Ultra Mandoline

I have purchased many mandoline slicers in the past, and I know what I like. I have spent significantly more on nicer ones with replaceable blades, more exact slices, etc. But I really needed a good mandoline slicer that does a bit more than slice in one size. I have heard good things about the Mueller V-Pro 5 (as well as other products they make) from other chefs, so I decided to buy this one. I needed the following out of my slicer. - Adjustable slice thickness (this can slice paper thin to a respectable thickness to a bit over 1/3") - Julienne/Alumette/French cut as well as straight slicing Added bonus - Wavy cut (ridges) - Grates - Juliennes in two sizes (there are blades underneath the slicing deck that you can rotate and lock into place) - Case for the blades This one is simply the best in its class, nothing in this price range will come close. It is very sharp, both the 5 insert blades, as well as the deck blades for Julienning tucked into the bottom of the deck. Using the product, I love how it slices the vegetables very thin, especially onions for bagels, lox and cream cheese, or tomatoes for a thin slices in a burger, but the best of all, it can slice it almost paper thin. Great for like slicing cucumbers for sunomono. The Julienne slices can be perfect for stuffing vegetables in a spring roll, or for making various slaws. The grater is fantastic as well. One thing I will also like to note is the blades are very sharp. I would use this tool with caution if you have not used a madoline slicer in the past, and make sure to use the food holder and guard. I have used so many in the past, I am used to it, and I know when to stop, so I haven't used the food holder and guard. This is one of the best kitchen products that I have purchased recently, and I highly recommend this to everyone I know that loves to cook. Makes cooking a lot easier and faster (try julienning 5 kinds of vegetables for a dish), and cleaning this tool is very easy and fast too. Sure, I can julienne and make pretty flower shaped or rose petals out of carrots or make a fish net out of daikon radish just using a knife, but you know, when you want to cook a meal in 30 minutes, nothing beats a great tool. If you are looking to shortcut your cooking time, this tool is must buy for most use cases.

I love this mandoline. I had a German made professional mandoline for many years. It unfortunately disappeared. I have yet to find anything I could do with my very expensive professional model I can't do with this. I did have a bit of a problem adjusting to the V-slicer rather than a straight blade, but I got used to it. Customer service is great, the product works perfectly. I can't get the produce in from the garden fast enough. I also bought NoCry gloves at the same time and I'm amazed at how quickly I get through bushels of veggies. I've tried many other plastic models, which can be ok for small jobs, but this is exceptional. I LOVE that you can choose the exact thickness needed, that it fits on bowls even if they have a lip, that the blades are ultra sharp. I can't think of anything I don't like. I HAD TO UPDATE THIS REVIEW. I have now been using this for a few months. It is now used constantly in my home. We breezed through canning and preserving season with less effort than you can believe. Counter space is precious, but this tool stays out. So easy to clean. I also have an air fryer so air fried root veggies are an almost daily treat around here. I also discovered the wavy blade for waffle cutsweet potato fries and quick (refrigerator) pickled things. More surface area, quicker marination. I wish I could give it 10 stars, maybe 100. On some other issues I have answered or commented on, ALWAYS WEAR A CUT GLOVE AND EXCERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. PAY ATTENTION WHEN USING SHARP TOOLS. MOTHER SAYS DON'T RUN WITH SCISSORS! The other issue I've noticed is where is the product made. I know it's German/Austrian engineered and I think at least the plastic is made in the People's Republic pf China. I do know the plastic is heavy duty and well made. I am sure the Mueller website or their help facilities (WHICH ARE EXCELLENT) can tell you, If you have issues with German/Austrian products, I understand. I will point out the the German Jewish branch of my family still owns and runs their manufacturing and world wide retail business (est. 1873) from the German town that bears the family name. It's something to think about if you don't buy German... If you haven't guessed, I'm a huge fan. I'm about to buy the chopper. I use the mandoline so much more often than I envisioned and I can't resist the chopper. Yes, I have food processors and such, but after my experience with this tool I'm looking forward to perfectly diced veggies.

