Slap Chop
by Ontel Products
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Slap Chop
Customer Review: A waste of time
Summary: 1 Stars
My husband, who has never asked for a kitchen gadget of any kind, saw the Slap-Chop commercial and had to have one. After giving it several trys with veggies and with nuts, we concluded that it simply does not chop evenly or consistently. Since it is not dishwasher safe, you could chop the food up with a knife faster than trying to get this thing clean by hand. We should have read and heeded the reviews of others before purchasing!Customer Review: Believe the Reviews, Won't Chop Vegetables, Rusts When Washed
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this item even after reading all the negative reviews. I wanted to believe that it worked, mostly because of the price and apparent ease of cleaning.
Unfortunately, the majority of viewers here or correct. Regardless of how hard you slap the top the blades just barely cut through vegetables. I tried this with red onion, red pepper and mushrooms. It will cut them, mostly, into large chunks, after that, it'll kind of just mash what is left, and most of the vegetables get caught up between the blades.
Though it is easy to take apart and clean, we noticed that the blades had began to rust everywhere they touched plastic after one, count them one, washing. Not a dishwasher washing, but a hand washing.
Item was returned and credited quickly. But it's not worth the time or trouble. We'll be spending more money on a better solution, once we find one.
Customer Review: Broke on the First Slap!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
So, my Slap Chop arrives and my wife is like, "You have got to be kidding me. Why did you waste your money on that? Why don't you grab an onion and see just how well it really works, so I can laugh at you when it doesn't." So I did. On the first slap, it broke. My wife is still laughing at me.Customer Review: COMMON SENSE dictates usage *****Comes apart to clean!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Important part is this comes apart to clean! If you get it clean you can actually use it again without fear of molding. (Some pricer versions don't come apart--yucky)
I have read complaints on "stuck food in blades"...Hmmm, there is a video by Jack attached to this page. He seemed to have a caught in the blade problem until he remembered you slap hard and fast and multiple times...this displaces the food on the blades, while rotating blades to cut a different direction. Very expensive choppers use this same technology...and effort is on the part of person using their own arm that always seems to be the root of the problem. Remember this is Manual item and SLAP is part of name...harder quick slap is better than weak one time only.
SECOND HINT...I always remove skin of garlic by smashing it with side of my wide knife...remove skin and proceed with chopping of slap chop. This removal of skin should also be used for onion, plus you cannot put whole item in unit...it needs someplace to disperse to or empty areas around item being chopped so chopper works better. So with larger things like onions--I slice up a little or quarter it or large chunk it. Harder things like carrots need same pre-chunking. This does work great on nuts, or dice up fine celery. I have even used it on crackers, or croutons to make crumbs.
GIFT IDEA: I have weddings to go to...I buy this along with other basic kitchen items and put in basket with local grocery store gift card. Even if newlywed can't manage a knife very well they can slap chop items without too much practice.
Customer Review: Can't cook with out SlapChop
Summary: 5 Stars
When I bought SlapChop one thing I didn't know is that it would be the most valuable tool in my kitchen! I don't know how I ever cooked without it. I had another chopper before but it was hard to clean and put back together. I make lots of soup and it chops the veggies in minutes. Yes you have to chop the pieces small enough to fit but it takes possibly two seconds to chop an onion, carrot or potato etc. small enough. Just slap the plunger don't force it!