Customer Reviews

OXO Good Grips 28781 Wire Cheese Slicer

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(21)

 

 

This is the best slicer for semi-soft cheeses like havarti, swiss and cheddar. We like thin, even slices to put on our toast in the morning and this works the best. The oversized, soft handle is non-slip and helps get good leverage on harder cheeses like cheddar.

After using this for a couple of months, the wire has stretched and this slicer has become unusable. Save yourself the trouble and do what I ended up doing - go to Target and buy a nice, heavy slicer with adjustable width and screws to tighten the wire should it stretch. It will set you back less then 10 bucks. When I think of how many thousands of these slicers will end up in the garbage; OXO should be ashamed of themselves for creating a product like this.

I have had the WORST luck with wire cheese slicers , regardless of whether they were purchased at the grocery store or gourmet cooking shop. I actually had a $20.00 slicer fall apart with its very first use. I just bought this one a month ago, and though its longevity has yet to be proven, I just had to slice a TON of cheese for a large family Christmas party of 30 people, and was SO glad I bought this when I did! I love the grippy handle, and it made relatively quick work of 6 Sam's Club size blocks of cheese. It worked well on cheddar, monterey jack, colby, colby jack and mozerella. It has a nice weight and feel, and if it's as good as the rest of the Good Grips line, I expect it to last for a very long time.

I absolutely LOVE my OXO good grips wire cheese slicer. My husband told me I didn't need one.. "Cheese slicer??? What's wrong with a knife??" Bah! Nothing says cheese like a good cheese slicer to give you those nice even slices.. I got desperate. I put my OXO cheese slicer on our wedding registry. He laughed at me.. but a friend of ours got it for me!!! I can't tell you how much I love using this slicer.. The last cheese slicer I had broke after a few uses, but NOT the OXO! My OXO cheese slicer is still going strong after a year, and looks still new.. and the handle! If you've ever used OXO you know how comfortable it is in your hand!I would recommend the Oxo good grips wire cheese slicer to everyone!!!

I was very disappointed with this cheese slicer--the wire broke after about the fourth use. I have always had good experiences with Oxo and was very surprised.

As advertised, the grip on this cheese slicer looks more than adequate. However, I was very disappointed when I was not able to adjust the width of the head on the slicer. If you want to slice thin slices of cheese, this is not the cheese slicer for you. You will be able to slice only one width and it is a thick width.

I should have checked out other reviews because Oxo makes another item almost identical to this that has more bad reviews than you can shake a stick at. I bought this to replace another wire cheese slicer I got in a supermarket years ago that was starting to show its' age. I'm glad I didn't throw it away when this came, because I'm back to using it after about a week. Like all Oxo products I've had this looked and felt great, and like all of them it worked great as well...at first. Unfortunately, like a few Oxo products, this was not very well built. The design, ergonomics and function were all first class, but it broke after about a week. The wire snapped out and there is no way to replace it. Some of the better wire slicers have screws in the handle to allow the user to replace broken or loose wires, some even come with replacement wires, but not this one. I'm really dissapointed because Oxo makes some really wonderful products, but they also turn out a real turkey every now and then and this is one of them. Don't buy it!

The first couple of times I used this cheese slicer, the wire stretched out, making the slices thicker than they're supposed to be. Today I finally cut through a hard hunk of sharp cheddar and POP - the wire broke. For $20, I expect more. Next time I'll buy a non-wire cheese slicer. VERY disappointed as I expect more of OXO.

Like in the other reviews, the wire broke after only a few uses. I just emailed OXO and asked for a replacement. I hope they honor the satisfaction garantee!

It does the job while it works.. then the wire went slack and finally broke, like everyone else. I could call and get a replacement but do I want to bother? Perhaps I'll get a replacement and give it away as a gift to someone who will never use it. It does look very nice. Anyone have a recommendation for an alternative product?