Slap Chop
by Ontel Products
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Slap Chop
Customer Review: slap chop
Summary: 3 Stars
It looks easier than it actually is... I tried dicing an onion & it got stuck, in other words it did not work...Customer Review: Underwhelming product and a waste of money
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased two of these to give as gifts this past holiday season. One of which went to my husband, my in-house chef, who seems to be constantly chopping celery or onions for various dishes. I'd seen the ads on TV for it and loved the simplicity of the device. I have an electric chopper, but thought the Slap Chop looked a bit more compact and would travel well for camping trips. After testing it out myself... I'm underwhelmed by this product.
Out of the box I noticed that the plastic used in the device is fairly flimsy. The blades too are very thin. The entire product does not seem to be designed with durability in mind, and if used gingerly, it would probably stand up to a year or two of weekly, light use at most.
To test the product I tried a hard boiled egg first. The egg got stuck in the blades and really didn't get chopped as much as 'mushed'.
The next test was an onion. You have to start with a fairly small piece and yes, 'slap' the top which propels the chopping blades down in a plunger-type action to the cutting board below. It cut the onions, I then twisted the device to get another angle on the onions and did it again. The Slap Chop worked OK for onions.
Tomatoes were next. Starting with a quarter of a tomato, the Slap Chop did its thing. The harder and faster I slapped the blades down, the better the cut. Still, it seemed like a knife would work just as well and be just as fast considering set-up and clean-up times too.
Clean-up was easy, which is perhaps the Slap Chop's best feature. Not much more difficult than running your knife under the water.
The bottom line: a flimsy kitchen tool that won't replace a good knife. Not the amazing time-saving device I'd hoped for and not something I would recommend to my friends. It could be something for the picnic basket, camping or hiking gear kitchen, but durability is likely to be an issue.
Customer Review: I was NOT in a great mood all day
Summary: 2 Stars
On the very first use, the plastic part that stops food from going up inside the Slap Chop broke. I had no luck contacting the manufacturer and taking advantage of my 10 year guarantee. It was only one corner that broke off, so I didn't think much of it and kept using it. After several more uses, the rest of that piece broke, so now if I want to slap my troubles away with the Slap Chop, food gets way up inside of it making it hard to clean (or chop) anything. It's worthless.
That being said, if that cheapo piece of plastic had remained in tact, this would be a 5-star rating.
Customer Review: probelm was not fixed
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered the Slap chop..it arrived promptly but with no directions or warranty info. I contacted Amazon..they told me to contact the company directly. the company told me that because I had orderd it from Amazon - it was Amazon's problem to fix. Amazon then sent me another Slap Chop(all I needed was directions). it arrived promptly but again NO DIRECTIONS OR WARRANTY. I sent both machines back...Customer Review: mmmmm.... a little dissapointing than the ad
Summary: 2 Stars
I've tried this product with different kinds of fruit but the razors get stocked with the fruit and I will need to take them out by force ... this product is working only with onions "small ones" and tomatoes !!! that's it