This is definitely one of my most used kitchen appliances by far. It is such a simple idea and design but its something which I use every day. For me I can't eat an apple whole, my teeth seem far to sensitive to bite into an apple so for years I've sliced up apples using a knife. When I saw this item in Ikea for just £1.79 I thought it was a must to try. Considering the price I paid I wasn't expecting it to be that good, but its surprising of how amazing it actually is. The apple slicer has these 2 big handles either side which are great to get a good firm grip. The idea is to place the centre of the apple slicer onto the centre of the apple and push ...  Read the complete review

This is one of my absolutely must have gadgets, it is probably one of the more simpler inventions designed for the kitchen but is definitely up there on my most used list. What is it ? It is a small hand held device, designed to core and cut apples into slices. It's handle and outer shell is made of a hard wearing plastic, the picture shows a red one but when I bought mine the only colour available was yellow so this may change depending on store or time of year. The inside blade is made of stainless steel, it has a small circular middle this is what cores the apple. On the outside of the circle there are eight triangular segments, these slice the ...  Read the complete review

I first saw this apple slicer at work, where a colleague impressed everyone in the lunch room with a display of instant apple slicing every day! I immediately thought that my children would absolutely love the noise it made and the way it cut the apple into 8 pieces, exactly the same size. Walking through IKEA marketplace I spotted a red version, and immediately popped it into my shopping bag. It was a couple of pounds and seemed very good value. Once I got it home, both my gadget-mad sons were fascinated, and ate at least one apple every day for the next two weeks. The design of the apple slicer is very clever. It is robust so that you can put your ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard about this product I thought - whatever the heck for?! There really are a lot of products out there that seem to be made for the sole purpose of clogging up people's houses and making money - they don't really serve a purpose. That's what I thought about the apple slicer - I mean, if I want an apple cut into pieces I can use a regular knife!! That was before I was given one of these as a gift though, and I realised just how much fun they are. Basically the way these work is that you place the blade side over the top of an apple, with the centre ring over the core part of the apple, then press firmly down, and voila! Perfect apple ...  Read the complete review

I bought this apple slicer from Ikea a year or so ago as I can't resist picking up little bits and pieces from the marketplace in Ikea. Everything seems so cheap there and i'm sure this was only a couple of pounds at the very most (but i can't remember the exact price). I'm not a great fruit or vegetable eater and have to remind myself to eat them otherwise they just wouldn't feature in my diet very often! I like apple but not a big fan of just biting into one but equally wouldn't necessarily be that bothered about cutting one into slices even though i prefer it that way. This slicer seemed like the perfect easy option to tempt me into eating more apples! It ...  Read the complete review