mandoline

top options

Super Benriner

• #1 by America's Test Kitchen
• pro — fairly compact
• pro — pretty much the only one you'll find in a professional kitchen
• pro? — can be set to an incredibly wide range of thicknesses
• con — it lacks a hand guard
  • though many people say a cut-resistant glove works just as well and is much more compact
• consider the Old Version, because it's half the cost

Oxo V-Blade

• #1 by SeriousEats

cut-resistant glove

I bought a chainmail glove on the recommendation of this comment.

I bought the SlicePro ANSI A9 glove, and the sizing chart is here.