Mandolin recommendations

[Katterin]

Can anyone recommend a good mandolin, preferably not costing hundreds of pounds please? :)

Ive spent too much on dehydrators, juicers and vitamixes already this year!

[Eva]

Oneida, all the way! I paid about $30-$40 for my Oneida, and it's fabulous. We use it at my husband's cafe. He serves some cooked items, and one is hand-cut french fries. That thing gets a lot of use between the two of us! (I've been using it since late 2007...)

[LaniB]

I just bought the Oxo V-Blade madoline

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=14640630

I like it a lot!

[DebB]

Even though I've got other slicers, I wanted one that I could control the depth of the slice - not have a presert blade insert. I wanted super thin slices and I get it with this slicer I ordered from QVC (http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.K20971.desc.Genius-Set-of-2-Gourmet-Slicers.cm_scid.zone).

I love my other slicers with preset thicknesses - but I wanted something with the option to slice the thickness I chose. This is a set of 2 and I haven't used the smaller one yet. I've had them about 2-3 months.

At last month's Raw Food Meetup & Potluck, I sliced the turnips to make "Rawvioli" for the demo that day. This worked beautifully, so super thin! *Ü*

[RawMark]

I'd get one of these:


http://www.12fret.com/used/Gibson_F12_Mandolin_1964(C).jpg

[jhodi]

As a Gibson owner myself

LIKE

[benjamin]

hey guys,

I just actually joined the forum to try to get a good mandoline recommendation. I've checked out the different ones listed but what I am going for is a mandoline with
1. a quality safety food holder
2. manually adjustable thickness (so you can do practically any thickness)
3. want to have at least 2 jullian shredding options
4. I want the thing to be sturdy
5.have blades that don't dull quickly!
6. ideally have legs but i'm not sure if that is really necessary

Anyways, I've looked at pretty much all of the ones on the market and can't find one that meets these characteristics for under $60.00. Any suggestions!? :dance:

Cheers,
Ben

[Eva]

hey guys,

I just actually joined the forum to try to get a good mandoline recommendation. I've checked out the different ones listed but what I am going for is a mandoline with
1. a quality safety food holder
2. manually adjustable thickness (so you can do practically any thickness)
3. want to have at least 2 jullian shredding options
4. I want the thing to be sturdy
5.have blades that don't dull quickly!
6. ideally have legs but i'm not sure if that is really necessary

Anyways, I've looked at pretty much all of the ones on the market and can't find one that meets these characteristics for under $60.00. Any suggestions!? :dance:

Cheers,
Ben

I recommended Oneida above, which meets all of those things. I don't know where you are located, but looking on Amazon and searching "Oneida Mandoline" will bring it right up if you can order via Amazon. They sell it at Bed Bath & Beyond too. It's about $30-40.

[Katterin]

I ended up getting the adjustable kyocera madoline (ceramic blade) and the kyocera julienne (ceramic blade).

Its a hand held one but got the best reviews I could find. Used it tonight and seems good - I was trying to slice parsnips for rawvioli and it was good - I had it on a bowl that wasnt very stable though so I need to use it more and find a technique that works for me.

The julienne was fine with zucchini... beet was a bit harder but I think that was down to my technique and the way i was slicing :)

very easy to clean up tho and pretty colours!!

[Eva]

Sounds lovely Katterin. :)

[January Noir]

I have the OXO Mandolin and it's OK, but I'm on the hunt for a better one.
The criteria that Benjamin listed sounds just like my list.

I've saw the Oneida in Bed Bath & Beyond but I chose the OXO because I liked the box in came in (with all the pretty vegetables)! :wuv LOL!

[Got2B.Raw]

I read the reviews on the Oneida mandolin and they were mixed. Some said that tomatoes and onions were hard to slice, and that the directions were poor.

This causes me to ask: What do you slice with a mandoline? Is it reasonable to slice tomatoes, or is the device for harder veg/fruits only?

Are they hard to figure out? I'm a little unclear why you would even need directions. But then again, I don't have a mandoin.

[LaniB]

I needed directions to take mine apart and clean it - my Oxo has 4 blades that are all stored on the unit and you need to take the whole thing apart each time you clean it. It was a pain initially, but now it doesn't take so long. But I still keep the instruction manual out when I use it (I've had it a couple weeks now)

[Got2B.Raw]

Thought I'd swing back by this thread to let you know that I went with Eva's advice. I bought the Oneida manoline from Bed Bath and Beyond for $29.99. I'm so pleased with the purchase. It works so effortlessly.

I also bought the glove you can wear to prevent slicing off a finger tip, but haven't needed it yet. The Oneida has a very good vegetable holder that works just fine.