Vegetable slicers?

[alias_sqbr]

Has anyone had good experiences with devices to help cut vegetables into thick slices or sticks? I specify thick because my in-laws gave me this thing for making thin slices, and it works fine but it's still a lot of physical effort and I don't actually want thin slices most of the time. If I want something diced finely I just use my food processor. What I have trouble with is making slices/sticks/cubes.

The physical effort of cutting is something of a problem for me, but even a manual device that used the same amount of strength but required less concentration would be helpful. Variable widths would be the most useful but a set width over 1cm/half an inch would be something.

I looked it up online and there are things that do what I want but I have no idea how useful they are in practice.

Comments

[lilacsigil]

The one I have is only goes up to 1cm. It's from Tupperware but I got it on ebay: https://www.tupperware.com.au/products/mandochef

It's a standard mandoline cutter but it's adjustable from about 0.5mm to 10mm, no bigger than that. It's lasted for years, it's easy to use, and very reliable. I hope there's a bigger one out there but if not, I would recommend this.

[alias_sqbr]

Ooh, that might be useful, thank you!

[sylvaine]

I like the "Nicer Dicer" I have, but it requires a lot of physical effort, so I don't know if that would be useful for you.

[alias_sqbr]

Hmm, probably not, but thanks!

[applenym]

I really like my Borner mandoline. I mostly use it to make slices, but it also comes with a julienne attachment. There are only two thickness options for the slices, but it's been sufficient for my needs. I've sliced onions, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, carrots, and zucchini, and it handles them all well. It's pretty easy to clean and all the pieces store together in a vertical storage unit, so it lives on top of my fridge.

[alias_sqbr]

Ooh that looks promising thank you!