In not a fan of using plastic to crank anything. One day it ends up getting hard to turn and you use force and the handle ends up breaking

Seems like chopping blade is better for dryer items. Vegetables with a lot of water just get mushy.

The nice thing about this is that it can be used where electricity isn’t available. The difference between “just right” and “too fine” is kind of dependent upon how the items will be used.

I found your channel when you made your purple pillow review. Ever since then I find myself watching every video you have. Always hoping that you will post a new video. Really good videos James! It's always funny and informative to watch you review products

I have a similar product that I got for about $20. I will say this: If you are preparing large amounts of vegetables, it definitely saves time. If you are making a meal for one or two, it doesn't due to the setup time. I used it to make food for 4 days at a time and it cut my time in half.

I would buy it just for the grated cheese. I only use block cheese and I'm hand grating it everyday. I have several food processors but the clean up is a pain just to grate cheese. Thanks for the review😃

One of the things that bothers me is shape of the barrel/ blade thing. Because it’s round it seems like it cuts a u shape out of the vegetables, and I also cringed watching layers of cheese and celery spin around caught in that weird no mans land between the wall and the blade

You are so thorough with all of your reviews, I love watching them! Keep up the good work.

You could make a bowl of fried potato chips with that thing, and the power air fryer!

Back in the 70s we bought a Rival product that was almost the same thing, except it was all metal but for the rubber vacuum base and it worked much better than this thing. It had 5 different blade inserts, and also came with a meat grinder with two different grinder blades, fine or coarse. We ground a lot of meat with that thing. It worked great and never came loose from the countertop. This is a pale imitation of that device and as usual, with almost 100% plastic parts, bound to either break and/or end up in the cabinet gathering dust. Here's the proper ad campaign = Coming SOON to your local Thrift Store....

Great review! This thing definitely looks promising. Those rubber seal things that are supposed to stick a device to a table are notorious for "un-sticking". I have a number of crafting devices (die cutters etc) that employ the same method for making the device stable....and at best you tend to get a few minutes at most. Sometimes dampening the rubber helps a bit, but usually you just have to "re-stick" it every few minutes to keep it stable, I've just learned to deal with it! I use a lot of walnut meal in cookie recipes and this thing would be grate (get it?...grate/great...lol...yeah, umm) for this. I tend not to like food processors, they are huge and I hate to clean them.

Lettuce, cabbage and onions all have a very high water content ... they rarely work well when cut, sliced or chopped very, very small ... more mush than anything else. When grated or sliced using a larger cut, they work much better. When grating or slicing each of them, if you cut across the layers instead of into the side of the layers, you will get a much better result. Any fruit or vegie that grows in layers should be cut across the layers instead of into the larger surface of the layers.

I use the onion juice in my potato salads, mac salads, etc...I get the onion flavor without having to eat a chunk of onion!! Thanks for the review! I think I'll buy this, esp for the cheese!🧀🧀😊

This channel is definitely one of my favourite! So professional so well made so funny to watch!

Great review but where was Bailey? 🐶

Looks like a manual version of the Salad Shooter! Same three blade configuration and all. You really need to use the slicing blade when you're shredding cabbage for coleslaw or sauerkraut. Works perfectly. The only thing the smaller of the two grating blades is really good for is grating hard cheese (parmesan, etc.). or grinding nuts practically to a nutmeal. Try the larger grater or even the slicing blade for larger chunks of walnuts. Love your reviews!

The reason things get so mushy and inconsistent in sizes are that the "blades" are not sharp enough. They are crushing, rather than cutting. So this is definitely a low quality product.

Best review channel on KZfaq.....but does it shred people??? Asking for someone...

Reminds me of my Snoopy snow cone machine when I was a kid.

The amount of pressure and the consistency of the pressure makes a huge difference in the results. The chopper ... one with the smallest holes is best used with more solid food (nuts, very cold hard cheese and even hard dry bread). Now, having said that, it can also be used to make 'mush' of your veggies for your baby/toddler and/or someone with no teeth. OR a fast cook when added the last minute to soups ... retains more nutrients, flavor and fiber. ;-P

This seems like it'd be really good for shredding and making homemade chips! Great review!

