Nature Bamboo Foldable Bread Slicer with Crumb Catcher Tray + 20 Bread Bags for Homemade Bread & Loaf Cakes, Thickness Adjustable,Thick & Thin Slices 1/3", 3/8" and 1/2"(New Version)

For my purposes, baking average-size bread loafs, this works quite well. I was a bit surprised by the negative reviews. It's sturdy, well packaged, and easy to use and set up. The slices come out even, and my loafs fit it just fine. It seems easy to clean and the crumbs fall nicely into the bottom pan. I use a bread knife that is more than long enough to span the width for slicing. I did heed the comment about splinters, but with a little practice, that's not an issue. I love how it folds up for easy storage.

The big pro is that I can now slice my bread in uniform slices. The bread slicer makes it easy as long as you have a 10” bread knife. The only con is that it did not come with instructions on how to use it. You have to fold the knife guides over until they drop into a slot. I figured it out by looking at the product illustration on Amazon’s product page. Am very happy overall so rated it with 5 stars.

When I got the slicer I put it together upside down, which made slicing entirely through the loaf difficult. Then I decided to reverse the configuration and realized I had it wrong the first time. I just checked Amazon's page for this and saw the pictured instructions, confirming the second configuration was correct. There are three zones for cutting, depending on whether the user wants thin, medium or thick slices. The upright board that slots through the spacers can be moved to the desired zone.I saw some of the negative reviews. One person thought it was a poor product because the knife cut into and splintered the bamboo, saying the wood was really soft. Wrong. Bamboo is very hard. What that person should realize, with enough force and sawing, all wood can be cut and splintered. Don't try chain sawing when cutting bread, even with a stainless steel rack. Dang!Now that I've had it for a while, I've learned how to use the slicer more effectively. Because the bread maker produces a fat, stubby loaf, and because the slicer is a bit wide too, the bread knife needs to be longer than the usual knife. That's why I came back to my comments. I wanted to see if Amazon had knife suggestions. My longest bread knife has an 8" blade and it's a tad too short on the back draw and slips away from the guide. Maybe 8.5-9" is available. An 8.5" blade would probably work.

When this item arrived, the sides were folded against the bottom. I set them upright, inserted the back piece, and tried slicing my bread. However, I was not able to slice all the way to the bottom of the loaf. Looking again at the photo of the item, I quickly realized that I needed to raise the sides on the other (raised) side of the item. I did this, and the bread sliced fine. Unfortunately, now I cannot get the sides to budge, in order to fold them down again on the other side. They seem to be locked in place. Now storage has become difficult, as the item will not fold flat to the underside anymore. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I used this thing first chance I got. It folds away very nicely and helps cut perfect slices. Only issue is not the fault of the device but you really want to use a 10” bread knife. You can do it with an 8” but it’s much easier with a 10”. Love the included bags too. This was also the best priced one and it still works great.

In theory, I thought this was a good idea. I bought it more for the foldable aspect of the slicer rather than really thinking through the fact that a big serrated bread knife would be slicing on bamboo, a very soft wood. Also, the frame for the bread slicer is almost too wide, which makes slicing bread through it very tricky - a long bread knife is just barely long enough to navigate across the bread between the guides. I cut exactly 2 slices of bread before the edge of my knife hit the wood and I had splinters all up in my bread. It doesn't take much force to do this, literally it takes just a nick and the wood slivers right off. Terrible design.

Wow, finally a way to make my homemade bread slices even! This works very well, folds into a neat package, has a cool design that catches the crumbs and even serves as a serving tray! Made out of bamboo, it is easy to wipe down, fold and store. What was a skeptical purchase resulted in a convinced buyer.

The guide does not help you slice to the bottom of the loaf, and it would have been so easy to extend the vertical openings down below the bottom of the loaf to do this. The opening in the plastic sleeves are too small to fit the common 2-pound loaf size. Granted they are a free extra, but I threw them away. They suggest oiling it with olive oil, but I read that will turn rancid, and mineral oil is better. In my case, I don't plan to get it wet so will not oil it at all. I might just slice my bread without using the guide.