Customer Reviews

OXO Good Grips Cheese Plane

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

If you use a cheese plane or have plans to use one, this is a good one. If you do not use a cheese plane, you can probably get by without this.

It is good at making uniform slices of cheese which are on the thin side. A vegetable peeler is better for making parmesan curls.

As usual it has OXO's ergonomic, grippy handle. I like using this utensil for making cheese slices for an appetizer tray.

Not an item everyone needs or wants, but if you want it, you want it perfect. This is the one. Fits the hand like a, well, like a cheese plane. Excellent craftsmanship.

This is a handy and attractive cheese plane with a very sharp blade that cuts from every angle, glides easily and produces thin, clean and effortless slices every time. Its sharp blade never seems to need sharpening, and its hefty body fits comfortably in the hand, making it require less force to operate than the more traditional cheese planes do, and rendering it perfect for either firm or soft cheese.
Like the rest of the products from the OXO Good Grips line, this one is a great value of superior quality, unsurpassed durability and flawless performance. Its ergonomic design and big, pressure-absorbing, outstanding non-slip grip, complete with flexible fins to accommodate your fingers and an oversized hole for easy hanging, allow you comfortable, daily, wet or dry use. Its elegant, stylized shape makes it perfect to move back and forth between the kitchen and the dinner table.
Its easy-to-clean, simple construction and dishwasher-safe, hard-wearing materials make this a tool that you will be able to depend on for years, and its stainless-steel metal parts will permanently keep your rust worries away.
After submitting this product to over two years of normal use, mine is still just like new. I even use it on blocks of chocolate, to make fast-melting slices when I bake.
--Reviewed by M. E. Volmar

The main problem with this product is that the metal part is way too flexible. It bends all over the place when you are trying to use it to make a slice of cheese. It needs to be much more rigid than it is. When it does actually cut, the slices it makes are nearly transparent. Way too thin.

Spend a little more money and get something that's made out of rigid steel and doesn't flex and bend all over when trying to use it. Big let down.

I received this for a gift. It worked well for a couple of months, but is not made to last. Because the metal connecting to the handle is flimsy, it flexes and bends slightly with use. After less than 4 months, mine broke cleanly in half. My previous cheese planes lasted for many years, only to be discarded after getting dull.

After sending an email to OXO, they replied quickly and offered to replace the item.

Pros: thin,sharp, flexible, cuts nicely. Company has very good customer service!
Cons: thin metal will most likely break

I loved this the first few times I used it--very thin consistent slices of hard cheese. But then it started bending (in the neck between handle and slicing face). Hard to slice a piece of cheese when it's bending backwards on you. Am going to look for a slicer that has a sturdier looking neck/handle.

This bends- and bends and feels like it will soon just break off. Now because it bends so much, it does not cut well anymore. I would not buy this product again, and I don't recommend it either.

My previous OXO cheese plane was about to snap in two, with the blade becoming more wobbly by the day. This new one is forged in a single piece of stainless steel and works great! OXO has made a big improvement.

Oxo makes an amazing variety of good utensils, and this is one of them. I like it a lot: easy to use, ergonomically sound, doesn't tire my hand out, etc.
BUT...those nifty little design features in the handle retain water from the dishwasher like mad. I either drip across the floor to the drawer if I forget, or have to stand the thing in the drainer after I've whacked all the extra water out. It's a minor point, I know, but very annoying.
If all you ever do is hand-wash it, you will likely give it 5 stars. I would!

I bought this because... I have issues with kitchen accessories.. I want to own all of them! LOL! It works great and looks nice. I like that you can wash it in the dishwasher without worrying it will rust or break over the long run. Good solid product for a very reasonable price.