Bamix SliceSy Food Processor Attachment

I was treated to a SliceSy along with a new Bamix for Xmas 2019. I don’t think a day has gone past when I haven’t used it. I had my old Bamix for 20+ years and only replaced it due to damaging the wire. The SliceSy is amazing, I slice all of my vegetables in seconds which saves loads of preparation time. Salads, veg for stews etc are all sliced or grated perfectly and with speed. It’s simple to change the blades and the whole thing is washed and put away in the cupboard in minutes. My food processor has been made redundant. I wish Lakeland stocked the full range of blades for the SliceSy.

I use this for making coleslaw, and it does an excellent job of grating the carrot to just the right size - far better than my food processor does.The downside is that its capacity is small, so if you're making a large amount it's necessary to do it in several batches.The top part isn't dishwasher safe, and can be a bit fiddly to clean, but the rest will go in the dishwasher, and takes up far less space than a food processer bowl, so if you tend to mostly make small quantities it's very useful.

Purchased this item along with the Bamix electric blender. The Slicesy recently developed a fault. More in hope than expectation I contacted Lakeland who agreed to replace the Slicesy free of charge! Now that's what I call customer service!

I have used this succesfully to grate carrots for coleslaw, however I do feel that the feed tube could be bigger as it will not take a whole cucumber for slicing. DISASTER using it to grate some Edam cheese, the cheese was lumpy and the machine over heated and took ages to cool down after, perhaps on hard cheese it would be better but not good with softer cheese, next time I will use my hand grater for that.

I decided to upgrade my run of the mill stick blender earlier in the year, and when I saw the Sliceasy processor accessory I thought it would be ideal to replace the small processor from my original set.I am so disappointed. My old stick blender processor attachment handled everything with ease from breadcrumbs to vegetables to nuts. So with the Christmas approaching I thought I would breeze through the cooking without having to get out my big processor. I can't honestly say this has managed anything satisfactorily yet. Breadcrumbs were not ground finely. It could not cope with grinding whole almonds.Bacon to finely chopped bacon? No. The bacon just kept wrapping itself round the central blade.It certainly doesn't save time because I have to keep redistributing the ingredients to try and get the food processed.I wish I had stuck with my cheep and cheerful set.