The issue with it coming unstuck might be fixed with a little bit of water on the suction cup not a lot just take a damp cloth or paper towel to it. I find that helps suction cups stick better

I love gadgets and love reviews.i binged your channel for hours one day.Ypu do the best reviews of anyone.i even watch reviews when have no use for the product.Great job always! thank you!

Try a few drops of water to make it stick to the counter longer. I bought the Kitchen Magician back in the 80s at the Minnesota State Fair. I, too, love it! I use it still for slicing carrots and parsnips every time I make chicken soup. This new device seems very similar. For $20, BUY IT, PEEPS! 😀

Notes: 1. Apple slicer would be great for apple pie filling. or potatoes for au gratin. 2. I've never encountered a suction cup bottom on a device that actually worked. my familiy had several different types over the 80s and 90's and they apparently haven't improved on the concept. 3. The fine (chopping?) blade looks like it could be good for very dense but not hard foods. Question: is this study enough to grind ice? Or more likely, frozen fruit?

Zucchini through the chopping blade would be perfect for zucchini bread (it certainly beats using a cheese grater).

Drier veggies seem to work better for the slicer and the grading blade. I am not surprised that you have to press harder for different veggies. This seems like a very good device for a quick and easy solution for chopping up veggies for salads and stir fries.

As a caregiver for the elderly I can say that people without teeth often miss the taste of foods they can no longer chew. This product may make those flavors accessible to them again. If you’ve been deprived of something you love, flavor will always trump texture. Don’t discount something as useless just because you don’t need it. There are plenty of folks out there who may need it.

with how thin it slices some of those things it could be great for dehydrating fruits and sealing them up.

Walnuts are nice and fine for a topping on brownies......But I think I will pass. Keep em coming James.

good review, I remember seeing the Ronco infomercials for the Kitchen Magician (or whatever it's called) and would love to see you do a comparison of a classic "as seen on TV" product with some of the newer variations (lower cost versions) of a manual food processor...

Have you tried putting a little bit of water on the counter before pushing the suction on? I've noticed that sometimes a little water will help a suction work better.

For this and any items that "stick" with a vaccuum, moisten the bottom with the wipe of a sponge. The seal to the table will be better. I had a Salad Shooter that had similar grinders and the small one was best used for nuts, ice, or something you needed a fine grind on. The "chopper" was best for most other uses except celery and cabbage...the slicer is best for that with the grain of the cabbage perpendicular to the blade and the celery placed pretty much the same way.

It's really satisfying to watch the food being grated

You keep mention your dad using the Magic slicer. You dad cooked? Sounds like a cool dad.

My family had a hand-held metal one of these when I was a kid, carrots or cheese or whatever got stuck between the side and the blade all the time. Kind of amazing that they're just slapping an ASOTV label on it like it's something innovative. On the other hand, those walnuts. Nice.

Great content man keep it up I have watched everyone of your reviews

We used to have something like this that we found in an antique store. It mounted to the edge of the counter or table and had the same type of barrels. It was all steel. This seems rather plasticy and fragile.

You need to put the onions in the freezer for an hour or 2.

I’ve found that if you put a bit of water on the counter surface, the chopper will hold almost like cement. Also, the shredding blade should be used mainly for finely grated cheeses.

should use that power air fryer of yours to make apple chips.

This kind of thing has been around for a looong time. I have two metal ones from about the 50's that do the same thing. They screw on to the counter, and can come loose just like the vacuum suction on that thing. Bet it doesn't last as long as they have, though.

This reminds of a product called "Salad Shooter". Obviously this one is manual, but its the same idea. My mom has one since the early 90's and it still works really well.

I have the same one I just love it . Thanks for taking the time to make this video

Worth the 20 bucks as a cheese shredder alone. I am REALLY curious how the different cups would act with greens like collards, kale, turnips and so on if you were to stack a few and roll them up tight. I have to chop them every day and it is tedious as hell with how small the pieces have to be.

Pretty sure my mom had something similar in the 70s. Made by Ronco.

Try moistening the suction cup a little then push the lever to lock it down. I have found that this works quite well for me.

I have one of these. It works great for shredding/grating, but if you use it for slicing bear in mind that your slices will be curved because it's a cylindrical blade. If you're OK with that then I recommend it!

Chopping blade could do well if you need things like garlic chopped fine or ginger. If you do an update would request you use a block of Parmesan.

