ICO Stainless Steel 2-Blade French Fry Potato Cutter
$49.99
Last updated on November 21, 2024 10:52 am Details
- 2 Different Blade Sizes
- Blades Made of Stainless Steel
- Sturdy Steel Base with Suction Cup Lock
- IMPORTANT: Please insert blades with sharp side facing the potato.
- YAMS / SWEET POTATOES must be parboiled or microwaved before use on this unit
Specification: ICO Stainless Steel 2-Blade French Fry Potato Cutter
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This simply does not work. The instructions say that you need no more force than “for cutting vegetables with a knife” and that “excessive force is not necessary” but, frankly, I am unable to push even one potato through here, even with my most excessive force.
So then I went onto YouTube to see if anyone has reviewed this, so I could see how much force they use. I was pleased to find that the exact manufacturer has a YouTube channel. However, amusingly, it seems that the woman demonstrating this in their own video is UNABLE TO PRESS DOWN ON THE MACHINE! You see her talking positively about it, then putting in a potato. But then the video is cropped, and you only see the after, just as she does the final press to get out the last bit of potato. Presumably they had to pause filming and a strong member of the camera crew had to step in to press down on the machine, before restarting the video to give the impression that the woman had done the work.
So I’m really disappointed. Currently my strong husband is in the kitchen using the force of his entire body to turn this batch of potatoes into fries, but straight after this it’s going back. Worst kitchen purchase ever.
(Afterword: it’s busted after just four potatoes. Looks like we won’t be having proper fries for dinner after all).
Dylan Riverdale –
Sure it cuts fries, but make sure you have the upper body strength to hold the machine in place and press the potato through the blades. The lever doesn’t quite have enough length to give you a mechanical advantage, and the blades are not sharp so your just mashing the potato through a grid of sheet steel. The frame is not quite long enough to fit a proper Russet (best for French fries), so most have to be pre cut at least once. Suction cup barely works. Blades bent after 2 uses and had to be straightened with pliers.
In summary, it’ll chop your taters if you got the muscles to mash them through a giant strainer.
Vantrepote Alexandre –
ça y est après trois utilisation, je craque : direction la poubelle. Ce produit est catastrophique.
il faut exercer une forte pression pour couper les pomme de terre, mais comme la poignée est étroite, c’est la main qui se coupe sur le bras de la poignée (3 utilisations = 2 blessures).
De plus il faut absolument mettre la pomme de terre au centre si non le tout se déforme et on se retrouve avec des morceau de plastique du coupe frite dans l’assiette.
Même si vous êtes comme moi plutôt patient et respectueux des objets, après la troisième utilisation vous craquerez car si vous ne couper pas des pomme de terre moles, la grille du coupe fritte se dé-axe et vous devez extraite la pomme de terre à moitié coupée avec un couteau.
Bilan : le coupe frite ne fonctionne pas, on se blesse à chaque utilisation, vous avez du plastique dans votre assiette et vous vous énervez frustré d’avoir acheter un truc bon pour la poubelle
Revs –
I bought this exclusively to use with sweet potatoes (yams).
Yams are pretty tough, and even after microwaving each one for a minute, it was hard to press them. I would recommend putting your weight on the handle more than pushing down on it (for reference, I am 6’11 @280lbs and had no trouble weighing down on the lever, but my friend at 5’8 180lbs seemed to struggle a bit).
You also need to be careful and pay attention when using, as things can go wrong pretty easily.
Examples:
-ALWAYS PUSH STRAIGHT DOWN. This is easier because of the suction cup, but slipping in your direction a bit will likely break the arm. I strongly recommend getting above the press and weighing down onto it, rather than being level with it and pull-pushing down.
-The lock for the blade grip can come undone when pressing the tougher yams, which makes pressing even harder.
