Simpleslice – Patented Bread Slicing Guide. Steel Loaf Cutter with Adjustable Slice Widths and Cutting Board. UK Manufactured.

Fantastic piece of kit, makes slicing bread so simple and so safe down to the last slice. Such a simple gadget yet so effective, I’ve never been too good at cutting straight slices of bread or getting the thicknesses right….this gadget allows you to select three thicknesses of bread, it has a safety feature which means you can slice down to the last piece of bread without cutting your hand. It contains a small bread board and catches crumbs, I love that it’s very simple in design and easy to store. Nothing negative to say about it - very robust, made of steel so it’s never going to break,

This is a ridiculously simple concept but so effective. The stand is metal with a removable white cutting board that sits in the bottom so that if you have a sticky loaf you can easily wash it. It is angled slightly upwards so has one side with short legs and one side slightly longer, which makes it a really comfortable cutting angle, and it has three narrow slits that run horizontally almost the full length of the unit for thin, medium or thick slices. The principal is that you put your blade through one of the slits at one side and match it up with the corresponding slit on the other. Put your bread short end down and then cut horizontally keeping your knife in the slots, whilst holding the bread in place with the other hand - well clear of the knife. The resultant slices are perfectly straight every time and it doesn't matter if you are right or left handed. Unless you have a particularly chunky bread knife it should work with whatever you already use - I didn't have to buy anything special. The base is plenty big enough. My loaves are made with 500 grams of flour and easily fit width-wise, and would almost fit sideways on so the next size up on my bread maker wouldn't be a problem. If you were cutting a wide flat loaf, like tiger bread, it would easily fit sideways. The only slight negative is that the taller feet are thin metal, so whilst completely sturdy they can skid about a bit on the work surface if you don't hold the bread against the side, but this was easily overcome and should certainly not put you off buying one. The addition of little rubber ends would have improved it to make it perfect, but that is only a small suggestion. It now means I can use all the loaf instead of being left with a horrible triangular lump that you can't cut a slice from without fear of losing a finger.

I have been using this now for some considerable time and here is what I have discovered. Watch a video on YouTube to see how it works as the one I had, had no instructions. There are a few minor issues: Cutting heavier home made breads regularly, does eventually deform the guides somewhat and they do not bend back. This does make the slices slightly uneven, but the Simpleslice is well made enough to cope with this and does not feel like it will break. Make sure you have a long bread Knife and it is not too serrated. Finally, I have found it is easier to slice almost all the way through the bread, then flip the loaf up to do the final cut upright to stop the bread breaking up, especially with bread a few days old.

This bread slicer is more expensive than some of the other one. But it is very good quality,so I know it will last and a total game changer for slicing homemade bread. And now I have straight sliced bread. No more doorstep wedges. Very easy to use. Easy to clean and store. Thankyou.

Really pleased with this. I bought to slice a whole loaf for bagging and freezing. It slices evenly and it's easy to use. It's neat and stands up on the work surface without taking up too much room.

Useful for difficult to cut, floppy loaves, but the whole premise is a bit queer - the weight of the bread sits on the knife while cutting making it curiously a little awkward to extract the knife sometimes. Also, the end of the cut with a soft loaf is a bit hit and miss because of course you're not cutting down onto a board. Also, without the rubber tap washers I glued to each end of the back guide cut-outs (on the reverse side) I or may partner (who is oppositely handed) would be catching the knife on the metal at the end of many cuts. With all these riders though, I use it a fair deal and it is well made.