Andrew James Meat Deli Slicer Electric Cutter for Bread Meat Cheese & Other Food | 3 Interchangeable 19cm Blades | Plastic Pusher Blade Guard | Non-Slip Feet | 150W

Good quality sturdy slicer with three different cutting discs. I use it to slice part frozen chicken for my dogs treats. The machine doesn’t like part frozen food and produces a variety of thicknesses when on the smallest setting. For cooked products it is excellent, there are lots of thickness settings and it does a great job. It is reasonably easy to clean with the component parts coming apart. It is safe to use, with the guards. Blades are very sharp. Love Andrew James products - they last. Very good price for a great product.

This is my 2nd review regarding this machine but the first was to berate customer services after the wrong item entirely was delivered and the subsequent correspondence made me think I'd done wrong ordering this item. However, having had the correct item for a week now, I can say that I am highly delighted with it. It's heavier than most but this means that it stays where you put it to slice your food. It's well made, sturdy, quiet enough and is so easy to clean. With the help of a chisel edged artist's brush to get into a couple of nooks and using anti-bacterial spray, it's clean in no time. The machine comes with 3 blades but I have to say that the bread blade could have done with the teeth having a more serrated outline rather than a rounded tooth. I've cut 4 different cold meats of varying texture and it sliced them easily to the thickness required (we like thin for sandwiches) but it also cut the hot roast beef joint easily as well, to a thicker degree. Also, there was hardly any sign of shavings waste after the cutting which you get especially with an electric knife.The small bloomer loaf was a little more difficult because as it was quite soft and you had to tease the blade through the outer crust but once through it sliced it quickly and evenly. The amount of meat we got after slicing the remainder of the cold beef was amazing, much more than with regular carving knifes (well in my case lol).I haven't tried potatoes, onions, tomatoes etc' but I've no doubt the machine will cope with them. I've already mentioned the bread blade but the only other quibble is that the carriage could do with another 1/2"-1" travel. Apart from these 2 points, for a home slicer with 3 blades, at a very decent price, you could buy worse.

Good slicer but a few perks wouldn’t go amiss For instance:- easier to remove blade, Tray to catch meat etc when slicing State what the blade which was in machine should be used for

We bought this after a couple of failed attempts at using (rather cheap) manual slicers for our home-made loaves (from a Panasonic SD-2501). The manual slicers each managed about a month's service before breaking. After giving up on the 10 quid options and realizing that we were going to have to spend a bit more to get a decent slicer, it became a choice between "The Neat Bread Slicer" (another manual slicer, albeit a very nice looking sturdy one, price 50 quid), or this electric slicer (also 50 quid). Despite a few worrying reviews from people complaining about it tearing the bread, we decided to go for the electric option and so far it's turned out to be an excellent choice. The good points: provided the bread isn't ridiculously crusty (like a French-style loaf), it's had no problems slicing neatly and cleanly. The crust can take a little patience (just go slow), and I'm not convinced the included "bread blade" is actually better than the "universal blade" that is installed by default (we generally just stick with the universal blade), but I'm happy to report no problems at all with slicing bread (do wait for it to cool first though - you can't slice it fresh out of the oven!). The variable width controls are also handy; personally I like quite a thin slice - 10-11mm, while my girlfriend is enamoured of chunky slices at the maximum 15mm the unit offers. We've also used it for slicing cheese (absolutely no problems at all - fantastic results). The one thing we've yet to try it with is a joint of ham, but given the successes so far, I anticipate no serious problems in this area. Safety-wise, the unit is excellent - every part of the blade that can be reasonably covered, is. The guards on the food tray, and the blade lock all feel sturdy (despite being plastic). Some reviewers have noted the unit feels slow - I'd say it doesn't look like a circular saw when it's running, but then it's meant for cutting food, not wood. Despite the relatively slow revolutions of the blade, it's never struggled with anything we've put through it (although you may have to go a little slower on tough things). The bad points: as other reviewers have pointed out, the locations where pieces of the unit attach to the main body are annoyingly good at collecting crumbs and debris, and are a bit of a pain to clean. I realize it's a reasonably cheap unit and therefore a single-shell construction is asking a bit much - but given it's a device which will need regular cleaning a little more thought could've gone into this aspect of the design. The power button feels a little oddly positioned and it's a little strange that it's an on-off toggle. I would've thought it would be safer to have a hold-on button on the opposite side to ensure one is holding the unit with both hands when operating (although come to think of it, that would make it unusable for anyone with one arm). Overall, very satisfied. I think we've found our solution to slicing home-made bread. Update: it's now 9 years later ... and this unit is still going strong! Not replaced a single thing, despite it getting a daily work-out slicing stuff. Mostly bread, so I can't pretend we're really stressing it but still: 9 years solid service is nothing to sneeze at these days! Upgrading to 5 stars because although my quibbles above still stand, I can forgive them all for the sheer longevity and reliability.

My best mate is a High St butcher & he put me on to this for cost/quality. Now making substantial savings over buying ham, pork & beef slices & hope to start baking my own bread soon. Easy to clean between use & only 1 area gives me hygiene concern, the little flexible plastic tag at the very bottom of the cutting area.

Great bit of kit, slices through all sorts of meats with no issue. Took the top of my finger off with no issue. Very much recommend using the supplied guard piece

This is a great little bit of kit for the kitchen. Have only tried it on cooked beef so far but was really impressed by the way it cut through the joint and how I was able to cut slices to the thickness desired. The handle or knob to change the thickness settings is a bit stiff but that doesn't really matter because if it were slack then it may slip off the settings, so no problems there. I was really pleased with the easy cleaning of the machine as this is always a worry when slicing things such as meat in particular which could stick in nooks and crannies and create a health hazard. With this machine it certainly was an easy job to give it a thorough clean after use. Removing the blade was relatively easy too once I'd found a 2 pence coin that fit the slot in the locking screw that holds the blade in place. The blades are very robust and weighty which suggests they are of good quality and are well designed for the purpose intended. The motor that is installed in this machine seems fine for the job and was quiet in running and when cutting through the meat. I have yet to make some bread to slice on the machine but if it cuts as well on that as it did on the beef then great. I am arthritic and find cutting things and holding objects for any length of time makes my hands lock so this food slicer is a real boost in my kitchen. Sizewise this machine is as I would have expected and would fit easily on most worktops or stashed away in a cup-board when not in use. Thank you for a lovely useful product, Andrew James Ltd.!

With the prices of cold meat products the way they are now I decided to buy this machine. I bought a 1.5 kilo lump of pork loin that was on offer in a local supermarket and proceeded to cut seven pork loin steaks using this machine. It made easy work of the job with uniform sized steaks around 8oz with one small one. The plan now is to buy some beef and turkey when on offer and make our own cold meat for sandwiches etc. The only downside at the moment is you will need to buy smaller sizes of meat due to the limited space on the cutting tray before the blade. But at this time I’m happy with this machine.