3-in-1 Egg Slicer

Something about the wires being stainless makes me trust it to last. Six months in and they are still tight and straight.

Slices eggs and mushrooms nicely. Knocked off a star because it won't do harder stuff like radishes, but that's on me for trying.

Hosted brunch and had a platter of sliced eggs, smoked salmon and bagels. The slicer saved me a good fifteen minutes and every slice matched, which looked far smarter than my knife work usually does. People kept asking how I did it. I told them the cup does the work and the eggs just need to be properly cold first.

Top tip from someone who learned the hard way: let the eggs sit in cold water until they're properly cold. Warm ones smear on the wires. Cold ones slice perfectly.

My last slicer had wires that bent after a few months and one snapped altogether. These feel tight and stainless, and the three frames mean I can do wedges as well as slices. Chilled eggs go through perfectly, and I give it a quick rinse under the tap afterwards. It sits in the drawer ready, and I have not looked back at the old one at all.

Use it a few times a week for salads and sandwiches. Halves and slices are spot on. The wedges are the only thing that sometimes come out a bit uneven, I think if the egg isn't sat dead centre the yellow frame catches it slightly to one side. Standing it pointed end up like the instructions say mostly fixes it. Still glad I bought it.

Took me a couple tries to figure out the right amount of pressure. Go too slow and the egg kind of rolls, one quick firm push and it's perfect. Now I do a dozen in a few minutes for my weekday salads. Four stars because the learning curve was a bit annoying at first, but once you have it, it's great.

Slices come out the same thickness every time, which matters to me more than it should. Egg on toast looks like it came from a cafe now.

Mom has weak hands and gave up on slicing eggs by knife years ago. She holds the cup, pushes the frame down, and gets a plate of slices without any trouble. She told me it was the best thing I ever sent her, and she has started making egg salad again for the first time in ages. Worth it just for that.

My mum has arthritis in both hands and had more or less given up on egg sandwiches because holding a knife steady on something that small was a struggle. She stands the egg in the cup, presses the red frame down with the flat of her palm and that's it. She rang me specially to say how pleased she was. Small thing but it's made her lunches so much easier.