Starfrit Apple Peeler - Easily Peels All Types of Apples - Spring Loaded Arm Adapts to Various Shapes - Bonus Apple Corer

I use this Apple peeler all the time and I love it! I works surprisingly well and doesn’t remove much more than just the peel, which I was concerned it would remove too much of the apple itself along with the peel. My first impression was that it seems rather cheap quality, but I have been using for months and it is still working flawlessly. It is very easy to use and has suction cups on the base so it stays put. The blade easily gets through the peel and it is easy to clean. My only complaint is if the apple is not perfectly round, the blade gets kind of stuck, nut I have just resorted to spinning the apple from the top, with my hand when that happens and that has worked every time. It comes with an extra blade which is nice, but the one it came with is still in good shape. I absolutely recommend this product and wish I had bought it sooner. It makes peeling apples fun.

The Starfrit Apple Peeler looks like a toy in the photos. Even when you unpack it, you're still skeptical. But it really does work like a charm! It makes very quick work of each apple, compared to the horizontal-type crank peelers. That makes it a time-saver. And it creates less juice residue than a horizontal peeler, so your workstation is cleaner when using the Starfrit peeler. The entire mechanism is plastic, and you can see everything inside. Nothing inside will get rusty, and you can see if it needs cleaning. Very little juice gets inside the mechanism, but after a full day of use you can dribble some warm water around the main hand-crank to improve ease of cranking, and into the drain-holes in the bottom and shake it around to get the very small amount of juice drippings out.The mechanism is programmed to start at the top or bottom of the apple (depending which direction you turn the crank), peel to the other end of the apple, then automatically lift the peeler arm up and away from the apple. You just punch the apple down onto the tines to start, then crank a few turns, then lift the peeled apple from the tines. BE RESPECTFUL OF THE BLADE IN THE PEELER ARM. It's a 1-inch razor blade with less than 100% safety guard. Wait for the peeler arm to rotate out of the way before getting your hand in there. I only nicked a finger once while peeling 200 pounds of apples. The Starfrit Apple Peeler comes with plastic storage guards for the peeler blade and the tines, for safe storage. And there was one spare blade in the box, with plastic safety cover.I peeled 200 pounds of "backyard" apples with this peeler. Lots of small-to-medium sized apples with many odd-shapes. The peeler was not always perfect, but was substantially faster and cleaner than a horizontal-type crank peeler, and generally did as good or better with small and odd-shaped apples. It didn't peel all the way to the top and bottom of the apple (even in the marketing photograph you can see peeling on the bottom of the apple); only about as good as a horizontal-type crank peeler. I still had to hand-peel the very top and bottom, but I would have done that anyway with a horizontal-type peeler.The Starfrit peeler yields a whole peeled apple, not a sliced apple. There is a separate utensil in the box to press over the apple to core and wedge-cut the apple. This is the same apple-core/cut tool you can buy off the rack at most grocery stores. The tool in the Starfrit box has a large center hole for coring, which is OK for large apples. But if you have small apples you might want to look in your grocery store for a different cutter with a smaller center hole that cuts a smaller core.The plastic Starfrit apple peeler won't become a family heirloom like most horizontal-type crank peelers, but you will be more productive during the canning season using a Starfrit apple peeler. And the Starfrit peeler more easily lends itself to occasional use for several apples at a time, such as making a few snacks for the kids.I like it.

These peel apples so easy, quickly. and perfectly! It cuts the skin off to perfection. It’s so thin, so you get to keep the meat of the apple. It also comes with an apple cutter. Makes making apple pies/ cobbler easier and saves so much time (& apples)! I’ve had mine 10 years and it’s still works!!

I like my apples peeled, cored, and in large quantities. However, I've grown tired of manually peeling apples with a knife. So I decided to purchase and compare Starfrit 93013 Pro-Apple Peeler with bonus core slicer AND Back to Basics Peel Away Apple Peeler w/ Suction Cup Base. Despite reading the positive reviews about the Starfrit peeler, I thought that it looked like a joke--a cheap toy, and that the Bake to Basics would blow it out of the water. I couldn't be more wrong. While the Back to Basics ("B2B") peeler feels more durable and "looks" more like an actual kitchen gadget, it is inferior to the Starfrit Peeler in all other ways. The Starfrit Peeler looks like a toy, but peels apples like a pro.First, out of the box, the B2B peeler required more assembly and I actually had to read the user manual to figure out how everything came together, the parts were adjusted, and the product was used. In contrast, the Starfrit peeler is basically in one piece out of the box... You just snap on the handle and go.Moreover, the Starfrit peeler is MUCH simpler to use (without having to consult directions) and does a wonderful job removing all of the apple's skin without wasting the apple's flesh. The Starfrit Peeler was equally proficient skinning both large and small apples. In contrast, the B2B peeler required a lot of tinkering and initially peeled far too much flesh off the apples while removing the skin. I also found that the B2B peeler only worked well on very large apples. If the apples weren't large enough, there wasn't enough pressure applied on the peeling blade, which failed to remove the skin.Finally, cleanup is much quicker with the Starfrit peeler, whereas the B2B peeler has many more components that need to be washed and rinsed.Ultimately, I was very unhappy with the B2B peeler and sent it back. Granted, I only tested it on apples (it supposedly is great for potatoes)--but I just wanted my apples peeled quickly, efficiently, and without much mess. I suppose it's also worth noting that the B2B peeler can also create "shoe laces" and spirals from the apple's flesh. But for my needs the Starfrit 93013 Pro-Apple Peeler with bonus core slicer was the hands-down winner... Despite its goofy appearance.I've given Starfrit 93013 Pro-Apple Peeler 4 stars because it says it does, and does it well. It's missing one star due to its toy-like appearance and because I have some doubts whether this will hold up over time.