With sharp V-shaped blades, settings for thick and thin slicing, and a simple design that produces bowls of full width chips or julienned vegetables in minutes, the V-Slicer from Swissmar Borner has a faithful following and no shortage of satisfied customers. Whether you will like this simplified mandoline will depend ...

Especially popular with raw food enthusiasts, the Spiralo 3 from World Cuisine quickly transforms suitable produce like sweet potatoes and zucchini into beautiful spiral slices and two sizes of "vegetable pasta." Even with the one year warranty, the lightweight ABS plastic construction will require some extra care in actual ...

As a labor saving device I usually consider a mandoline somewhat suspect, because a cook skilled with a knife and cutting board can out-produce a mandoline operator if all that's required is sliced vegetables. In restaurants the mandoline or a similar device can assure product uniformity, which often is not critical in ...

A new approach to grating and slicing, the Benriner Turning Slicer from Kanekichi creates mounds of light vegetable ribbons or "pasta" style noodles in minutes, for quick salads, sandwich fixings, or a last minute addition to stir fry meals. Chefs accustomed to the older models of mandolines could be pleasantly surprised ...

The idea is sound: push a potato through a cutting grid, using a hand leverage press, and you have french fries ready to cook. This particular machine is built a little light for that purpose. The stamped stainless steel lever arms and slides of the MIU Cutter can ...

An inexpensive handheld version of the multi purpose counter top Mandoline, the V-Prep is a newer version of the company's V-Slicer model. Two interchangeable cutter plates allow the home chef to quickly work up large or small quantities of julienned vegetables or even french fries. Used alone, the ...

This large Mandoline from MIU, with five interchangeable blades, a stainless steel vegetable holder (to protect your fingers) and easily adjustable settings, can be either a welcome and useful addition to your kitchen or a complete frustration. Mandolines are often touted as labor saving, capable of producing uniformly sliced, ...

Ah, contraptions . . . . creative inventors have always tried to come up with ways to substitute ingenuity for actual skill. Whether the price is a few dollars or a few hundred the limitations are always the same.

This Mandoline from De Buyer is actually a step above ...

I'm not sure how this V-Slicer is different from a mandoline. I use it in pretty much the same way.

I love this slicer. Don't be fooled by the plastic. Just because it's not stainless steel doesn't mean it's not well made. Quite the opposite, in fact. This is one of ...

I've often fantasized about the gorgeous, intricately cut foods I would sculpt with a mandoline. Scalloped potatoes shaved papery thin. A mountain of shredded hash browns that would bring tears to a brunch lover's eye! Sure, I wouldn't use it every day. And maybe not even every week. But when I did ...

Ah, the seduction of the mandoline. It promises effortless production of wafer-thin chips, slices and juliennes.

And yet, it also presents a scary proposition. Moving your hand close to an exposed blade in the opposite direction of the blade's edge is a recipe for some serious gouges.

The safety issue is mitigated, of course, by ...

OXO's mandoline is a love-it or hate-it proposition.

Take Cooks Illustrated, for example. They loved it. They gave it their top rating in a recent review. It outranked spendier models from elite kitchen gadget brands.

But several buyers of this mandoline have spoken up and said it's really not all that great. ...