I had another brand of mandolin slicer when working in Canada that I had to leave behind. This works as well or better than that with the exception of long slicing vegetables like zuchinni. One thing I use this for is making low carb zucchini lasagna. The other slicer had a recess in the top holder to use with cyclindrical vegetables on their side that allowed the pins to grabe the vegetables. This is flat across and the grid on the pusher does not engage the food and grip it. I had to use my thumb to push on the end of the food carefully and towards the end pull the remaining portion through. I did not want to add any of my protein to the meal... Other than that, it works great and will fit over some bowls. I wish they would make a bowl designed for this. Especially the long slices do not go into the bowl well as they hit the end of the bowl while slicing. Other foods work well. Mincing or dicing foods such as onions goes easily and one trick I use on items I want to dice is to make some cross cuts in the food so that the ends are not long strips. This is the same for all of these slicers, not just Mueller. Once that is done the dicing goes smoothly. Cleaning is easy except for the thin notches in the bed where the built in knives come up. You need a small bush to reach in there, but that cleans it up quickly. Nice unit.

very very sharp. Works well. Do use the holder to protect your fingers

Easy to use- easy to clean- easy w Storage

This mandolin is phenomenal. I have 3 of the Swissmar Borner mandolins that are much more expensive. The reason that I have 3 of them is that each has options the others don't have. This mandolin covers the cutting options of the 3 Borner mandolins and then some. Both have German blades and are manufactured in Germany. So they are comparable in this aspect. Some of the things I love about this set are: - it includes a waffle cutting blade that I had bought separately for the Borner sets - it has two different shredding blades that the other set don't include - the blades are every bit as sharp as the Borner blades - thicknesses of cuts are adjustable which is one reason I had one of the Borner sets - It includes a stand that can be used or not depending on the job. This is not an option on the Borner mandolins - I have all the blades I would ever want without storing multiple sets - The cost of this set is much less than the Swissmar Borner mandolins, but offers many more options So far, I couldn't be happier with this mandolin, and would highly recommend it. I can't imagine why the Swissmar Borner sets cost so much more unless it it just because of publicity. UPDATE 8/01/18 I bought this mandoline in Feb. 2017, and have used it periodically as needed. This year, I have been using it a lot more for slicing veggies, such as beets, zucchini, squash, etc., that we buy from local farmers. At this time of year, we buy a lot of these veggies that I blanch, package, and freeze for the winter. Although I still love all of the options for cutting vegetables offered by this mandoline, there is one thing I don't like about it that isn't included in the product page description. I have added pictures to this review to illustrate what I will attempt to describe here. On the top of the mandoline, there are slots that you can adjust blades to come through for julienne cutting (Pic #1). The blades you can choose provide two different widths for julienne cutting (Pics #2 & #3). Under the mandoline, there is a cover you can open for cleaning that covers the blades so you don't get cut on exposed blades (Pic #4). When the cover is opened, the blades are exposed for cleaning (Pic #5). I can see where it would be necessary to open the blade cover to clean the blades when you use them for julienne cutting. What i don't like is that this area must be cleaned even if you are using only the slicing blades since the juices and particles from what you are slicing go into the slots on the top of the mandoline. The blades under the mandoline are very sharp, and the slots on top are not often easy to clean. Although I do still like the many options available for this mandoline, I am tempted to buy a mandoline that would be strictly for slicing and easier to clean. One other feature that I very much like is that this mandoline was designed to fit securely over bowls or pots of different sizes so that you can slice directly into a vessel. This can eliminate a lot of mess especially when slicing something like beets. As for the cleaning problem with food getting into the julienne blade area, I fold a paper towel and slide it under slots of the base and above the julienne blades. Any juices that go through the base unit slots are absorbed by the paper towel which spares me having to clean the julienne blades every time I slice foods. All in all, I am still loving this mandoline.

