CHOP 2 POT! (Joseph Joseph Pink Chop 2 Pot)

Member Name: annallon

Product:	Joseph Joseph Pink Chop 2 Pot
Date:	15/07/09 (62 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very stylish looking! Great concept!

Disadvantages: Very poor materials, could have been carried out better, becomes rather ugly after few uses

Joseph Pink Chopping Board
Chop 2 Pot

===== Browsing ====
I don't particularly like shopping for clothes but I love shopping for kitchen appliances and accessories! I was browsing in Bansburys, and I saw this! I knew it was perfect for my mother's birthday present; it was very stylish-looking! There was a range of colours from white to yellow to pink. I initially chose white because it seemed to be the least garish of them all. It boasts usefulness, you can slice and chop things on top of the chopping board, then from the handle, you can push up the ends of the boards to create a tiny chute that allows you to empty the contents into a pan or a bowl. Happily enough, I went home to give this to my mother. First thing she said was ' I thought they had this in pink?! I want the pink one!'. So luckily they had pink board in store.


==== Material ====
The innovative chopping board is made out of polypropylene plastic, which is a pretty sturdy piece of plastic and makes it rather stable to put some weight on top of it. It also apparently makes the product dishwasher safe but I have my own opinions about this- when chopping or slicing things up, you will inevitably end up with a lot of knife markings on the plastic itself. So when using this multiple times, it begins to look really unattractive and bits of food actually gets stuck inside the knife markings on the board. I don't expect products to look new forever but after using it a couple times, it begins to look really shabby and as if it has no place in my mother's kitchen with her other immaculate chopping boards. However, I have to say that the board is extremely lightweight, compared to my wooden chopping board so I do occassionally use it for the lack of weight.

It is also a bit coarse on the topside which is a bonus if you're dealing with slippery foods and needs some friction to control it while chopping!

There's no packaging involved here, it was just a sticker on the back; some might feel it was a plus not having packaging but it would have been nice to have some tips or guidelines on how to use the chopping board to keep it in a pristine condition.

The dimensions of the chopping board I purchased were 38cm x 22cm x 1cm. This is ample space on the board to transport whatever you want, as along it is a reasonable amount of food! The 1cm listed in my dimensions, I would say that it is actually smaller than 1cm, more like 0.6cm, which isn't as thick as I might like it to be.

==== Use of it ===

Joseph Joseph has a very good idea here; when chopping up vegetables on my notoriously heavy board, it does become of a juggling act with my board trying to get ALL the veg pieces into the pan/bowl. However when there's too much on the board itself, it become overflowed that the folding-up doesn't actually work! Also when using this a lot of times, the area between the handle and the board have become over-used that when I used it, it bends backwards due to the weight of the food on top of the board. It does sound a bit difficult to picture it, but it is as if where the board folds, it is no longer able to support the weight of the food efficiently. When putting the board on a flat surface, it doesn't flatten out so it makes it harder to chop/slice anything on the board and could potentially be dangerous to chop on uneven surfaces. It even gets in the way of chopping which is what the product was designed to do in the first place!

=== Other Features to Mention ====

It claims to be dishwasher free, which I haven't tried out yet as I don't have a dishwasher! Also comes with a 3 year guarantee.

==== Conclusion ====

I think the chopping board was very good value for the price I paid for it which was about £11 and I expect the price has dropped a bit since then. I can't help think that Joseph Joseph was being really cheap with his materials and could have strived to get better quality plastic to withstand the knife markings and the usage of it, rather than it failing its purpose of use within 3-4 uses.

Summary: In all, I guess it is a handy accessory in the kitchen but it is not for general every-day use.