Most amazon orders 35 bucks or more ship free. I forgot to click free shipping..d'oh.
I've never cut myself on the mandoline. I know someone who cut the entire tip of their index finger off on one..yowsa, they now have a shortened trigger finger.
Like all bad kitties, I don't use that safety holder thing with my mandoline. I use the flat of my palm. I use it a lot for julienning stuff (the mandoline, not my palm).
I, too, am a kitchen gadget junkie. I have an electric mandoline, too, but like so many gadgets, it's a pain in the rear to clean all the parts after use.
Here's what sold me on the zoodle thingy: zoodles and meatballs
/johnny
My wife took off a quarter size chuck of skin just below the thumb on the palm of the right hand. It is still coming open a bit if she doesn’t baby the hand. Has to wear a glove when getting it into dishwater or bathing. I knew when I looked at the mandoline, it was an accident waiting to happen.
Between 3 surgeries and this accident in less than 6mo, she has ouchies all over.