Slap Chop

I love my Slap Chop! I am a newly wed and was always so scared and timid to chop up vegetables etc. with a knife. Finally, from lack of experience and being overly timid, I ended up cutting my hand incredibly bad. A friend suggested I get a Slap Chop. I was skeptical...thinking it would be cheap and not really work. But let me tell you--it works! I rarely use anything but my Slap Chop when it comes to chopping. It is easy to use and easy to clean. The blades are sharp enough to cut through carrots, nuts, garlic--you name it. It used to take my forever to prepare recipes that had chopped ingredients--now I'm choppin' like a pro!The only problem I have had with it is using it to mince things such as garlic. The blades, even though they rotate, are just too far apart to do a good job mincing. However, it isn't designed to mince, it is designed to chop--hence the name.I love this product and will give it to other new brides!

When I saw the commerical for Slap Chop, I immediately that it was EXACTLY what I needed to make my chopping situation easier. I'm severely disabled and I have bad hand spasms that make cutting things dangerous to say the least. LOL I got prepared to try this product within ten minutes of opening it. I washed it out and got it ready, and I put 3 tiny baby carrots in the containter. I slapped the darn thing ONE time, and it jammed. Any tough food, or food with skins like onions lodges VERY quickly. It took another ten minutes to get the carrots from out between the flimsy blades, which completely put me at risk for a cut. LOL I can get this to work if I cut the food into less thick pieces, but that's just ADDING prep time to anything you're doing. I did some research, and bought the Big Mouth Chopper. (Norpro Big Mouth Chopper, Slicer This product is MUCH sturdier that the Slap Chop or the Slice-O-Matic, though it is more expensive at $30. However, you get what you pay for. I don't want to have to pre-chop my food into smaller pieces to make the Slap Chop work, and it certainly doesn't do what it's supposed to, or what the commercial shows. And the problem is the flimsy blades. If they were thicker and sturdier, the darn thing might work. LOL Anyway, I just wanted to share my $.02.Thanks so much for your time folks.Sincerely, R.A. McDowell

I am embarrassed to say we might be Slap Chop converts. WE bought my mother TWO different electric mini-chopper/ blenders over the last year and she wouldn't use either of them (Magic Bullet and the Black and Decker Ergo Chopper). The magic bullet 'mushed' tender veggies and she never even tried the highly rated Ergo. Swore she wanted a Slap Chop. She HATES dicing and mincing for salads and whatnot by hand.We made fun of both her and the reviews but eventually bought her one. She LOVES it. I tried it and I LOVE it. What the hay?!? This thing actually works exactly as advertisted. Tried in on hard baby carrots, tomatoes, onions and green pepper. Worked fine on all of them.Did some stuff get stuck in the blades? Only if we didn't whack it hard enough the first time. Second whack was enough to dislodge and continue the chopping fun! Not sure about the people who complained it hurt their hand - didn't bother us and we were being pretty brutal. So my advice is don't knock it until you try it! IF you hate it then, well it isn't for you but we are now chagrined believers! Happy Slapping!P.S. Graty is just 'ok' and I gave the SC only 4 stars because I think it is more a $10 item than a $15 one.

I was excited by the prospect of this item - since I chop things a lot and it could potentially be a great time-saver.However there are 3 great structural flaws.1. The plastic barrier that stops food from riding up the blades often impedes the blades from descending - resulting in a slap that does more damage to your palm than the food.2. The clear shield that rotates to attach itself and the barrier to the chassis is terribly made. The angle and depth of the locking tabs is nowhere near sufficient, and thus the shield and barrier fall off the unit often - leaving a set of exposed blades waiting to mangle your hand.3. The blades are cheap soft steel. After 3 uses not only did the unit shred its own barrier but it also dented the blades like I was chopping nails, not carrots.It looks impressive, but this is a unit that gives info-mercials their bad reputation. Stay away.

My parents own a slap chop, which while challenging to use sometimes can work for certain items. You definitely need to have some muscle though, which is why Vince in the commercials has no problem using it.When I moved out, I figured I'd pick up one of my own but honestly, I think this is a knockoff with slap chop stamped on it. In the box, there was directions for the "superchopper". Anyways, I figured what the heck, it looks the same and has similar parts, so I didn't try to send it back.It still works but I find I have more difficulty with it then the one I have at home. Also the shape of it seems to be a bit shorter but also a bit wider.It gets the job done if you precut certain items, or if you really slam the handle down. Often you also need to pull up to dislodge the food that gets stuck on the blade.Will it help you chop some items? Yes, but don't think you can get rid of your cutting board and knives.

I could not find my Slap Chop one day and after two days of hunting for it, went straight to Amazon.com to buy one.I actually bought 2 so I could have a backup. I have used a Slap Chop ever since they were first advertised on TV.In fact, I wore out my first Slap Chop and was enjoying my second one until it got misplaced. I can't live without thisgadget. It makes dicing onions and peppers and zucchini easier than doing it manually. The Slap Chop comes apartand washes up easily. Just be sure that the round plastic cover which goes over the metal slicers is on correctly.Otherwise you may ruin this plastic piece.