Lightly moisten the edges of the rubber suction cup and it will never come off. Otherwise the product pretty well fails.(In my humble but correct opinion.)

My mom had a huge, metal thing like this growing up. It was mainly for grating cheese and hard boiled eggs.

That onion looks perfect for meatloaf and homemade stuffing. Thanks for the idea 👍

#onionfoam

That size apple slice would be really good for a German pancake. Just saying

I ordered a nutri slicer after seeing it on tv several years ago. My wife and I cook a lot. I was skeptical at first but I LOVE it. We especially love making sweet potato potato chips and idaho potato chips. This gadget works for us. I am buying one today for my 90 year old mother in law. I loved your review, thanks that was fun to watch.

This tool have been used in Scandinavia for hundreds of years. Its called flour corns, seed, nut and almond grater, and primary used to make homemade nut flours and oatmeal flours. Also a lot of sweets, because sugar can be grated into flavoured mixes. Its not meant to be used on veggies or cheeses.

Enjoy all of your videos. Wish you upload more videos in a week.

The villain could have used this device to chop up Steve Buscemi in the movie Fargo.

I just found this golden oldie and wanted to see if this thing really works. Yep - mostly- but I love my electrical appliances. On the other hand I’ve had a particular mandolin for at least 30 years or more and it still does the best slicing job ever.

I was gifted the NutriSlicer about four years ago. We were so excited to try all of the blades. I totally dislike the slicing blade, it made mush of the cucumbers, squash, etc. that we were slicing. We LOVE both the shredding blades for cheese. We only buy block cheese and have saved lots of money shredding our own cheese. We most use the smaller shredding blade for finely shredded cheeses. We too find it frustrating that it doesn't always stay suctioned to the counter, ours is granite, although sometimes if you slightly wet the bottom of it, it suctions better. Sadly, just last week the support for the blade holder broke right above where it slides in. I found your review by searching to see where we could purchase another one, because we miss it and hand grating cheese is exhausting.

Great videos. I think I'll pass on this product but just like 2¢ chicks said where was Bailey in this video, because she didn't sniff test it we will have no idea if this product is toxic or possessed with evil spirits.

I don't know what I was more sorry for--the veggies or your right arm!

You are my go to for TV reviews. Thank you for your comprehensive approach. You save us a lot of money my friend!

I haven't read all the comments so my suggestion regarding the suction base may have already been given. With a sponge or cloth wipe some water on the rubber base. Then secure the device to your counter. This should prevent the machine moving while you are operating it.

You’re videos are so entertaining!

* Grate * review!

Something you never see advertised is a "Salad Shooter." We love it for grating cheese, carrots, and cabbage. We don't really use it for anything else, but for those three things it's a champ!!!

In the 80's they had the salad shooter which was pretty much the same. It was hand held and electronic.

With the apple I can see someone making apple chips

The slicer would be perfect for making home made potato chips!

I think you sold me on this product. I make my own laundry soap, and part of my soap consists of grating a full bar of Pink Zote Soap. That is a pain to do with a regular hand grater. I might also buy one for the kitchen.

I have one! I bought it 3-4 years ago, not from Seen On TV. It's not hand-cranked, it's electric. Very handy. Has 5 cones, with different colours: fine and coarse grather, fine, thick and rough slicers. It's smaller, both the machine and the cones. It's great on cheese and potatoes. It comes handy when you're making latkes. Worked better on harder cheese. Like the video, I tried it on onion, with the large grater, not so great.

I bet your arm was tired after all of that

Not impressed. My Mom had a Kitchen Magician and she loved it too

I'm surprised you didn't say this is from the 80s or something because I grew up with something that looked a heck of a lot like that, only the base was made of metal and had a larger lever for suction cups.

Very thorough review, as always. I think for small, less strong people like me some items would be hard to grate. And I can't help thinking that one day the handle is going to snap and fly across the room.

3:01 for those wondering if you can attach a drill do it, doesn't seem like you can lol

Nah.

