Customer Reviews

Amco 3-in-1 Egg Slicer, Chrome Plated Zinc

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4 star:		(0)
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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

On the third or fourth use several wires just came apart rendering it completely useless, except maybe as a paperweight....

My wife would prefer that this would disassemble more for cleaning. It sometimes comes out of the dishwasher with egg on it if it isn't thoroughly cleaned. Other than that, it works as advertised and slices eggs and strawberries well.

So disappointing!! I too was fooled by the sturdy look of this product. Now what do we do with this?? If so many people are having trouble with the wires snapping, Amco should offer to fix them for free! What a rip off!

We've had this since July and used it very infrequently on eggs. The wire cutters broke today when my wife tried to slice mushrooms. We are very disappointed.

Fooled me beacuse it has a sturdy, sleek design, but only used it 3 times before the wires snapped. This one needs to go back to the drawing board. With tax that costed me $5.00 per use! I have had egg slicers from Wal-Mart that out lasted this sorry slicer. The only reedeming grace that may exist is I see that the plates that hold the wire are screwed in, maybe the manufacture sells replacement parts that have been redesigned.

Like another user the wires on the cutter broke during the second time I had used it. It contains 2 cutters for different cutting options and wires on both of the cutters snapped. In addition, when wanting to slice the egg I found it annoying trying to seperate the two layers of cutters which are permanantly affixed to the device.

Bought this to replace an egg slicer of similar design which had lasted for many, many years.

What a mistake.

As with others, the wires broke within several uses, and it's never seen anything other than eggs, strawberries, and mushrooms.

Avoid, and go with the much sturdier all-metal version.

Ours lasted years, maybe 6 or 7. I am just now looking for replacement wires.

I use this slicer to chop eggs for egg salad. I stand the egg up for the first pass. I put the large end down in the cradle and cut the egg vertically. Then, turn the slicer upside down (without opening it) and lay the sliced egg in my palm. After that I open the slicer, lay the sliced egg in the cradle sideways and make the second pass. This works quite well for me. See my series of four photos illustrating this procedure.

The main complaint about this slicer in other reviews is the cutting wires break. After reading this complaint I press them through the egg slowly. I've done a couple of dozen eggs this way and no wires have broken. Maybe next time they'll break, but so far I really like it. Chopping eggs for egg salad this way is faster, easier and a lot less messy. Oh yes, I rinse all the egg off before putting it in the dishwasher.

P.S. The above assumes the egg is intact. If the egg breaks while peeling, it will make a mess in this thing, so chop it the old fashioned way, with a knife.