"Neat machine for slicing" star star star star star_border This review is for an older version of this product I bought this mandoline to take away with me on a prolonged stay in Italy and thought it would be just perfect for travelling. It's great for slicing and making julienne of soft vegetable like courgette but totally useless with carrot or raw beetroot as I found out today at home. The action is not as smooth as the video suggests, the vegetables get stuck on the grating blades and only scores half way through leaving it in chunks. If you are looking for a slicer for griddling courgette, aubergine or potato it's excellent but forget it for making julienne of harder vegetables.
"Zyliss Smart Guard Mandolin" star star_border star_border star_border star_border Not as easy to use as the instructions (or other reviewers) say. I wanted to do cole slaw straight into the bowl (not on a board or work top) but this could not be done and by doing it on the work top made a mess as the cabbage flicked everywhere. support_agent A note from the team Thanks for placing your review. I'll be in touch shortly to help.
"Ok for slicing, no julienne" star star star_border star_border star_border I bought this as I loved the idea of the safe blade, and really love being able to quickly finely slice potatoes and onions etc. I found it was good for onions, it struggled to slice potatoes finely (it might have been my technique, but I found the holder slid off the spud, and they got a bit stuck on the plastic when moving up and down-it was like the starch made the plastic very sticky) and for julienne there was no point whatsoever-even if you don't use the guard the blades just seemed to get stuck in carrots when attempting to use it.I am a bit disappointed and am back to the knife or food processor for my slicing needs (was hoping to have a happy medium) this just stays in the cupboard unfortunately support_agent A note from the team Thanks for placing your review. Sorry the mandoline has been such a disappointment. I'll be in touch shortly to help.
"Zyliss Smart guard" star star_border star_border star_border star_border My wife bought this for me, I cook and enjoy good presentation. Sadly, I feel very let down. The holder fails to grip vegetables like carrots, with any pressure the centre piece comes out of the holder. When you can get the holder to grip much of the item (e.g. pepper) gets left in the holder. The Julienne cut is the biggest letdown. All I got were perforations in the carrot. I looked at the video on the website but it did not give any clues to what I might be doing wrong. support_agent A note from the team Thanks for placing your review. Sorry for the disappointment. I'll be in touch shortly to help.
"Zyliss Smart Guard" star star_border star_border star_border star_border Cannot tell you how disappointed I am in this product, thought it would save time but I find it doesn't prepare the vegetables as expected and indeed shown, in fact I have given up using it and gone back to using my food processor or slicing by hand. Also it had the promise of a free vegetable peeler which was missing from the package. support_agent A note from the team We're sorry to learn of the disappointment with the Zyliss mandoline. We'll contact you to help. Your feedback is appreciated.