-The suction cup (although a nice touch) is both rudimentary and a bit finicky; you should press it down while locking it for best results, and the “lock” can come undone pretty easily
-The pushing mechanism can bend and tilt if yams are inserted/cut awkwardly (not avoiding this will break the machine)
Although the tool requires some finesse to use, it is a much better alternative to having to cut yams by hand and one of the only cutters on here that advertises the ability to cut yams. The only con is that yams are putting a lot of stress on the machine, and it will probably wear out faster as a result.
tracey –
Wow, i was really hesitant to buy one of these as we had a chipper for years which was incredible. I ordered this because the price was reasonable and thank goodness I did. My son and I love making chips together and there is an easy to change slicer which means we can do french fries as easily as we can make chip shop style chips. Easy to clean and super easy to use. Would 100% recommend this item.
Amazon Customer –
This is a very poorly built product. It’s not sturdy/strong enough to handle the pressure required to push a tuber through the blades with how sharp the blades are. The pushing plate bends all the time if the veggie is too close to the bottom plate, preventing it from pushing it all the way through, so i always have to pick the uncut pieces from the blade. Also, it’s too short and most veggies are too long to fit, so I have to cut them all shorter, then again in smaller pieces so it’s not trying to cut too much at once. Horrible product, do not buy.
Stewart D Churchill –
At first I gave this item a good review. But after a couple of months of use (1-3 times a week) the metal cutters started to fall out.
Today several more came out and the cutter is done.
The item is inexpensive- and there is a reason.
If you purchase one with the expectation of using it once a month it will last you a couple of years, however if you plan to use it regularly spend your money on something that will last monger.
Luke Silver –
How have I missed this gadget all my life. If like me you are fed up of buying bags of chips and fries that take up all your freezer space, and you want to live life on the wild, or do it yourself, side, you totally need this. It’s so easy to use and it makes great chips and fries every time, the only variable is the quality of your spud. Cut potato, put in slicer, push handle down and bingo, heaps of evenly cut chips. It comes with 2 cutters so you can go for chunky silky adult chips or slender, keep the kids happy, skinny fries. The only thing to bear in mind is make sure you put the potato in the right way in order to make your job pushing the handle down as easy as you can. Seriously, if you eat chips a lot, and you want to go your own way, this is great. Just don’t chip your fingers, will probably hurt.
Sunnygirl –
The fry cutter is made of a thin metal and is not designed to be able to cut anything that has any density to it.
I tried sweet potatoes tonight and prepped them carefully having read other reviews. Despite proper prep, the blades actually popped apart about the fourth piece of sweet potato. The pressure plate applies an uneven pressure so that the pressure plate is angular and catching on the bottom even when the potato is flat along the back of the plate.
The entire frame feels flimsy as a previous reviewer stated. If you want to do things like cucumber and zucchini this is a perfect choice – the blades are sharp and everything looks like it will clean easily – but the frame and structure just can’t handle anything solid or dense being pushed through.
Amazon Customer –
The blades are very sharp. The body of the device is sturdy enough for the price range. Only problem for me is that the black plastic parts that push the potato: stink like chemical. There is no marking on these plastic pieces to show what type plastic they are, and I washed them several different ways to try to remove the smell – impossible. Obviously these parts only touch the food for a few seconds. This issue may or may not bother you. I do not believe that plastic pusher plates are made of food-safe plastic. If that smell is caused by something like fire retardant, which is common in “tough” black plastics from China, then it is definitely not good to use for food, even with minimal contact.
Another negative thing is the fact that it only accepts short potatoes, or you have to cut the ends off of long ones. On one hand, this ensures a consistent maximum fry length, on the other hand it limits you. I did not measure the maximum potato size, but it’s small, I had to trim at least an inch off every Russet potato I processed. In the end I returned this one and got a Starfrit one that is very inexpensive, like 2 pieces of tupperware that you push together to cut fries..and it accepts much larger potatoes easily.
Matt –
You would of thought being made out of metal it would be more durable than the plastic equivalents… but no it was just as bad.
On my FIRST use of the chipper the blade broke. The sharp metal blades where beaten by a vegetable. Not only that but the sweet potato push out the baldes from the holder causing the frame to bend.
I assuming if you where trying to chip an over ripe banana it would be fine but anything else and this is useless.
Needless to say it went back!
scotzo –
I received the first one and it was very quick shipping. It bent on the first potatoe. (i unbent it) and a few days later bent again on a potatoe.
They sent a second unit and it was improved. It lasted a few potoes but the blades bent and the whole mechanism is wrecked. junk