Chef'n Watermelon Slicester

In the summertime, my family goes through a lot of fruit, particularly watermelon and cantaloupe. We typically will eat 1 watermelon and 2 cantaloupe a week. I was finding myself spending anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes cutting everything up, putting in containers, and cleaning up the mess on the counter (and floor). I saw this gadget on FB, and thought id give it a try. I was not disappointed!! The item itself does seem to be pretty sturdy/well made. It has the weight of about a regular kitchen knife in your hand. It is easy to hold onto, and glides through the fruit pretty easy. I was skeptical from the pictures on the internet, it seemed pretty flimsy. but it held its form with ease, the metal sides cut through the melon without any problems, and the 'round wire' up front was bigger than i expected. I was expecting an actual piece of wire, but this was more like a small rod. All in all, i was able to cut up my watermelon in about 5 minutes, and that's including cleanup! Now i will say that it does take a bit getting used to, but the learning curve isn't too bad. The first line i cut was, lets just say, it was less than straight!! But after a few tries, no problems. Also, personally, i cut the first half of the melon into cubes like they show in the video, but i struggled with this and it seemed to make a big mess. When i tried to use the tongs to pick the cube out of the melon, the cube crumbled and got 'stuck' in the melon. Maybe you'll have better luck with that part. On the second half of the melon, i simply cut in one direction, and pulled everything out without any problems. Then i just cut to fit into my containers. All in all, i think this is well worth the 10 bucks and it seems like it will last quite some time.