Customer Reviews

MIU France Stainless Steel Food Chopper

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I'm a little frustrated on this purchase. I wanted a food chopper, and settled on this one, thinking it would be better quality (and not made in China) than a lot of similar models available from competitors. What I received was a generic chopper in a generic box that just says "Chopper" on it with no instructions, and it is made in China. The picture is the same as shown on Amazon, but there is NO reference to MIU France ANYWHERE on the box or item itself.

The chopper itself seems to perform okay. I've used it a few times thus far. It is a little hard to clean and some of the plastic pieces worry me as far as their quality. I was hoping for something better than my mother's Zyliss chopper that I loved when I was living closer to home, but knowing what I know, I would not have purchased this model. I bet you can find a similar model on Amazon (or elsewhere) for probably $10 cheaper. I'm a little disappointed that Amazon wasn't more forward and honest with their marketing practices. When you buy an item that says it's from "MIU France" and spend higher money for it, you expect an item from "MIU France" to be shipped to you, not some cheap knock-off that probably sells for $10 less.

The stainless steel portion does look very nice (again, it is the same as in the picture), but the flimsy plastic pieces irritate me, and I'm sure that I will get a lot less life out of this machine than my mother did from her trusty Zyliss.

This item is attractive and chops very well. However, mine stopped spinning between chops after about 2 weeks. Now I have to manually spin it after every chop.

As the other reviewers said, it is a pain to put back together. I almost always have to ask my husband to do it.

This chopper looked like the perfect tool, but I never could get it to work right. Food jammed in the cutters, it didn't cut/chop cleanly all the way through the food, like onions. Not so easy to take apart and clean, or put back together. Could've been just me, but wasn't too happy.

I received this as a gift last year (after putting it on my wish list) and used it a couple of times. To clean it, you undo the few parts that it has and put it in the dishwasher, which is great. But, the main housing has a black plastic part that fits over the zig-zag blade and has to be in place for the chopping to work. Well, I can no longer get that black part to fit over the blades. I tried for about 10 minutes tonight and finally threw the damn thing in the garbage. So frustrating. Either the blades bent or the plastic thing changed shape a bit - it has to fit the zig-zag of the blades just perfectly in order to work. I give up.

The handle you depress to push down the chopping mechanism is built in two parts. Mine has come apart and I can not figure out how to get the parts back together. This makes my chopping frustrating when it usually is one of the more fun parts to cooking. (for me anyway) This is disappointing, but you get what you pay for. That lesson is coming back to haunt me time and time again.

The quality of this stainless chopper compared to the flimsy plastic Slap Chop is like night and day. I HIGHLY recommend the stainless style(s).

Slice and dice everything! Once you use this, you will not want to cut anything with a knife again! Easy to use and easy to clean! Click buy now if you need something to cop your food!