Customer Reviews

Norpro 370 Bread Slicerand Guide with Crumb Catcher

5 star:		(82)
4 star:		(84)
3 star:		(57)
2 star:		(51)
1 star:		(67)

 

 

Only two things could be adjusted for me to like this slicer better. 1 - the grooves could be deeper to keep from slicing into the wood. 2 - the guide could be adjustable. Other than that, it is a handy tool to use with baked bread. We use a bread machine that makes a pound and a half loaf. This has really removed the guess work of slicing. The bread should be cooled a little before attempting to slice. We often take bread to functions and using this we now have nice even slices. It is a lot neater using it rather than a plain board, too. All in all, a great kitchen aide.

A great idea for a product, but it is made of a [low] grade of unfinished pine, stapled together and bit too small for most loafs.

I purchased this slicing guide to help make even slices for sandwiches. As others before me have noted the sides are too far apart to accomodate a bread knife safely. I've even looked for a longer bread knife but can't seem to find one. Even with taking great care the cheap soft unfinished wood has been gouged. The second time my husband used it the forward motion of the knife that had slipped out of the guide knocked off the side and now the screws for that side won't stay in the wood without changing the way the slots line up. I truly regret this purchase.

I have to start with an explanation that an 8" bread knife has only 7 1/4" of a blade exposed, the other 3/4" is inside the handle and is not useful. With the 6 3/4" spacing between the acrylic guides on this slicer you have only half an inch of the knife left on the other side when the knife is pushed all the way in. The spacing is just too wide for a regular knife and it slips out of the acrylic guide on the opposite side each time I move the knife in order to slice the bread. In order to get back into the slit I have to guide the knife with my other hand which is, of course, rediculous and even dangerous. Because of this, even if I used my left hand to guide the knife into the slit, the slices come out very ugly. Second, the bottom of this slicer is made of soft unfinished (you can't wash it) wood and after 3 slices (that's all I could handle) the wood got deep cuts and splinters. Third, the back panel of this slicer on the Amazon picture has a word "Bread" written in a handsom writing. On my slicer it said in thick block ugly letters: "Our daily bread". That's it, I learned my lesson, back it goes.

I wish I had read the previous review before I bought this, because it was not worth it!! It is too wide for a normal bread knife, and the slices DO NOT come out even and pretty. I got more even slices just using my hand to hold the bread than I did using this. I was really looking forward to having nice, thin bread slices on my homeade bread and this was a huge disappointment. Don't buy it!

I used this slicer twice. The first time, the end kept falling out. I glued that in and the second time I used it, 2 of the tines broke. The loaves from the breadmaker don't fit and there is no adjustment, it just keeps sliding around and you can't get an even slice. If the tines hadn't broke, it would be in the mail back to China or wherever. Cheap shoddy merchandise, stay away from it.

I have been looking for a decent bread slicer for quite some time. This one sold by Amazon seemed to be exactly what I wanted. I ordered it and found it to be as good as stated. I can slice my homemade bread to a nice size --- not too thin and not too thick. If desired, I can cut thicker slices by simply removing the end piece of the slicer and moving the loaf forward or thinner slices by pulling the loaf end away from the end piece.

It's just not that useful. Many loaves of bread are taller than the guides and with a regular bread knife you just don't have enough "operating room." I totally agree with the other two reviewers.

I'm a little disappointed in it mainly because the end falls out when you press the bread against it. I tried a little glue on it but because the sides wobble, the glue just won't hold. It would be nice to be able to adjust the slices but I was aware of that before I bought it. Other than that I find it useful--the slices are still even and that's much better than I could do.

This bread slicer is a little tricky to work with, but once you cut off the end of the loaf and put it up flush against the holder you can get some pretty nice slices, much more even than if you were just trying to judge by yourself. I recommend it for home bread makers.