KitchenCraftRunner Bean Slicer, Plastic / Stainless Steel Easy-to-Use Bean Cutter, 5.5 x 4 x 3cm, White

Ideal size that does the job. Sharp blades and should last a long time.

I have deducted one star because the blades could do with being slightly closer together, as small, tender beans slide right through! Also, it is hard to dry. BUT it is just what I wanted - no frills, safe to use, tough and neat to hold and takes up almost no space in the drawer. Oh, what a joy, no cutting my nails by mistake and a board to wash, just push the bean down onto the blades and then pull it through from the bottom! You can't go wrong unless you try to fish bits out with your fingers!!

I have always had a been slicer, but one where the blades are level. As this one has shaped blades, it is so easy yo use. Brilliant.

Slices the beans adequately but you cannot use this to cut them shorter; you need a knife as well. Neither does this ‘string’ the beans. Best used with stringless beans which have this year been easier to come by than the (tastier!) traditional runner beans.

Just perfect to trim my runners

This is a copy of the original bean stringer and works perfectly if you know how to use it.Basically snap off the tops and tails of your beans by hand, ensuring that you also remove the strings along the sides.Then wiggle the beans through from the wider top, pulling them gently from below if they get stuck.Do not touch the internal blades as they bite!

Broke within 5 minutes of using it

This was bought to replace a really ancient "Zipp" slicer which had finally disintegrated. So far we are very pleased with it - the blades are sharp and it does what it's supposed to do.It is slightly different from our old slicer as the blades are at different heights and further apart - and the latter means that most runner beans only go through the central few blades so the slices are perhaps a bit wider than we'd like. However I couldn't find a replacement with a design like our old one, apart from one or two with very poor reviews, so we are happy to have found a decent alternative.