Russell Hobbs Electric Carving Knife, 20.3 cm Serated Blade, 120W

Bought as a present to our son-in-law who became addicted to our 1970s electric carving knife when visiting. He is very happy with his Russell Hobbs and uses it all the time for carving roasts. It works well and is good value.

Does what it should, excellent tool.

This knife has a well designed ergonomic safety handle and a single button on top to press to operate the knife. It slices loaves of bread quickly thinly and effectively - no more doorsteps! I am pleased with it. It does not seem to be quite as good when used as a carving knife for meat, but that may be a matter of practice as well; I've given it four stars because of this. It is a little noisy but I expect that most electric knives are similar Good enough for the money and for slicing home made bread and it seem to have a better handle than some similarlly priced knives, according to the reviews I read when deciding which knife to buy.

I thought i lost my previous one, and then found it !! This one is much quicker and sharper. Good VFM as well

This pretty much does what it says on the box. Primarily used for cooked meats and bread, which it handles with ease, Would be nice if spare blades were available, or even freezer blades as we had with another model we had before this one. We never used them, but it was nice to know we could of if we wanted to. On switching to this one I noticed it cut much easier, but I think that was the difference between old and new blades (hence the request for replacement blades) seems a shame - and environmentally unsound - to junk a functional unit just to get new blades. Have sent one over to my daughter in Sweden, where an electric knife is unheard of it seems - none of the major retailers stock ANY.

We were looking for a replacement electric carving knife for my wife’s 40-year-old Moulinex. After scouring the lights of Selfridges and John Lewis Oxford Street, I couldn’t find a replacement but I saw this one on Amazon. She used it for the first time on Sunday I’m pleased to report it works just as well as her original, the design is good and looking at it it seems to have very similar internals to the Moulinex. We have no hesitation of giving it 5 out of 5 stars, fingers crossed it will last just as long as the original.

I use this for home baked sourdough bread. While it is easier than using a traditional bread knife for multiple loaves, you have to be aware of a few things. Firstly the power lead could do with being a bit longer so that you can safely use it. For me the length of the body of the unit is a bit too short so that the ball of my hand sometimes ends up resting on the cord stay at the end of the unit. More importantly I have had a number of occasions where after taking my thumb off the start button (which requires constant pressure - I'll come onto that later) the unit has continued operating for a few seconds at normal speed. This is hazardous! The start button needs to be depressed to operate the knife, which is good, but prolonged operation of a few minutes makes your thumb ache which means you have a tendency to press harder, which just means it ends up as a numb thumb. Cutting through bread requires some effort (more than you would have though) to actually get started and break through the (thin) crust. On some loaves the length of the knife is not quite long enough to cut properly down the middle. I would strongly advise reserving a pair of knife gloves to make sure that you are protected IF the blade were to slip. You must pay attention and be conscious of where your fingers are when using this. Sounds obvious but it could be easy to be distracted or absent-minded. Is it better than a manual knife, yes, but NOT that much better. I can see myself moving towards some sort of automated slicer in the future.

Bought to replace a similar size electric knife (different brand) which stopped working after many, many years of use. This feels just as robust and powerful, doing as good a job as replaced item.

The plug is not a regular EU plug. USELESS

Su questo coltello elettrico Russel Hobbs c'è la presa di tipo inglese e questa porta il collegamento elettrico all'elettronica dello strumento solo su due poli, positivo e massa senza terra, ed ha perciò una protezione sul polo positivo tramite un fusibile interno alla presa stessa (vedere il manuale tecnico non fornito nella confezione ma scaricabile come PDF dal sito dell'azienda produttrice dove è esposto con chiarezza ciò sia con una nota tecnica che con uno schema grafico della presa) quindi per questo motivo non è consigliabile troncare il cavo all'attacco della presa originale per metterci una presa italiana che non prevede attacco per un fusibile intero (non c'è fisicamente lo spazio che prevede una inglese!) ma, per conservare questa protezione, conviene applicare una riduzione da inglese a presa italiana o alla tedesca Shuko ed è meglio questa tedesca perché forma un blocco più solido e compatto con quella inglese che è più pratico ed è anche più sicura nella tenuta sulla presa a muro: una riduzione così costa circa 4 € e si trova in un qualsiasi negozio di materiale elettrico. A parte questo approfondimento tecnico che ho voluto condividere per agevolare la scelta consapevole di altri possibili acquirenti italiani interessati, entrando nel merito della qualità dello strumento devo dire che probabilmente si tratta del miglior coltello elettrico in commercio al mondo, che normalmente costa anche più degli altri prodotti similari, ma, avendo io approfittato di un'offerta con prezzo scontato a 20 € più 7,99 € di spedizione non tracciata dalla Gran Bretagna, devo dire di aver fatto un ottimo affare! Il pacco, robusto e ben confezionato con la scatola del coltello avvolta nel pluriball dentro un'altra scatola anonima ben sigillata, è stato spedito immediatamente con spedizione semplice (economica) e non tracciata ma è comunque arrivato in pochi giorni consegnato a casa dalla postina di Poste Italiane.

The item is useless. I am not able to plug it in. The plug is not a regular plug. It was a waste of 40. It should say in description that it isn't normal plug. Very frustrating.

I was already familiar with the Russel Hobbs brand and have been pleased with the items purchased previously. The company produces quality kitchen equipment sold at an affordable price.

Viande, et c’est superbe et facile