- Benriner BN-1 Japanese Mandolin
- 6.5cm cutting width adjustable thickness from approx 0.3mm- 5mm
- 3 interchangable blades for 2,3 & 4mm julienne.
- Also includes finger guard
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Stop struggling with trying to cut your vegetables into thin slices. Use a gentle sawing motion and the Benriner's sharp blades glide through vegetables with razor precision, creating thin, uniform slices every time. Decorate your dishes, make summer-fresh sandwiches with perfectly cut veggies - the Benriner belongs in every household kitchen!
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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Bought this about 7 years ago to slice potatoes thinly enough for gratin dauphinoise. I'd previously used my food processor but the size is much better with this mandolin, you can adjust it to suit you perfectly.
One great thing about it is it takes minimal space in a drawer so is great for people like me who don't have the luxury of a big kitchen (or even a medium sized one!) and have to utilise their space. It can also be used for julienne and grating but I predominantly use it for the purpose I bought it for. I no longer have a food processor, just knives and this. And of course the Kenwood Chef for cake mixtures which I'd never have trusted a food processor for anyway (not enough air).
At the time I bought this mandolin, it was either £20 or £30 for this from Peter Jones or Lakeland or buy a professional mandolin or £150+. This is super sharp and I nearly sliced my fingers off when I first got it so I wouldn't be surprised if those shops had stopped selling it for health and safety reasons. I've learnt that it's better to actually use the guard they thoughtfully provide or waste a bit of food instead of slice your finger off, so as long as you're on board with that, I think this is a great buy. There are now options which are between the two price ranges, I haven't tried them but seven years later, I'm still happy with my purchase.
One great thing about it is it takes minimal space in a drawer so is great for people like me who don't have the luxury of a big kitchen (or even a medium sized one!) and have to utilise their space. It can also be used for julienne and grating but I predominantly use it for the purpose I bought it for. I no longer have a food processor, just knives and this. And of course the Kenwood Chef for cake mixtures which I'd never have trusted a food processor for anyway (not enough air).
At the time I bought this mandolin, it was either £20 or £30 for this from Peter Jones or Lakeland or buy a professional mandolin or £150+. This is super sharp and I nearly sliced my fingers off when I first got it so I wouldn't be surprised if those shops had stopped selling it for health and safety reasons. I've learnt that it's better to actually use the guard they thoughtfully provide or waste a bit of food instead of slice your finger off, so as long as you're on board with that, I think this is a great buy. There are now options which are between the two price ranges, I haven't tried them but seven years later, I'm still happy with my purchase.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
I have this mandoline since few months, I didn't buy it in amazon, but in a local shop in barcelona (a smaller one, cost me 50 euros! In amazon costs only 35! should have checked here before I bought it, although in Amazon USA it cost only 29 USD!!! So I am sure the seller can lower the price in amazon uk).
I know this looks "ugly", not fancy nor resistant as a inox one may look like, but it works great and very resistant! A lot better than a WFM inox one I had. Super sharp slides, with 4 different functions (slides, coarse, Julianne and "very fine Julianne"). Very easy to change the blades, not difficult as those mandolin with V shape blades.
And I must said it is used by lots of chefs/food writer like Gordon Ramsay, Michael Ruhlman... etc.
There are also bad sides like everything in our lives. It cannot do grating and dicing. But I think for grating it is better to buy a microplane zester or grater, it is not the best task for a mandolin. On the other hand, the finger protector is too flat and too small, you can only apply it when the food only left a small piece, but probably you have already cut yourself before that if you are not very careful.
For dicing, I haven't found yet any gadget can do so, with a reasonable size, without complicated assembling process. If anyone has found it, please write me your comments! Thanks a lot!
I know this looks "ugly", not fancy nor resistant as a inox one may look like, but it works great and very resistant! A lot better than a WFM inox one I had. Super sharp slides, with 4 different functions (slides, coarse, Julianne and "very fine Julianne"). Very easy to change the blades, not difficult as those mandolin with V shape blades.
And I must said it is used by lots of chefs/food writer like Gordon Ramsay, Michael Ruhlman... etc.
There are also bad sides like everything in our lives. It cannot do grating and dicing. But I think for grating it is better to buy a microplane zester or grater, it is not the best task for a mandolin. On the other hand, the finger protector is too flat and too small, you can only apply it when the food only left a small piece, but probably you have already cut yourself before that if you are not very careful.
For dicing, I haven't found yet any gadget can do so, with a reasonable size, without complicated assembling process. If anyone has found it, please write me your comments! Thanks a lot!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This product doesn't look particularly flash, but it performs amazingly. Don't waste your money on a fancier mandoline, there really is no point, since the only really important thing is that it cuts well. I previously owned a microplane one that was appalling compared to this. The blades are extremely sharp, I had no problem slicing potato, tomato or anything else to wafer-thinness. It also looks easy enough to resharpen when it eventually dulls, which can't be done with the V-shaped blade mandolines. One thing I would recommend is to buy a cut-proof glove to use it with. The safety guard is well-designed, but a single slip (very easy to do) would likely mean the loss of a fingertip. Great product!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Should have bought the TNS 3000
Slicing vegetables is easy, what's harder is not including your fingers by the use of an effective guard. And changing width without having to change blades. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jon
great gadget
My partner who cooks wanted a mandolin with an optional guard and after a lot of debate I chose this one. Read more
Published 4 months ago by sophiesticate
Just the one!
We wanted a mandolin for a long time and did alot of research and searching in shops and online. There are some much bigger mandolins out there - I don't think this one is that... Read more
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