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ITKWD just now. Poor presentation.

Rockycoast — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:31:56 GMT

Okay, Husband and I are watching David and Geoff K. demo the upright mandolin. It says it is 6in1. They only demoed 3 cuts that I could identify. slice, dice, julian. What are the other 3? It looks somewhat interesting, Geoff had a bit of a miff when slicing. Hurky jerky when pumping the blade. If an item lists a number of features, I want to see them all. Poor presentation David.

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SharkE — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:34:10 GMT

This might tell

https://www.qvc.com/Geoffrey-Zakarian-Safe-Slice-6-in-1-Upright-Mandolin.product.K48986.html?sc=IROA

all now on waitlist !

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Rockycoast — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:37:46 GMT

Yep, read that before I posted. Still doesn't state what the 6in1 cuts are.

@SharkE wrote:
This might tell

https://www.qvc.com/Geoffrey-Zakarian-Safe-Slice-6-in-1-Upright-Mandolin.product.K48986.html?sc=IROA

all now on waitlist !

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Daysdee — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:53:22 GMT

I recorded show and watched late. Was tempted by the mandolin. Guess now I'll wait for reviews. I have one in my cart at Amazon, but don't know if this one would be better.

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loriqvc — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:09:17 GMT

I'm guessing this item was selling so quickly that they had to cut the presentation time short; if you check it out on the website, there's a video showing all the functions.

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SharkE — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:28:51 GMT

Chef Tony's I always thought was good, but, nothing cuts red and green peppers. Other day I had trouble with carrots, looking for an alternative to the chef Tony one.

It's good for soft vegetables like potatoes, onions.

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Donny G — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:46:22 GMT

Noticed he never sliced the tomatoes!!!

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Icegoddess — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:49:56 GMT

Well, it doesn't exactly dice. You have to first do a matchstick cut and then put them back through for the dice. I might use it for the matchstick, but then I'd just use a knive to finish the dice rather than resetting the blades. I didn't consider the matchstick fries what I call matchstick fries. Whe I think of matchstick, I'm thinking McDonald's. These were much thicker, but maybe the thickness setting would give me what I want. Looks like even julienne is a two step process.

The other thing that bothers me is the size of the chute limits the size fruit or veggie. We get some pretty big onions around here that wouldn't fit in that little chute.

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Daysdee — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 17:59:27 GMT

I don't think they showed how it stores. I assume you can store it flat. I don't want any more stuff that takes up a lot of room. I just don't have the space.

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Jinlei — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:36:08 GMT

I would not waste my money on this. It sure didn’t look like it sliced very easy.

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Allieoh — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:25 GMT

I agree about the poor presentation. I ordered it this morning, then watched the presentation a little while ago. I was hoping they would show how to switch blades. They showed buttons on the back, but not how to use it. They also didn’t mention how to clean it. Ugh. I’m trying to decide if I should cancel and wait for reviews.

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house_cat — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:25:17 GMT

It bothers me that these celebrities are never satisfied. He has several successful cooking shows and 6 or 7 restaurants... but he still needs to sell frying pans, scallops, salmon, slicers... knowing that he's a fashionable guy, it wouldn't surprise me if the next thing is a clothing line. Of course it's none of my business and nothing for me to be bothered about, but it impresses me how thin they seem to stretch themselves.

For many years I admired and respected Martha Stewart, for example, but I'm really turned off by her lately. Is it ever enough for them?

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:35:41 GMT

@house_cat wrote:
It bothers me that these celebrities are never satisfied. He has several successful cooking shows and 6 or 7 restaurants... but he still needs to sell frying pans, scallops, salmon, slicers... knowing that he's a fashionable guy, it wouldn't surprise me if the next thing is a clothing line. Of course it's none of my business and nothing for me to be bothered about, but it impresses me how thin they seem to stretch themselves.

For many years I admired and respected Martha Stewart, for example, but I'm really turned off by her lately. Is it ever enough for them?

@house_cat. I don’t know much about GZ, but have followed Martha for years. She seems to be one of those personalities that must be busy every minute of the day. She says she doesn’t require much sleep and always is attending something, flying somewhere, working around her farm, doing things at QVC, etc.

I don’t think it will ever be enough for her until she becomes to old to get out and about.
Good for her to be able to stay so busy at her age.

I can’t relate because I am just the opposite!

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homedecor1 — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:46:38 GMT

I recently purchased the HSN Kitchen mandolin I think it was a TS. I returned it as a friend used hers & it "slipped" and she got a nice scare! Those blades are pretty sharp this is why I prefer to use a knife -- of course I use a "box grater" still for shredding.

I didn't use it but it had nice features to change slice sizes. It always "looks" so easy on TV😉. ( This maybe a option if you are still interested in one)

This is the one:

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:54:38 GMT

Agreed, I would have no interest in the product based on that demo. It just didn't appear to work all that well and there seemed to be information missing about it's use. For a 12 min presentation they didn't show too much.

Yikes, @homedecor1 ! I too just use a knife and a handheld grater. Not that I couldn't cut myself with the knife but it may be less likely.

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Free2be — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:08:44 GMT

I like the safety factor although I usually use my Breville food processor for slicing and shredding anything more than very small amounts. I look forward to reading user reviews.

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Sooner — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:09:44 GMT

Very few of these cheap plastic things work the way you'd like them too, and they don't last long to boot.

I'm glad Martha makes a lot of things because often they are things I love. Those gigantic tote bags of hers are absolutely wonderful! Sometimes they will do the job nothing else will do.

She's making coffee now too! Probably bought a donkey, rode up the mountain and picked it herself! LOL!!!! She would laugh about that!

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Rockycoast — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:31:26 GMT

Yeah, I think I will pass on this item. Besides a poor demo, it doesn't look like it would last that long. The safety factor was intriguing, but I haven't cut myself yet with a knife or the old mandolin we have. Saving myself some money!

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Daysdee — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:02:43 GMT

@homedecor1 I think I purchased this from HSN a couple of years ago. I returned it. I had a really nice (and inexpensive) one from QVC. In a fit of cleaning, I donated it as I thought it took up too much room. It really didn't. I regret getting rid of it. It worked so well and I think it was only around $15. My mistake.

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sashamatthews — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:15:46 GMT

GZ is the new favorite. So that means the Q made some kind of lucrative deal with hiim to sell here. Really - what celebrity chefs sell on the Q now? Emeril occasionally. The rest are celebrities like Martha, Valerie Bertinelli, Kevin O'Leary.