I have two Mandolines. My favorite is broken in three different places and I need to replace it. It is a KitchenAid with a fold out leg that I can find on Amazon and other similar sites. Although I like it and have had it for years, the blade guard snapped off so long ago that I forgot it had one until I looked to replace it, the fold out leg snapped off about 2 years ago, and the dial to set the thickness broke off about a month ago. Although I liked it a lot, It seems silly to buy the same one after having pieces breaking off every once in a while. I also have this cheap Benriner which works goof for small simple jobs but I use the mandoline a lot and this dones’ do it for the serious uses.
I once saw a great one in a commercial shop, but I think it was about $500, which is over the top and it took up to much space. Do you have a favorite mandoline I should look into?