Benriner BN-1 Japanese Handheld Mandolin Slicer with Three Interchangeable Stainless-Steel Blades-Ivory, Vegetable Fruit Cutter Peeler, Stainless Steel, Off-White

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Sharpness of the blade is important too: Just like with a chef’s knife, a sharp blade is safer than a dull one as the latter might lead to unnecessary struggle and potential injury. Most of us aren’t surrounding a disc of tuna tartare with cucumber slices or draping overlapping rounds of potato over a fish filet. The Super Benriner comes with a better handguard than the original model, but the pros find it virtually useless.

These blades are useful for wide slices, chunky cuts, long narrow, and extra-narrow julienne strips.That chute also means you can’t control the angle at which you’re slicing things, resulting in oblong slices of cylindrical ingredients like sw On most, you can adjust the distance between the runway and the blade so you can get slices of varying thicknesses according to your preference or what you are preparing.

Our overall top pick is the same (the OXO V-blade), but we highlighted a couple of other mandolines that are also worth your consideration. Others showed signs of strain on sweet potatoes, which have more resistance than less starchy vegetables like cabbage and radishes. If you're in the market for a stainless steel option, Oxo also makes a stainless steel version with an oversized handle for easy gripping and 17 thickness settings, which range from 1 mm to 9 mm in half-millimeter increments.However, the fully customizable thickness settings require more attention on the part of the user, as do the interchangeable blades. When hand washing this tool, you may need to spend extra time with this tool to be sure it is clean. However, the blades were too dull, barely able to handle firm root vegetables at its thicker settings. The Benriner Mandoline Slicer also performed well while slicing tomatoes and lemons on its thinnest setting, which can be tricky.

When we tested a recent batch of more than 25 mandolines in the Lab, we sliced ripe tomatoes to evaluate how much juice and seeds were retained, as well as how even the slices were.V-shaped mandolines have a V-shaped blade with two separate surfaces, which makes it easier to get even slices every time—even with the most delicate of foods. In the photo above, you can see that I only got about half an inch deep before it stopped and refused to go any farther. It comes with a safety guard that holds smaller pieces of food as you slice them, so our fingers didn’t get too close to the blades, which we found to be extremely sharp during testing. This efficient mandoline slicer has one straight blade and adjusts to four different thickness levels ranging from 0. Position the mandoline perpendicular to your body as you’ll get better control by pushing forwards rather than sideways.