Making the surface moist before sticking it on really helps :)

I think I prefer the Salad Shooter. It does the exact same stuff just faster and from this it looks easier. It does all the work. No worse than holding a hand held mixer

i subbed,i like reviews of random things without the annoying russian :)

I like the video but I am going to pass on this product

My girlfriend picked up this exact same item at the goodwill store. It was even in the same box as it was shipped in. The item was clean. No excess food in it. You can tell it was used because the plastic hopper had showed wear, example, very thin scratches on it. In her opinion it works fine. She uses it to make coleslaw. It also takes a little more time to clean it . ( More parts ) I'm old school. I prefer the metal square slicing device with 4 different cutting edges that my grandmother used. And it's easy to clean. I just use a toothbrush. But hay, she only paid 2 bucks for it and she's happy and the last time I checked it still works.

Love your videos just to learn what works and also for the entertainment of the products that fail!:) Seems like product testing runs in the family! Thanks for the videos. Love from Canada

Great review man. I just bought a manual grater/slicer to keep from cutting my fingers when I cook. This video helped me to know how to use the attachments and features. Keep up the great work. Good camera work too.

Thanks for the review!! I was thinking buying one! Now I will buy one!!

Love your channel I work at bed bath &beyond I watch your videos and give people advice when they want to buy something that you put a video on, keep up the work

Hi thee, I recently bought this slicer for us as we all cook and use utensils in the kitchen. It grated cheese in a whizz, it looks good for what it is, yes it does slip on the counter just take your time! I think the shredder is just a finer version of the large hole grater , sometimes I like fine grated cheese. It might not work for a hard cheese just be careful. The slicer could work great for beetroot or potatoes as shown. It can go with on outings in case there is no grater and you wish to cook yourself. Buy it to use, don't buy is you are a fussy chef!! Review was great, thank you.

One thing I noticed is it matters the orientation of the onion and cabbage to the grating blades! The chopping blade was having trouble because of the way you put the onion and cabbage in the feeder!

You should try the salad shooter! Same concept but no manual crank. It’s AMAZING

Oh wow... I have a Kitchen Magician. It was my dad's, & he gave it to me when I got my first apartment. I can say the suction cup base doesn't lift off the counter like the nutri slicer does. I was expecting to see you grate some parmesan with the "chopping" blade, as the tiny holes seem best suited for hard / dry foods (like the walnuts).

I have the electric one that's very similar only it was called The Salad Shooter. I use it when I grate partially cooked potatoes and I also use it for grating cheese. It works well to do both of those. They are nice if you have a lot of stuff to cut and chop or grate. Thanks for the review.

Presto’s salad shooter still looks best to me. It’s electric, not super expensive, has multiple blades, and ours have lasted for years and years. We use it mostly to shred or slice cheese, potatoes, carrots, and zucchini, but have used it on other things as well. It can get clogged by certain things, but it’s super easy to clear again and you can notice the clogging immediately. Plus it’s pretty small.

A few months back me and the wife ordered the nutrislicer. Now don't get me wrong as far as the performance of the neutral slicer for shredding cutting your vegetables with it it does a really good job the only thing is that it's very difficult to shred cabbage for coleslaw is the cabbage really gets jammed up inside the drum and the outer plastic container. The only big problem that I see with the neutral slicer is the suction base does not hold as soon as you begin to use the neutral slicer it begins to start wandering around on your top of your cabinet now my cabinet is a smooth surface so you would think that it would really stick to it when you turn the little knob for the suction plate to hold it in place. I would have to say that I would give the neutral slicer a two and a half score due to the fact that the suction plate really sucks because it fails to hold the nutrislicer in place while you're using it.

Yes I received one for Xmas,,at first I was very dissatisfied, but like you I I realized only 2 cutters work,, with practice I got better after watching this video..thank you.

My Mother has a Salad Shooter from the eighties and it still works just as it did when she got it and I love it

Reminds me of the SaladShooter my mom had, just manual. We loved that thing. It was great for holiday cooking.

Great review, I just bought one yesterday and before I open it I wanted to see how well it will work. Especially great to see you did a comparison of 4 similar products at the end. Thanks to you now I have the confident to open it and try it for myself. Will look forward to more of your videos. Thanks

My mom had one of these in the 70's. It was meant to be a hard cheese grater. Nothing new or ingenious here.

Two things: the smaller hole is more of a grater. Perfect for Parmesan. The one with the biggest hole is good for cheddar or things to make coleslaw. I like the slicer for potatoes the most so you can make your own chips in the air frier.