348967 Thu Dec 07 03:47:24 -0800 2006 8 41 Cookware 0 2077434 Does anyone have any information or experience regarding the Waring Pro "Professional Quality" Food Slicer? It appears sturdy and well made with no plastic parts. Any advice? Thanks. Thu Dec 07 03:47:24 -0800 2006 14405 TomSwift 1 2078030 Do you have a link to a pic? I don't know offhand if it's the same model, I have a metal Waring that might be good for some specific purpose (unkown to me), but as a general purpose kitchen slicer, it was a waste of (not a little) money. Loud as hell, too-deeply-serrated a blade for cutting very thin slices of anything, and the all-metal construction means it doesn't fold up and slide away quietly - it's a space hog. Rather a PITA to clean, too. If I were buying a new one, I'd be looking at the folding plastic sort - Braun used to make one that looked good when I bought mine (10 years ago?), but I too was seduced by the call of the metal... Thu Dec 07 13:56:08 -0800 2006 2077434 11980 MikeG 2 2125665 The Rival I bought for 29.99 was plastic and the adjustment for how thin i wanted the meat sliced, slipped it was a white dial I ended up with thick cut meat. And if you read my reply below, the metal one was a waste of money too. The Gear stripped after one use. the gear and the teeth on it were hard plastic and wore out. What a disappointment. Sun Dec 24 01:35:44 -0800 2006 2078030 61659 Motejzik 3 2127263 I also have a Rival slicer which I bought c. 1980. It appears to be identical to the current model now sold. It's not perfect nor precision and it's far from the equivalent of a professional machine. It's noisy and it's slow. But for occasional use of thinly slicing a ham, salami, Swiss cheese or a head of cabbage, it's been just fine in my experience. Mon Dec 25 02:14:28 -0800 2006 2125665 19094 Sam D. 1 2079948 I have a Krups that I haul out once or twice a year. It is plastic and I got it in a thrift shop. I have to figure out how to assemble it each time I use it but it is easy to clean and does a great job. Amazon has one in Chrome for about $69. I got mine for about $10 sometime ago at that trhift shop. Thu Dec 07 22:12:42 -0800 2006 2077434 10285 Candy 1 2126171 It all depends on what you plan on slicing or eating. Anything tougher than Spam planned? Sun Dec 24 10:15:28 -0800 2006 2077434 60276 RShea78 1 2126984 I looked at the WaringPro but rejected it after seeing the display in a big box store. The blade had been removed to make the display safe. The works or mechanism driving the blade was mostly plastic. I was not very impressed, because some of these parts may wear out sooner rather than later. Instead, I'm looking for a manual slicer, metal parts, on the used market. Sun Dec 24 22:59:26 -0800 2006 2077434 56131 jayt90 1 4534216 the "PLASTIC" gear that drives the blade wore out after only a few uses on my nearly new Waring Pro "Professional Quality" Food Slicer (FS150). NOT happy. All I sliced was cooked ham. Tue Mar 24 13:18:43 -0700 2009 2077434 277062 redtut 1 4534313 I have never seen an affordable "home" electric slicer that was worth the bother. There were metal crank operated slicers available in the sixties that did a decent job - assuming you had three hands. They were a bitch to clean. I don't know whether such things exist today. If you want an electric slicer that works, you need one of the huge, expensive professional machines. They are still a bitch to clean. In short, if you want your meat, cheese, or whatever sliced thinner than you can slice it by hand, buy it that way. Tue Mar 24 13:41:55 -0700 2009 2077434 23411 embee