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vignoniana t1_j8oaqgi wrote

I know you didn't ask opinion, but just wanna say: It looks cool and sounds cool - in theory. But when you need to measure carrots to fit the cutter and cut onion in 2-4 pieces to get in fit there... It just don't make sense. I had one. It could be great for making big batches of food for parties, but then the container will be too small and fill up fast, since the veggies won't spread nicely, they will just get into one end of the container.

So to use it, I needed to cut the veggie to fit the blade area, then often cut it more since half onion was too big, then shake the container to be able to fit more and then empty the container (if you fill it as full as on the pictures, new veggies won't cut as smoothly) and then repeat. So it just was easier to cut whole thing with knife and push the veggies into another container.

And it takes lot of space! If you want multiple containers to it, they won't go top of each other. So IMO, it's not worth the hassle and the amount of space it takes from your precious kitchen cabinets.

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holdholdhold t1_j8p4xju wrote

I got one of these and it’s like you said. The cutting area is small, so you have to pull out a knife and cutting board anyway to cut stuff down to fit. At that point, just keep chopping. And I remember to took some force to use it. It’s not a smooth motion. I think we used it once and gave it away.

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Hawkmek t1_j8qc8rd wrote

Mine worked well enough. But like everyone is saying the blades dull and more force is required and then mine had one of the metal blades just break off from the plastic. Chucked it in the garbage after that. Glass container is nice though.

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jigilous t1_j8opjrb wrote

Exactly! You already have to get the knife out to cut the veg to fit, so I never saw the point of involving extra steps and machinery to the process

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caliform t1_j8sy1a8 wrote

There's a good reason you don't see these in commercial kitchens.

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