Benriner Mandolin Vegetable Slicer 6.4cm, White - 3 Interchangeable Stainless Steel Blades & Safety Guard - Japanese Handheld Mandolin Slicer for Shredding, Slicing & Julienning Fruit & Vegetables

It is exceedingly well designed: the curved grip works well, the bowl catch works well, the finger guard effortlessly slots itself into position such that the final strokes run on the base as a track, and then there's the completely understated but excellent decision to bevel the edges at the bottom, so the guard pulls away easily there, after the blade.It is very easy to slice very quickly very soon after first use. I'm reviewing for a home cook perspective, and I think it's a long overdue purchase - on it's maiden voyage I sliced about 1.5kg potatoes for boulangeres, and had finished in a couple of minutes at most. By hand I'd have still been going ten minutes later, and probably cut myself from not having bothered to sharpen the knife for too long.On the point of sharpening, I like that Benriner sell the julienne blade attachments separately as replacements, and the main slicing blade can be removed for sharpening.My only criticism would be that I think the level adjustment could be clearer: if lowering the table (thicker slice) you have to push down slightly as you go, or else back-off the adjustment a lot, push it down, then tighten to creep back up (gradually thinner) to the desired level. With some spring pre-load above the table, that issue would be eliminated. It would also be helpful if there were some indication of thickness other than eyeballing it and running test slices - a marked .5mm scale dial on the side say, transparent with the table as its own indicator.All in all though, very very good.

It is very expensive but the quality is fantastic I am happy. Using for beef tomatoes.

Lovely mandolin slicer. If I had any gripes it is my own fault for not considering the larger size (The Benriner BN-95W is around £70, which is just over twice the price of the BN64W) . A medium sized onion only just fits within the width of the blade. Some vegetables you can cut into smaller pieces to fit but that's obviously not an option if you want onion rings. The other gripe is that the maximum thickness appears to be less then the 8mm stated. It does in fact say adjustable from 0.5mm to 0.8mm but this must be centimetres, i.e 0.5cm to 0.8cm. A pound coin would just about slide under when set on maximum thickness. It would help if the cutting blade sat as high as it could inside the frame instead of being pushed down by a millimetre or two by the retaining screws. You can see the gap in the online photos as well as the one I've added. Moaning over. This made very short work of slicing the onion, courgette and softish aubergine shown partly cooked in the first image. I can't see myself using it for julienne but you never know. I should add that it took seconds to wipe clean and overall I very pleased with it.

Bought this because it has removable blades which means I can sharpen the standard blade when it gets blunt - much better than the usual mandolin where the blade is fixed and when it gets blunt you have to throw the whole thing away.Nice selection of blades and a guard to use when slicing - which I would definitely recommend as the blades are extremely sharp. Easy to change blades. It took a bit of time to get used to changing the size of the standard blade but, once you do get used to it, its a doddle.

I first bought a benriner classic 25 years ago. It was better than many other makes at delivering the fine cut veg I wanted and was still going strong five years ago when my husband and I opened a coffee shop. We used it many times daily (home made coleslaw!) and when it eventually gave out, had no hesitation in replacing it. We sold our shop a while back and lost it in the process. Have been meaning to buy a replacement since then - have just ordered the newer version and am very happy. It has some useful new features (non-slip grip on the base, hook for resting on bowls etc) that are great - wish I’d had them on my old ones. A good, reliable cutter that will give you fine shards of veg. Beware, it is very sharp and you can seriously injure yourself if you don’t use it carefully. The veg holder is a good idea, but we found it much easier and safer to use a non-cut glove protector. Although you do still need to be careful even then. Can be tricky to clean the channels for the blades, but everything comes apart and for the harder to reach places we used a purpose-bought toothbrush to get in the nooks. All round, I absolutely recommend this.

This was a birthday present for a friend based on my experience with this brand. I have 3 in my two kitchens. I particularly like the simplicity and the fact that the blade can be removed for honing. Too many other brands have too much complexity and are a pain to clean. Get the cut resistant glove however.

Works really well and is quite safe if you use the guard supplied.

I have tried several mandolins over the years and this is easily the best - and I have got rid of the others. It is easy to change the size of the slices and also to change to julienne. Wish I'd found it years ago. I do find it wide enough but I might at some point buy the wider one.