Kenwood Electric Carving Knife

I am a great fan of Lakeland products but sadly, this knife just doesn't do them justice. The outcome for carving was a very jagged looking roast and the blades struggled with the crust on a small loaf. The design is uncomfortable on the hand, particularly the thumb which is used to operate the start button. I certainly won't be attempting to use this knife again.

I wouldn't be without my Kenwood Electric Carving Knife. It is so easy to use and to keep clean. I can now carve meat to whatever thickness I need and it´s marvellous for slicing bread.

I bought two of these knives just prior to Christmas, one for my daughter and one for me. Mine was to replace one I'd had for about 20 years and was brilliant. However, this one is a complete let down. I used it over Christmas to carve the turkey and couldn't get it working properly. I don't know if the blades were in place correctly but I tried endlessly to reposition them but it made no difference. Slithers of meat worked in between the blades which made it impossible to slice the meat. It was really hard work and this was on cold meat too which should have sliced much easier. I gave up in the end and used my traditional knife so I can't see another reason why I would want to try again - not a good buy at all.

I bought this electric knife to replace my 12 year old electric knife as I was unable to buy new blades for it. After using the Kenwood 3 times I put it away in the cupboard and retrived by old one - no comparison. I only use it for slicing bread and the Kenwood even sounds laboured when trying to do this. Dangerous if your cutting crusty bread as it slides before the teeth grip so you must make sure your fingers are well away from it. A one star rate for this product is one star too many.

I bought this as I suffer from RSI, so gripping a knife is not always easy - but was sadly disappointed and after three attempts put it away and sharpened my good old carving knife again. The blades slipped a little (so concerned about further usage) and not only was it noisy but the cutting edge for both pork and beef very ragged - so did not look good on the plate either. Certainly not up to Lakeland's usual high standards, nor my mother's electric carver which she has had for a number years (also from Lakeland I think!)