Chef'n 102-239-005 VeggiChop Hand-Powered Food Chopper, Set of 1, Cherry

WOW! Whomever invented this should be proud of themselves. I wish it had been me. :) This is a GREAT little gadget! 1. The sweeper arm on the bottom prevents chunks of food from getting stuck under the chopping blades. No more fishing out and re-chopping! Food items are evenly chopped. I'm totally chuffed over that bottom sweeper feature. 2. No electricity needed! It's small enough to be easily stored. 3. The pull action is so smooth and easy that my bum shoulder doesn't have any problems with it. 4. I have tiny hands, but even my hubby's big hands easily fit into the big pull ring. A young child, with supervision, would find it easy to help in the kitchen. 5. I can't believe how easy this is to use, and how evenly it chops various items. It's easy to clean, too: water and a tiny bit of dish soap; with a few pulls, it's clean. My stupidly expensive Cuisinart food processor is such a piece of crap (so poorly designed) that it's going right to the thrift store -- this week. I'm sticking with my Chef'n from now on. It'd be great to have a taller version with maybe 3 or 4 sets of blades, or a larger diameter one with longer blades, but I'm thrilled with this one. If a bigger one comes out...I'm buying it immediately! In fact, I'm buying two of them, or more. I got 2 of these, but am going to order 2 more for Christmas gifts. No, I wasn't paid to write this review, I wasn't asked to do so, and haven't a clue who benefits from it. I just know a good product when I meet one, as do most of us. I can't say enough about this little gem -- I hope it's sturdy enough to hang together well for a good while. It's a GREAT little product. UPDATE: 1/11/2016 I can't believe this much time has passed since my review in 2014, but this little food chopper is just as sharp as it was the day we opened it. I know I said that I hoped it would hang together for a good while: looks like it's doing just that. :D We still use it a LOT, fling it in the dishwasher, and it's ready to go. I love how it's compact enough I can store it in one of my bottom kitchen drawers and leave plenty of room above it. UPDATE: 12/12/2016 Nearly a year after my last update - and it's STILL super-sharp, tough as can be. It's beautifully made - I love it. UPDATE: 01/06/2018 Wow. It's STILL super-sharp, going into the 4th year of heavy home use (purchased 26th Nov., 2014). I'm seeing a lot of "wanna-be" copies of this pull chopper, but none seem to have the generously sized blades as this little work horse from Chef'n. Once again - kudos to the manufacturer! Ya done good. :)

I bought this piece about 5 months ago, and so far it has been one of the best $30 I have ever spent. I should have gotten two, for the free shipping, and to keep the other for a gift! I chop a bowl of hard greens every day: cabbage, broccoli, celery, onions, and such. What used to be a daily routine, of a ~30-minute battle with a mandoline slicer, complete with all the fun picking up the cuttings from all over the counter, is now a battle no more, ... but more of a miracle! With the VeggiChop, it takes me longer to wash the veggies than to chop and transfer them all neatly in a bowl. Very little pre-cutting is required: I just crumble and tear by hand cabbage and lettuce leaves, celery sticks, broccoli heads -- pluck straight off the stem, and stuff them all in. Only rather hard stuff, like cabbage and broccoli cores, I knife to a bit smaller pieces first. Onions go in as halves, if they fit, or quarters for jumbo's -- just small enough to close the lid. Then lock the lid and pull, pull, pull! Yes, the pulling is a bit of a workout, I'll admit, and it may not be for everyone. It really chops only when spun quickly: if you pull slowly, it will just spin the stuff around. When you do pull, turn the head towards you, so that the cord comes straight at you from the hole, not at an angle, where it will rub against the orifice and will wear out. I usually overstuff it, so my first spin doesn't get to the stuff at the top. Then I just shake the whole thing closed, with both hands, and give it another run. This also helps to shake loose any hard pieces, like the cores, from the blades. Pop it open and ... it's a miracle! A finely chopped and perfectly mixed veggie salad, ready to be dumped -- with no spillover, then quickly spooned, and rinsed -- all down to the very last bit, with water, into a bowl to microwave and eat. Whole onions pretty much 'explode' into a fine gravel, and in ~no time -- spoon out as much as needed. I load and spin it two or three times, to top off a regular, 28-oz soup bowl with the chopped veggies. Again, it's the rinsing that takes all the prep time. With everything cut this uniformly and consistently small (but still nowhere near blended in a soup), I then save on chewing -- big time, especially for something like cabbage, and win big in digestion, believe it or not. It's a terrific kitchen tool overall, so long as you got the endurance for the pulling. If not, it might be a hassle, but you can always go with small loads: those are very easy to chop, and it's only that you'd have to reload it quite a few times, to make anything in size. I have started experimenting with it, in chopping other stuff in with my veggies: frozen fruits, frozen cooked meats, all get chopped right in beautifully. It's limit seems to be at harder veggies, like carrots, beets, turnips, rutabagas, potatoes: those I still have to grate, slice by hand. Even as it is, it has saved me countless hours -- of irritation at the kitchen counter, with a mandoline slicer, and better still -- really helped my digestion: no more under-chewing! While I usually just rinse it with tap, it does go through a dishwasher just fine, including the semi-sealed top. Everything in it has held up fine so far, through five months of heavy daily use. And no matter how soon it will, eventually, fail .. hate as I do to sound like some prepaid 'reviewer' -- I'm getting another one right away!

Works very well - easy to use and does a nice job. (Makes chopping an onion a breeze). Cleans up easily. Only problem is that water will get into the lid if submerged. Very sturdy.

Fungerar mindre än ettt år sedan är den trasig. Går sönder inuti mekanismen. 3 st har jag köpt nu. Sista höll ca 2 veckor innan den började att krångla. Mekanismen är för klen och bandet går i sönder efter ett tag. Aldrig ens diskad i maskin. Superbra maskin så länge den fungerar.

Der Chef'n VeggiChop hat sich in meiner Küche schnell als unverzichtbares Werkzeug erwiesen. Dieser handbetriebene Gemüseschneider ist nicht nur äußerst effizient, sondern auch äußerst vielseitig einsetzbar. Das Design ist einfach, aber durchdacht. Durch den Seilzugmechanismus kann ich Gemüse, Knoblauch, Nüsse und vieles mehr in Sekundenschnelle zerkleinern, ohne dabei auf eine Steckdose angewiesen zu sein. Die Bedienung ist kinderleicht und erfordert nur wenige Handgriffe. Die Qualität des Materials ist hervorragend. Der Gemüseschneider besteht aus robustem Kunststoff, der langlebig und leicht zu reinigen ist. Auch nach mehrmaligem Gebrauch behält er seine Funktionalität und Schnittleistung bei. Ein weiterer Pluspunkt ist die Vielseitigkeit dieses Küchenwerkzeugs. Ich kann damit nicht nur Gemüse für Salate und Suppen zerkleinern, sondern auch Knoblauch für Saucen oder Nüsse für Desserts. Er ist ein wahrer Alleskönner in meiner Küche. Insgesamt bin ich vom Chef'n VeggiChop begeistert und kann ihn allen empfehlen, die nach einem effizienten und vielseitigen Gemüseschneider suchen. Er spart Zeit und Aufwand beim Kochen und erleichtert mir die Zubereitung meiner Lieblingsgerichte.

This is revolutionary for cutting onions and garlic. It does it better than I would by hand in a fraction of the time. the only issue I have with it is that the cord eventually wears down. I've not marked this down as - when I went back to the manufacturer about this, they sent me out a new one. So customer service is also 5 star. Everyone should have one of these.

I used this not only for onions, but also for chopping garlic, ginger and shallots. It is so easy and quick