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Brand: Vacu Vin
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$14.99~~
Buy New: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

119 reviews
Sales Rank: 463

Color: White
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.4 x 3.8

MPN: 4880250
Model: 4880250
UPC: 084256488027
EAN: 0084256488027
ASIN: B00005AS57

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Peels, cores, and slices fresh pineapple in 30 seconds
•	Corkscrew-like tool removes flesh in perfectly shaped rings
•	Three blades cover all sizes of pineapples
•	Shell remains intact for use as dessert or drink bowl
•	Winner of several international design awards

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This European device cores a pineapple and removes the meat with as little waste as possible. Depending on the fruit's size, you snap on one of three corers. After slicing off the pineapple's top, you center the plastic corer on the flesh and begin turning it clockwise. When you reach the bottom, simply pull out the corer and, with it, the pineapple's juicy flesh in a neat, ready-to-eat stack. Use the intact shell to hold a fruit salad or tropical sorbet.

Amazon.com Review
Fresh pineapple has a tropical, delicious taste … but many folks can't figure out how to get past this fruit's thorny exterior to the sweet inside and resort to buying those perfect little rings in a can. This pineapple slicer peels, cores, and slices a fresh specimen in less than 30 seconds so there is no excuse for ever buying canned pineapple again. To use this ingenious little tool, you must first cut the top off of your fresh pineapple. Next, place the slicer in the middle of the pineapple and push down while turning the handle in a clockwise motion. Pull the slicer straight out of the pineapple and--voila!--your perfect little rings come out with the tool while the rough shell stays behind. Finally, simply slide the handle off the slicer and the pineapple rings slide off with it. The pineapple shell remains intact so you can use it as a dessert bowl or as a glass for pina coladas. The slicer comes with three blades to tackle pineapples of any size. This tool has garnered several prestigious design awards from all over the world, including Germany's Award for Good Industrial Design, Holland's ION's Good Industrial Design award, and Japan's MITI Award for Excellent Foreign Product. --Cristina Vaamonde

Customer Reviews: Read 114 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

This makes pineapples taste even better! May 1, 2008
I ordered the vacuvin pineapple corer after seeing one at a friend's house. I couldn't believe how easy it made slicing a pineapple. And not only the ease of use, I swear it makes the pineapple taste better! It retains all the juice and the pineapple tastes like heaven. My kids love using the pineapple skin as a cup after it's hollowed out. I recomend this product to anyone who enjoys fresh fruit!

4 out of 5 stars

VacuVin Pineapple slicer March 20, 2008
While I do like this product, it was a little harder to use than I had thought. It takes some time to get it just right so you aren't trying to slice too close to the rind and also it was harder to pull out than I had thought it would be. However, with all that said...it was well worth the price and was much neater to slice. It also preserved more of the juice in the pineapple and what was left you can drink with a straw!It does slice the pineapple into thin slices so if you want to have thicker slices or chunky you have to cut it up with a knife.

1 out of 5 stars

Company Won't Stand Behind Poorly Manufactured Product March 17, 2008
I used my Vacu Vin about three times before the handle broke off, and contacted the company through their website about a replacement handle. After two weeks I received no response and emailed them a second time.

This time I received a hasty response as follows, "I have responded back to you 2 weeks ago and told you that we do not have extra pineapple slicer handles nor do we offer a warranty on this item."

As far as the three times that I was able to use the slicer, it sometimes worked nicely, and sometimes mangled the pineapple. There was always a lot of wasted fruit with this device since it is made to accommodate smaller pineapples as well as larger.

Save your money on this uni-tasker and practice your knife skills.

5 out of 5 stars

What a Great Gadget! February 18, 2008
This is the 2nd Vacu Vin Pineapple Easy Slicer I have purchased! I love using it, and benefit from having a healthy dessert option easily available to me when ever I choose to slice up a pineapple instead of some "bad" stuff.
I bought this version because it has 3 size options, providing for variations in pineapple sizes. My friends love it too! Great for snacks,baking uses and drinks. If your pineapple is a bit overripe it may cut some mushy slices, but for fast prep and eating it still makes a previously annoying chore fun!

5 out of 5 stars

BEST EVER February 9, 2008
This thing is seriously the best invention EVER for pineapples. I had some concern with the quality of it (since it's plastic), but it cuts through tough pineapples with no problem at all. You just barely press down and twist and it creates perfect circular slices! Most pineapples will use the medium slicer, but if you want to really get the most out of the pineapple you can use the large. I would say that you don't really need the two additional slicer sizes, but I am sure they will come in handy one day

There are two problems that I have with it, however. First, it still gets messy because a lot of juice comes up and spills over the flat top, so you still need to do this over a sink or something (but it is easy to hold the pineapple with one hand and twist the slicer with the other). Second, I would suggest to picture how deep you need to go by holding the slicer up to the pineapple before you start cutting. The slicer cuts through the first couple of inches with no problem at all, then towards the bottom it gets tougher. It takes awhile to figure out just how far down you need to go to avoid poking a hole through the bottom or leaving too much uncut pineapple at the bottom.

All in all, it is one of my favorite kitchen utensils. I bought several more to give away as presents as well.

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