What the maker puts in writing
- “this handheld tool offers five cutting options, including julienne, thin, medium, thick and extra thick”
- “The slim handheld device is an efficient food slicer, offering reliable performance without taking up counter space – and it’s dishwasher safe”
- “An automatic, height-adjustable food holder applies even pressure while helping protect hands, and stores neatly underneath the mandoline”
- “Transparent runway shows ingredients as they pass over the blade, helping with accuracy”
- “Nonslip handle and sturdy base help maintain control, making it a great potato slicer”
The holder is the best design on this shelf
Three things, and the third is the one nobody else thought of.
Automatic and height-adjustable. It keeps contact as the vegetable shortens — and a fixed holder loses grip exactly as the piece gets small, which is precisely when the danger starts.
Even pressure. Which keeps the slice an even thickness instead of wedging as you lean harder.
It stores underneath the mandoline.
That last one matters more than it sounds, because the commonest reason people stop using a food holder is that it has gone missing in a drawer. A holder that travels with the tool is a holder you still have in a year — and this is the tool that causes most kitchen cuts, at the last slice, when what is left is too small to hold.
The other serious answers here: Gramercy’s cut-resistant gloves, the only pair on the shelf. Joseph Joseph’s three grips — pinch, center, flat — for three produce shapes. Fullstar’s steel tips rather than plastic. Ibergrif’s blade lock for the drawer.
Two listings describe no holder at all: OXO’s own cheapest handheld, and the old-version Benriner.
Five options, named not measured
Julienne, thin, medium, thick and extra thick.
Which puts it in the minority on this shelf. Five listings publish figures:
- Benriner — a dial, 0.5 to 8 mm (0.02 to 0.31 in)
- Mueller Austria — a dial, 1 to 9 mm (0.04 to 0.35 in)
- Fullstar — 1, 2, 3, 4 mm (0.16 in)
- OXO’s own other two — 1, 2.5, 4 mm (0.16 in)
Named settings give you repeatability — “medium” is the same every time — and not a recipe figure. A gratin that wants 2 mm (0.08 in) is asking for something this page will not say.
What they give that the figures do not is julienne as a setting, so there is no separate blade to fit, store or lose. Only Fullstar builds julienne in among the handhelds; Benriner and the Muellers do it with interchangeable blades.
A transparent runway
OXO’s window idea, in its most developed form: you see the food as it passes over the blade rather than only the pile below.
Nobody else on this shelf has any version of it. OXO’s cheapest listing explains the point best — you will not “end up with too many sliced cucumbers or more potatoes than your gratin called for”.
Which OXO to buy
Good Grips Handheld — $18.85 — 160 g — three thicknesses, window, no holder stated
Large Adjustable — $34.92 — 70 g — the same three thicknesses, a plain holder, and a weight that cannot be right for a model called large
This Precision — $34.94 — 230 g — five options, julienne, the automatic holder, the runway, and the only dishwasher statement of the three
Two cents between the top two, and this is the better tool. The cheap one stays good value if you own a glove.
What is not published
No millimeters. No blade steel, where Gramercy publishes 4CR15 and Fullstar 420 — the same hardenable family. No slicing surface width, which only Benriner gives (2.5 in) and which decides what fits across the blade. No warranty.
Two hundred and thirty grams, mid-range among the handhelds here — enough frame to resist flexing at the blade mount.
Availability
On sale at around $35 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
The questions that come in
Why is the holder the best on this shelf?
Three reasons, and the third is the one nobody else thought of. It is automatic and height-adjustable, so it keeps contact as the vegetable shortens — a fixed holder loses grip exactly as the piece gets small, which is when the danger starts. It "applies even pressure", so the slice stays an even thickness rather than wedging as you lean. And it stores neatly underneath the mandoline — which matters because the commonest reason people stop using a food holder is that it has gone missing in a drawer. A holder that travels with the tool is a holder you still have in a year. The other serious answers here are Gramercy’s cut-resistant gloves, Joseph Joseph’s three grips for three shapes, Fullstar’s steel tips, and Ibergrif’s blade lock for storage.
Why does it not publish millimeters?
It names its settings instead — "julienne, thin, medium, thick and extra thick" — which is five options described rather than measured, and on this shelf that puts it in the minority. Five listings publish figures: Benriner a dial from 0.5 to 8 mm (0.02 to 0.31 in), Mueller Austria 1 to 9 mm (0.04 to 0.35 in), Fullstar four clicks at 1, 2, 3 and 4 mm (0.16 in), and OXO’s own two other models at 1, 2.5 and 4 mm (0.16 in). Named settings give you repeatability — "medium" is the same every time — and not a recipe number: a gratin that calls for 2 mm (0.08 in) is asking for something this page will not tell you. What they do give is one thing the figures do not, which is julienne as a setting rather than a separate blade.
Which OXO is the one to buy?
This one, on the published information, and the price makes it easy. OXO sells three here: the Good Grips Handheld at $18.85 (three thicknesses, the window, no holder stated), the Large Adjustable at $34.92 (the *same* three thicknesses, a stated holder, and a published 70 g (2.5 oz) that cannot be right for a model called large), and this Precision at $34.94. For two cents more than the Large Adjustable you get five options instead of three, julienne, an automatic height-adjustable holder that stores underneath instead of a plain one, a transparent runway rather than a window, and the only dishwasher statement of the three. The cheap one remains good value if you own a cut-resistant glove.
