Zyliss® Smart Guard Gourmet Mandoline

Couldn't wait to try this when it arrived yesterday. Wonderful. I have used a Borner V slicer for years almost daily. Great for slicing, but not for julienne carrots. This one is great. Partly due to the great food holder and fixed slide cover. Would highly recommend. The only thing a found slightly difficut was changing the runway when putting in the julienne blade. Felt I was forcing it in place by pushing inwards near the thickness knob. It is much safer than other mandolines because of the safety guard etc. Will now buy one for my sister-in-law.

I've just bought a food dehydrator, so having uniformly sliced produce is suddenly quite important. I chose the Zyliss mandoline as it looked good enough quality for my needs. The 1st time I used it, the fold out leg bent the plastic that supports it, & broke it completely on the 2nd time of use. I also found that the slicing runway is not sufficiently rigid at its pointed end; if you need to push down to slice harder products, it causes the runway to flex, giving uneven slices. The dial to change slicing thickness also moves while slicing, again causing uneveness. Sorry, it's going back.