Vacuvin Pineapple Easy Slicer set of 3 (small, medium & large)

It makes preparing a pineapple so, so easy - the only difficulty I find is pulling the core out of the shell - as when you grip the shell it compresses so it's no longer circular! So I get my boyfriend to give me a hand, and there's no problem. It took less than 15 minutes to get this out of the box, cut up 2 pineapples and pop them in a box in the fridge, and wash up and put away all of the items used. I was mightily impressed, as I was anticipating it taking a while to get used to.

The only thing I've found so far is that pineapples marked as "medium" in the supermarket actually require the use of the small "blade" in order to avoid any spiky bits being left on the rings.

All in all, a very good buy at less than a fiver!


Much better than using a knife   January 11, 2008
Richard Kelly (Manchester, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

My wife and children love fresh pineapple so for years I would buy one, slice off the outsides, top and bottom and throw huge quantities of it in the bin. By chance my mother in law found one of these is a kitchen shop somewhere and recommended it to me, I am glad that she did.

To use you just select the correct sized blade (I always buy big pinapples so it's the largest one for me) and attach the handle. Slice the top off, get the blade centered on your pineapple and twist. There is a central core on the blade that wraps itself around the hard core of the pineapple, and the blade slices the flesh into a spiral. When you hit the bottom just pull and the flesh lifts out whilst the core is left. HURRAH

Slice the flesh into chuncks and eat.

A couple of things to point out

1. Lots of juice will come out so make sure you have something on hand to pour it into , otherwise it will come out of top of the pineapple and be wasted.

2. Over time the handle will become lose, if you pull too hard then tt will come off. Remember that the fruit should be quite soft so tease it out rather than yanking as hard as possible.

3. Even though it is made of plastic my blades still continue to cut through pineapples even though I've had them for several months.

A quality idea, well implemented.


It does what it says on the box!   April 1, 2008
Lynda Hall (London UK)
What a natty little gadget, easy to use and perfect pineapple rings every time! Smashing!


brilliant gadget - makes preparing pineapple a doddle!   June 8, 2008
T. Crawley (Wiltshire UK)
This is one of the best gadgets I've come across. We have been receiving pineapples weekly in our fruit and veg box for a couple of months now. We all love pineapple but preparing it has been such a chore... till now!

The vacuvin pineapple slicer is exactly that - it makes preparing pineapple super-quick, mess free, and it reduces wastage. What's more, the slices look really uniform and professional!

And rather than a sticky mess at the end, all the juice is collected at the bottom of the skin -so you get a glass of freshly squeezed pineapple juice every time!

fantastic - I only wish I'd bought one sooner!



Vacuvin Pineapple Easy Slicer set of 3 (small, medium & large)   June 10, 2008
M. A. Cameron (Great Britain)
I am so impressed by this item that I buy pineapples all the time now instead of just once in a while. What a fantastic piece of kit.