Got this as an early birthday gift from my biggest fan of when I cook/create meals. (My mum) I’ve been apprehensive of a mandolin besides cutting my fingers off they seemed like a gadget. I can cut vegetables fruit whatever the same thickness fast. I can julienne in a few seconds I thought. This thing comes along and wow. Does everything. Killer holder for holding the medium bring sliced. It stands up orvsits on a bowel. A ton of different slicing grating inserts. Adjustable from 1-9mm oh man. Fell in love. I use it for root veggie fries (julienne). Fruit for crepes (so thin, grating cheese, zesting, and not grating my finger tips. It’s one of those items you think is a waste until you use it!! Like my stand mixer/ you think meh- don’t need that silly tool. WRONG it saves time makes life easier and safer. My only complaint and it’s a dumb one because I’m obsessed with organizing and storage. Is that even though the blade inserts have a sexy box for the ones not being used you still have one in the machine and you have to get an odd fitting storage tote for it a 7 quart plastic bin is perfect but a very very small price to pay for a tool that makes quick work of many tasks. You won’t regret. Plus made in Austria!!

The blades are sharp, so that's good. The little knob to change out the vertical slice spacing is clever and it slices finer than the simple 4.5mm / 9mm. I think it goes down to 3mm . I haven't tried for potato chips/crisps yet, but it looks good for that as i think it will cut them level. ( My Fabulous Feemster, Heuck Feemster Original Vegetable Slicer, White which is nice, flexes and tends to cut them on a slight angle with one side thinner than the other. ) Here is the MAJOR DESIGN FLAW, and it's really stupid. The vertical slicing blades PRECEDE the horizontal slicing blade. They are arranged in a straight line vs the horizontal blade V shape. So on fries, or shoe strings or any Vert + Horiz slicing operation, you always "lose" the last slice. You can't advance the food to the horizontal blade when it is one slice thick because the vertical blade will stop you. On my other mandolin, the vertical blade array is underneath the horizontal blade, so you can push with the heel of you hand safely all the way up to the horizontal blade. On this slicer, the heel of your hand will be shredded by the verticals. When the food gets thin, you are slicing it into strips VERTICALLY FIRST and then attempting to shove the strips (and i don't know how to shove them, the pusher won't go below the vertical blades) through the horizontal blade, which is impossible. There may be a partial solution to this, let's use a potato for example and imagine you are slicing shoe strings or thickish hash browns. Cut the tater in half. Put the flat side on the bed of the mandolin and operate as normal, BUT, when you get to about an inch thick, turn the tater 90 degrees and run it by hand, carefully through the mandolin on "edge". You'll get down to about a single french fry of waste instead of a whole slice. By the way, I made french fries with the Feemster this way forever. I'd slice the taters and then run the slices through the feemster vertically. You are holding them with your hand, but since they are thin-ish, they require very little force cuz you are just slicing one fry wide. The other cool thing about this is that your fries will be perfectly square because you are using the same setting in both directions. On the Mueller, you need to be very precise setting the depth so that it matches the spacing of the vertical blade array, but this can be done. Be VERY, VERY CAREFUL!. Use the holder/pusher! I am NOT NOT NOT recommending you feed this device with your hand unless you really, really know what you are doing and careful, patient and precise. I am NOT NOT NOT responsible for any protein that mixed in with french fries or hashbrowns due to sloppy use of the machine.

The blades are very sharp and for professional use

Loved it

This has cut my chopping time down to a third for the time it was taking me previously. I make lots of pickles and it was taking me so long to chop everything but this is fantastic! I use this for tomatoes, sliced first then put in, then onions in half then pushed through, works a treat in no time. I also use it to chop cauliflower for pickles and it has been just awesome, so glad I brought this!

Have been looking for years for a good Mandoline. So happy I found this on Amazon

This product blades are extremely sharp. I cut myself so bad that I had to get a stitch done after. Never use without guard . Otherwise a great product...