Chef'n StemGem Strawberry Huller

Having used the tweezer-style hullers with varying success, I thought I'd try this one. It really is a very efficient little tool and quite satisfying to use; a simple press on the plunger, stick the four blades into the fruit around the leaves, release the plunger, twist, and Bob's your uncle. I did read one review which said that this huller wasn't any good for small strawberries but this is wrong- you just don't push the blades in as far and it works just the same. it also helps that it is a nice little gadget. Out of interest I have also bought one of the very cheap copies of the Chef'n StemGem and although it looks very similar it definately has a flimsier, cheaper feel to it, and the blades are looser- it also arrived without a plunger knob- it must have fallen off before being posted as the missing part wasn't in the bag! You pays your money as they say...

Looks great and good reviews but bought for a strawberry loving relations birthday so unable to comment further atm but will definitely be a present with a difference!

Works well and my son enjoyed preparing his own strawberries for two days until the novelty wore off

I Love this!! My eight year old would eat two punnets of strawberries a day if I let him, but he's not so keen on the 'green bits' and since Mum here was born with only one hand, prizing them out the usual way was just too fiddly for me. So I got the fun job of slicing the whole top off the strawberry, which was rather messy as the poor strawberries bled everywhere. Now I just steady the strawberry with my stump, press the button, plunge, release, twist ...and voila! 'Green bits' removed with almost surgical precision, and with a lot less blood loss! It is strangely satisfying too... the plunge of the sharp, shiny metal, the gentle resistance and then the yielding, of the firm, pink-tinged flesh... but, perhaps that's just my inner psychopath coming out. Ahem.. I can happily go through a punnet in less time and with less mess than the open-surgery method, and even the eight-year-old likes to have a go, so smiles all round. I can even take the 'funny bit' off the top of grapes (to normal, non-eight year old people, this is just the hole where the stalk has been) IF i'm feeling particularly affectionate towards my rather strange and overly picky offspring. Go one, get one. Its useful...and fun!

Not particularly easy to use but manageable

If you look around Amazon you can find all manner of kitchen gadgets of varying usefulness. Maybe its just me, but I've never found a banana particularly difficult to slice and don't do it often enough to merit a specific tool for the job (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Craft-KCBANSLICE-Banana-Slicer/dp/B003CLFC98/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1439278538&sr=1-1&keywords=banana+slicer). I'm also capable of biting a banana, so often I'll completely forgo the slicing and go straight to eating. That might give you an indication of how recalcitrant I can be. I'm the James Dean of yellow fruit consumption. The same cannot be said for red fruit. Not because its red, but because most red fruit has a green bit attached. Tomatoes, grapes, strawberries, peppers, the list goes on... I don't do green. I wait for the aforementioned bananas to ripen from green to yellow. It's no coincidence that Superman was impervious to everything but the green mineral Kryptonite. And sprouts, obviously, although much less was made of this in the films. But now, a miracle of modern engineering has arrived. Fire, the wheel, the atom. Mere stepping stones on the road to humanity's greatest achievement. Nobel prizes should be awarded. The designer should be given a medal the size of a frying pan. Have my money. Take my first born. This little beauty takes out the green bit from my favourite fruit. It's easy to use. Fast. Effective. It's easy to clean. The good people of the world no longer have to fear the risk of an accidentally ingesting a green bit, and can enjoy their fruit in blissful equanimity. Now if the inventor can come up with a way to remove Facebook from the face of the Earth their elevation to godhood would be assured.

Although it is definitely not of the same quality as the more expensive ones, it seems ok, and is a great price. I've not used it as it is a gift for someone so I don't know how long it will last. When it arrived, the green top bit was separated from the main bit, but it fitted back on. Fortunately, it was not a gift for Xmas because I ordered it on 15 Dec and was given a delivery date of up to 15 Jan 2015. It did arrive on 3 Jan 2015. I wondered why they advised a delivery time of a month but nowhere on the description page could I find any details of where it was coming from. I had assumed the UK. It actually came from Singapore; just in an envelope with no invoice details. I've given it 4 stars because it is very good value for money. I would be hesitant to order anything from this seller of a higher value.

excellent product.works too