Omg omg omg. This thing is amazing. I hate chopping veggies. Hate. Hate. Hate. Saw this on a lightning deal so figured what the hey, I'll get it.
People, people.... I just filled up 4 plates (10 in Dixie plates, to be exact) with veggies in less than 10 minutes. Seriously. I chopped an onion earlier to saute in 15 seconds. Yes, really.
If chopping veggies keeps you buying the same frozen ones over and over like me, this is for you. It's a kitchen miracle.
You can chop onions, potatoes (not sweet potatoes, though, that's in the instructions), peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, cucumber, etc. Probably a whole lot more, too. Apparently tomatoes don't do well according to the instructions (too soft, maybe?). You can also do eggs.
Best. Invention. Ever.
I've used a lot of kitchen gadgets. My kitchen could be a commercial for Pampered Chef. But I don't think even PC could top this thing.
Seriously, get this. Definitely worth the money.
I love my slicer. I bought it three months ago and I've used it almost every day for dicing, chopping, and making veggie noodles. First, the blades are extremely sharp. They cut through everything I put on them. I like having diced onions, jalapenos, and green peppers on hand. My chopper has made it incredibly easy to dice my cooking "trinity" on a regular basis. I usually make a pint jar of this mix twice a week. I also use the chopper to dice carrots, celery, potatoes, and tomatoes. I read that others have had problems with some versions of potato but mine has never met a potato it couldn't dice. When dicing, I slice my veggies in 1/4" slices so when I dice them they come out in nearly perfect 1/4" blocks. As the pictures show, diced veggies are cleanly cut and in a uniform size. I've used the chopping blade on fruits and veggies and this has made preparing stews and soups a snap. The picture with noodles and carrots shows my chopped carrots on top of Ditalini noodles to give a perspective on size. I've found that when chopping anything, it helps to visualize how you'll use it in the dish. For example, with thick veggies like zucchini, summer squash, parsnips, or cucumbers, I slice them about 1/2" thick and feed them through the cutting blade vertically. With thin veggies like carrots and celery, I cut them into 2"- 3" strips and cut them horizontally. The only fault I have with my chopper is the spiralizer and julienne blades. The veggie has to be thin or it won't fit into the slicer so normal sized zucchini doesn't go through very well. However, they were addons so I still give this appliance five stars. As to durability, I handwash the blades and pusher for light jobs but when I use it for multiple dicing and chopping, I break down the chopper into individual components and run them through the dishwasher. I've had no problems with mine falling apart or breaking despite frequent use.
Update 3:
While the phone number doesn’t work they responded to the contact us form and email and sent me a replacement blade for the chopper promptly. 5 stars for service and support.
Update 2:
The blade lasted about 6 months and then got out of shape so it’s pretty useless now.
Tried to contact the vendor from their website fullstar.org and the contact number doesn’t exist. The say lifetime guarantee for the product so without anyway to contact them to get a replacement, it guess this product is about no good after 6 months. Waste of money.
Will update this if they decide to contact me and replace it.
UPDATED:
The cleaning is much easier than the Vidalia shopper, nothing sticks even after a few days and mostly rinses off easy. The parts come apart for easy cleaning as well. Updating from 3 to 4 stars but will stay short of 5 because I did prefer the 20% smaller cuts of the Vidalia. Will keep it posted as it’s gets older. Generally impressed with it so far.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Since I couldn't find the answer, I thought I'd share it for the everyone' benefit:
The smallest blade cutting size is 6.8mm squares. The larger dice size is 13.8mm squares. The cutting area (blades) size is 85mm x 85mm (3-6/16in x 3-6/16in). The larger dice blades are nice and thick/solid where as the smaller dice blades a thin/loose (they rattle). The smallest cuts are about 20% bigger than the Vidalia chopper which I’ve been using for years. It’s stronger than Vidalia but that’s also because the cuts are slight larger and the cutting area is slightly smaller putting less pressure on the blades.
While the blades are super sharp, however I'm not sure how long the smallest cutting blade will last because it feels a little flimsy. I bought this to replace my Vidalia which lasted me a few years and suffered from lousy blades. I suspect from the initial inspection the blades are similar and may not last much longer but it's MUCH easier to use than Vidalia. Once the blades start dulling that's when the problem starts since it exerts too much pressure and then eventually breaks. So the key is how long will the blades last.
The plus here is that the cutting area is the largest in this style of choppers.
I'm also worried about the hinge breaking as it doesn't look too sturdy. I'll use it for a few months and update this review.
We bought this March 10. We weren’t able to use it for the first time until tonight, as my wife had a nice stay in the hospital, and cooking wasn’t really a priority.
So we break it out for the first time tonight, May 5, and throw in an onion on the fine chopping blade. We get the first one through, but see little black bits in with the bits of onion. It’s PLASTIC from the upper platen, being shaved off by the blades, into the chopped onion.
The second slice of onion then BENDS one of the rows of blades, so now that tool is completely useless.
This device is complete crap, and now I’m outside of my return window with a shockingly bad and useless appliance.
Save yourself the trouble. Don’t look at the other reviews and think that the law of averages will protect you. These are serious defects, and they’ll come to bite you in the butt at some point.
DO NOT BUY. Flimsy metal blades broke after only a couple uses, is now useless. Contacted the seller for replacement, they promised to replace the part and asked for pictures which I provided immediately. Got no feedback, when I followed-up they said I never sent the pictures, so I sent them again also attaching my previous answer with the same pictures. Then complete silence, no support, no reply to multiple messages. Would have preferred they didn't promise to replace the parts, would have saved time and frustration.