blade is sharp-- be super careful. The pusher is kind of useless. This works better than a mandolin I paid twice the money for.
easy to use, easy to clean December 20, 2008
I love this slicer. It doesn't do as much as my expensive mandolin, but it is so much faster and easier to use. I don't use the protective food holder that comes with it. The one that came with my other mandolin works better. I like how easy it is to clean.
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