The Best Mandoline Slicers
Verified by
Hadleigh V. Lead Product Analyst
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America's Test Kitchen ran nine mandolines through a fixed list of produce. Tomatoes went through at the thinnest setting, beets and fennel at 1/16 inch, potatoes at 1/8 inch and eggplant at 1/4 inch, and then carrots, daikon and celeriac were julienned. The Super Benriner had the sharpest blade in the group and took Best Overall. Miye Bromberg wrote that its razor-sharp blades can handle even the toughest produce.
Wirecutter's Daniela Galarza picked it too, out of eight models. Her team started with dozens of russet and sweet potatoes to test durability before moving on to softer and smaller produce. The double-bevel blade handled soft tomatoes, tough lemons, tiny radishes and hard sweet potatoes, and the Super stayed Wirecutter's top pick. Food & Wine's best overall, sold as the Benriner Wide Slicer, is the same No. 95 model, and its tester called its slices the cleanest and most consistent of any mandoline tested.
Six of our nine sources picked a Benriner of some size. We chose the Super over its smaller sibling because ATK found the original's 2.5-inch platform too narrow for eggplant, and the 95 mm runway solves that. A stepless dial runs from 0.5 to 8 mm, three julienne blades come in the box, and ATK and Wirecutter both priced it around $40.
What It Won't Do
The hand guard is close to worthless, and nobody defends it. ATK called it pretty much useless, and Reviewed's Sharon Franke says pros find it virtually useless. Buy a cut-resistant glove with this mandoline and wear it every time. The thickness dial has no markings either, so Wirecutter points out you can't set an exact measurement, and repeating last week's 2 mm potato slices means cutting a test slice first. Sharpness isn't unanimous. Serious Eats found the Super duller than the standard Benriner and picked the narrower model instead, and Reviewed watched it mangle a ripe tomato and eggplant at the thinnest setting.
Four outlets tested the OXO Good Grips Handheld and named it their budget or value pick: Food Network, Taste of Home, The Spruce Eats and Food & Wine. Food & Wine's Jennifer Zyman called it a very simple, inexpensive, and easy-to-use mandoline. Taste of Home judged durability through ongoing daily use in its test kitchen and found it did extremely well on carrots, cucumbers and sweet potatoes.
Everyday jobs go fast. The Spruce Eats sliced a full-size cucumber in about 30 seconds, and Food Network's tester said it cut a potato quickly and easily. You get three thicknesses (1, 2.5 and 4 mm), a pronged food holder and a non-slip foot that rests on a board or hooks over a bowl. Every part goes in the dishwasher, and Taste of Home noted that none of its other picks could say the same.
OXO lists it at $21.99, about half what the Super Benriner costs. At 11.5 inches and under 6 ounces, it slides into the utensil drawer next to your peeler.
What It Won't Do
Soft produce exposes it. Food Network found it struggled with tomato and eggplant, Taste of Home says tomatoes and lemons aren't a great fit, and Wirecutter's testers felt a dull blade that tore both. Wirecutter also saw the platform tilt and give uneven cuts, and its conclusion was blunt: "Overall, we don't recommend OXO mandolines." Serious Eats passed on it in favor of the Joseph Joseph Multi-Grip, a nearly identical design with a guard that grips better. The thickest setting is 4 mm and there is no julienne blade, so straight slices are its whole repertoire.
Who Should Buy Which
Super Benriner Mandoline Slicer
ATK's best overall mandoline and Wirecutter's top pick, with a razor-sharp Japanese blade and a 95 mm runway
- Cooks who slice paper-thin potatoes, fennel or radishes every week
- Anyone who wants julienne from the same tool
- Home cooks willing to wear a cut-resistant glove
- Kitchens that need a wider runway than the original Benriner's 2.5 inches
- Buyers who want the pick ATK and Wirecutter agree on
OXO Good Grips Handheld Mandoline Slicer
The budget pick at Food Network, Taste of Home, The Spruce Eats and Food & Wine, and it stores in a utensil drawer
- Occasional slicers making cucumber salads, potato chips or slaw
- Small kitchens where a mandoline has to fit in a drawer
- Anyone who wants every part to go in the dishwasher
- First-time buyers trying a mandoline for about $20
- Cooks who mostly slice firm vegetables rather than tomatoes and citrus