"Alan Holbrook" > wrote in message
. 3.30...
> notbob > wrote in
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>> I want a mandoline. Anthony B swears by 'em and I want to make my
>> own sweet potato chips. I had a Farberware V-slicer and it was junk.
>> I'll pay good $$$$ for a good product, but I don't have $300! Any
>> recomendations for a < $100 all SS mandy. No, I won't buy an Oxo or
>> Benriner. What say ye?
>>
>> nb
>>
>
> Just out of curiosity, why _not_ OXO? I've been satisfied with all my OXO
> purchases, including my mandoline. Is there something I don't know about
> OXO, like maybe they use forced child labor in Botswanaland to produce
> their product?

OXO is a very mixed bag for me. Many of the "Good Grips" items I bought
wound up getting "mushy" connects to the handles after only a short time. I
know I am not the only one who had this problem. My dad bought a set for my
aunt and she complained of the same thing. Not sure who made my mandoline
but it may well have been OXO. I just looked and am pretty sure that is it.
Although I bought it a couple of years ago it is very similar to if not
exactly this one:

http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-Hand...=oxo+mandoline

I can't remember for sure what it looks like because I was all thumbs when I
tried to use it. Daughter fared much better with it but even she had some
trouble with the potatoes because they tended to slip out of her hands. I
wound up using a knife.