Borner (vegetable cutter): customer reviews

The kitchen needs a lot of tools and appliances. Some of them work with electricity. But there are many hand-held devices that significantly speed up the work and facilitate the cooking process. These include vegetable cutters. They are produced by different enterprises. One of the most famous and high-quality - vegetable cutter Borner.

Manufacturer

German factory Borner GmbH produces vegetable cutters for more than 50 years. During this time, his specialists developed and created a whole collection of these devices.

In addition to vegetable cuttings, the plant produces graters, vegetable cleaners, knives from different types of steel (rolled and forged) and accessories to them.

The difference between graters and vegetable

The graters are intended for grinding food products into an almost homogeneous mass. It can consist of larger or smaller particles, but it will not be possible to select individual pieces from it for processing.

Vegetable cutter processes vegetables and fruits into fairly large pieces of the same shape, cubes, straws, brusochki, pieces, prepared for further processing.

Vegetables on some sites are called V-shaped graters.

Quality

Vegetable cutters are made of solid, environmentally friendly plastic and stainless steel cutting parts. They do not need to be honed. And serve as a vegetable cutter Borner should not less than 10 years.

Models

Borner - vegetable cutter, knives which are designed for processing three tons of products. You do not need to sharpen them.

But usually vegetable cutters of one type are not enough to grind different products. Therefore, different lines were developed:

• V3TrendLine.
• V6 ExlusivLine.
• V5 PowerLine.

Adaptations to vegetable cutters: trays for finished products, multiboxes, spare parts.

In each of the sets of vegetable cutters is a fruit holder, which helps to crush products. With it, vegetables are pressed against the plane of the knife and cut without injuring the hands. This increases the safety of working with vegetable.

A multi-block, or a block for inserts, can be bundled, be a gift to it, or be bought separately. It serves as a stand for the whole kit. It can be mounted on a wall or on furniture. In this case the vegetable cutter will always be at hand.

Blocks can be purchased several by combining them into one set.

There is even a video with detailed instructions on how to use the device. After all, it is only at first glance so simple. But in fact in order to fully master all of its capabilities, you need to know some features.

Instructions

The Borner kit is accompanied by detailed instructions. It describes ways to use vegetable cutters. There is information about additional nozzles.

At the end of the manual, there are several recipes for dishes cooked with a vegetable cutter.

Great attention is paid to safe work with the tool.

Optional Accessories

• The 10 mm insert cuts the vegetables into straws, cubes with a side of 10 mm.
• Vessel for setting vegetable cuttings during operation. Finished products pour out into it, not falling out on the table. The handle has slots in order for the grater to be fixed firmly in it. In the bag you can pour oil and vinegar and store a ready-made salad in it.

• DECO Vegetable Cutter looks like a grater, but wider. With its help it is possible to make from vegetables various ornaments and spirals.
• A variety of vegetables and fruits, including oranges, are cleaned with a knife-vegetable cleaner. Cut cavities of different shapes in zucchini for stuffing.
• Grater "Baby-graiter" is intended for cooking puree for children. But, turning it the other side, you can rub chocolate, cheese or garlic. It is made of food plastic, it is easy to clean, it cuts the products qualitatively.

Vegetable cutter "Prima-Plus"

The Borner V Prima Vegetable Cutter has 5 parts. The main knife can be removed by pressing the button on the body and changing it to one of the three inserts.

The Borner Prima Vegetable of this modification can perform 3 times more operations than the previous model. It has inserts.

• Flat without a knife used for cutting vegetables with rings of different thicknesses. It can be adjusted by setting in four positions. To do this, lightly press the insert. Return back by pressing the button on the case. It can be locked while the main frame blade is being stored.

• The insert is 7 mm high. She cuts vegetables into straws, cubes and figures of another shape in size 7x7 or 7x3.5.
• The insert height of 3.5 mm does the same, but is twice as thin.

Borner Classic Vegetable Cutter

Borner Classic slicer consists of:

• V-frame for insertion;
• Knife-free insert;
• Inserts with knives of 3.5 and 7 mm;
• Bearer.

With its help you can:

• Cut rings any products;
• Cut them along, long layers;
• Shred by pieces of different length and thickness;
• Chop the cheese and sausage;
• Cut vegetables with thin and thick brusochkami, straw.

The length of the vegetable cutter is 34 cm, width - 12 cm, thickness - 2 cm.

Borner Trend Vegetable for Korean carrots

There are among the products of Borner vegetable cutter for cooking Korean carrots. Its body is sturdy, although made of plastic. Sharp knives made of stainless steel are sharpened on both sides.

With its help you can get:

• Thin long and short straw 1.6 mm thick;
• Small shavings;
• Small crumbs.

Consumer feedback suggests that straws for Korean carrots are smooth and thin. Note that the vegetable is well washed.

When using a vegetable cutter, you can use a fruit carrier.

Border Fruit Holder

Reviews about the fruit holders are contradictory. Some people like to work with them. They say that so hands are safe.

Others say that it is inconvenient to use them. Fruit holder teeth penetrate the inside of the vegetable, but keep it poorly. Easier to rub it by hand. A little better result when working with cooked vegetables.

This vegetable cutter works very quickly. The Borner kit does a good job of those operations that electrical devices can not do. A tray of sliced vegetables can be obtained in a minute. But you do not need to hurry. After all, the blades are sharp and do not cut them for long.

Reviews

Particularly successful is the ability to adjust the thickness of the cutting, which offers a vegetable cutter Borner. Reviews note that the rings and slices are neat and beautiful.

Users note that they are so used to the grater of Borner that they no longer imagine life without it.

Borner - vegetable cutting, to work on which you need to learn. In order to fully use its potential, you need to study the instruction, view the video. And most importantly - it's your experience, which gives skills and skill.

Borner - vegetable cutter, indispensable in the summer during harvesting for the winter.

But there are also not very enthusiastic testimonials. Users complain that the Borner vegetable can not be washed in the dishwasher. Yes, and a simple washcloth to do it is not easy. Because it's all cut to shreds. But there are reviews that the vegetable cutter is normally cleaned and in the car.

Reviews say that the bones of fruits fall between the teeth of the vegetable cutter and get stuck there. Therefore, you need to stop the work and pull them.

Vegetables are not cut to the end even when using a fruit holder. The remaining parts must be cut with a knife or thrown away.

What is called cubes in advertising is actually flat diamonds.

Cut cheese and sausage (except for varenki) is difficult. The pieces come out from under the knives uneven. This is due to the fact that the inserts for their cutting are not fixed on the frame and during the work they stagger. But she cuts the vegetables well.

Users conclude that with the help of a vegetable cutter Borner is convenient to cut:

• Carrots, parsnips, beets, eggplants, ginger;
• Onion for roasting;
• Potatoes for frying straws;
• Cucumbers for salad;
• Vegetables for baking;
• Toppings for pies;
• Oranges and lemons.

The Borner slicer serves for a long time - for 10 years or more. Sometimes you have to change the nozzles. Fortunately, they are sold separately, so you can buy additional.

But some users say that it would be better if the set was supplied with a lot of baits, because it's not easy to buy them. But then the price for the kit will be higher.

Vegetable cutters are distinguished by their combination and color. But their quality remains consistently high. They say that kitchen combines can compare with this device. But not everyone wants to wash it with every frying pan. A vegetable cutter is easy enough to rinse and put on drying.