Customer Reviews

Proctor Silex 74311 Easy Slice Electric Knife, White

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The design features for the on/off switch is a good idea if you have dry hands and are prone to dropping things. Otherwise, the on/off switch is not good at all. The button is hard to press down and is a trigger type switch that does not allow for the blade to be left in the on position. You actually need to keep a lot of pressure of the switch to keep it going. The blade was sharp for the one and only time I used it. I took it back right after Thanksgiving.

The blades are nice and sharp, but this knife weighs a ton - not good, since you have to hold down the "on" switch the whole time. But worse than that was the overheating. The unit got HOT after slicing up only half a loaf of biscotti. If it can't take that, how on earth would it make it through a whole turkey?!

Next time I'll lay out more cash for a knife that can actually handle a little work.

Actually carved my turkey very nicely. But the locking mechanism for the blades broke the very first time it was used.

This knife is actually worse than useless. The design is dangerous. The blade release button is on the top of the mechanism near the top of handle (area close to the blades) while the on switch is on the bottom of the device, directly underneath the blade release button. It's very easy to grip both at the same time.

In addition, this knife lacks either power or sharp blades (can't really tell which). I've tried to use it to cut bread. The blades just dance around on the crust of the bread, imperiling my fingers. It doesn't even make it completely through the crust. I have to follow up with my serrated knife.

Horrible product. Don't purchase.

This was supposed to be a new item. It definately wasn't. The Proctor label on the handle was worn and the blades were dirty. I was very disappointed!

The switch doesn't have an on/off feature. You have to hold it on while you're using it. That's not good for people with hand trouble.

This knife is too large and too heavy for my hands, it hurts my wrist to use it. I don't like it at all. I'll throw it away as soon as I find a smaller one that fits my feminine hand. I avoid using it. A reminder to the manufacturers, it is not only big fisted men that use a knife. I avoid using it whenever possible. Does anyone know of a small electric knife that fits a small hand?

This knife looks good but I find it too heavy for normal usage. The blade is very difficult to remove too.

Bought this one at a local store because we had two choices: cheap or cheaper. This was the more "expensive" of the two. Blade is sharp but motor is weak; doesn't slice whole wheat bread very well at all. Handle is uncomfortable to hold. I won't even bother to try it for carving turkey. Miss my old electric knife that lasted for nearly 15 years!

Unfortunately this is a badly designed product and we're disappointed we purchased it. Just not easy to use and you can tell it was cheaply made.

I bought this product less than three months ago for $9.99 and the units trigger got stuck and would not squeeze to start.

Upon contacting the company ProcterSilex/Hamilton beach they said it is covered under the 2 yr warranty and they would be willing to send the replacement only if I sent back the defective item or its cutup blade and paid them the return shipment which would cost me more than the original price.

I called up the support again to reason but she only cited me their policy. I mentioned that I would not be buying your products in future with this policy to which she responded "okay!"

You decide if you want to deal with this company or their products.