Comments on: Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Reviews

By: C. Jayaswal

C. Jayaswal — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:01:56 +0000

Review by C. Jayaswal for Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Rating: This product is total waste. I tried to cut onions with it and really had to exert some immense pressure to cut onions! Moreover, after so much pressure, the onions lost most of the juice. I tried to cut tomato with it, it was easy cutting the tomato, but most of the juice came out leaving the tomato mostly with the skin! I returned the product and thanks to Amazon, they returned me full refund.

By: Very satisfied user

Very satisfied user — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:34:18 +0000

Review by Very satisfied user for Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Rating: To respond to a few other reviews, first, I don't try to push on top to chop, I make a fist and pop it down (on the side of my fist, not a punch like you are punching someone in the face). It has worked every time.
Second, as for cleaning the white top, if you keep it submerged in water and use the cleaning tool, the top cleans easily (I pull the tool in a couple of different directions to get everything out. Keeping the top submerged while cleaning is the trick. I also have the onion chopper for a smaller dice, and it works just as well. Hope this helps.

By: William A. Funkhouser

William A. Funkhouser — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:01:18 +0000

Review by William A. Funkhouser for Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Rating: While this product seems to scream "As seen on TV!", it really is quite useful.

This week, I used this product to prepare the following:
Sun: Pizza toppings (olives, mushrooms, peppers, onions)
Mon: Soup (celery, onions, carrots)
Tue: Salsa (tomatoes, onions, peppers)
Tue: Spanish rice ( onions, celery, peppers, tomatoes)
Wed: Pad thai (broccoli, peppers, onions)
Thur: Stuffed peppers (onions, zucchini, peppers, mushrooms)
Everyday: Salad (apples, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, hardboiled egg)
Fri: Apple cake (apples)
Sat: Oatmeal (apples)

The chopper is a little more work to clean than a knife, but MUCH faster and still easy to clean with the included cleaning comb. (don't lose it) Cleaning is little more than rinsing usually. I run it through the dishwasher every few days.

If you don't need to prep a lot of ingredients like I listed or you don't really care if your items are minced/ diced/ sliced into identical shapes, then you don't need this. However, if you do a lot of chopping/ mincing/ slicing and you like it when your finished pieces are all identical (I do!), then this chopper can not be beat. It is very durable but requires a fairly strong push. My children can't push through the same items that I can, but if I take out half the items, then they too enjoy seeing the neatly chopped pieces. Bill - [...]

By: J. Brockelbank

J. Brockelbank — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:11:24 +0000

Review by J. Brockelbank for Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Rating: I work full time, am a full time mom and have a husband to take care of, but still cook every night. This has cut my prep time down to seconds. You wash your vegetables, place them on the blade, pull the handle down and tada..magic sliced, diced vegetables. It is very sturdy, easy to clean and now my best friend. I highly suggest this item!

By: Johnny Reeves

Johnny Reeves — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:42:16 +0000

Review by Johnny Reeves for Progressive International Fruit and Vegetable Chopper Rating: I bought one of these choppers for myself (4 blade variety vs. the one blade onion chopper) by Progressive......it is totally an amazing product; you can chop multipe items in one fell-swoop of the lid, it falls into the ice-tray type bin below and you add the next item. You can chop a whole onion in one movement, a whole tomato, etc. using proper blades for the item. Making a stew or spaghetti sauce or other multi-veggie item is instantaneous. I love this product. Am giving it for Christmas gifts.