It was a year ago that we found out about the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer on Amazon with 5,600 reviews. There is now a Vintage Hutzler Banana Slicer No. 571 available on eBay. But that seems like the latest post on it.
Has it fallen out of favour? The reviews and articles are from 2013 to 2016. The peak of thousands of reviews are from 2014/2015. A recent USA Today article describes 20 genius home products that are all over TikTok. It is HERE. It has to include the banana slicer along with things like: the Zero Indispensable Dry Food (Cereal) Dispenser, a stuffed waffle maker, a handy stair basket. That article says there are over 6,500 positive reviews on Amazon.
So it remains a classic and one can find the 'saved marriage' or the '27 trained monkeys' or 'angle is wrong' or 'sent to nephew who has been using an old slinky' and so on. Perhaps it had its moment of glory as it does seem to have drifted off the radar. The Facebook and Instagram pages are tragically low on postings.
The Hutzler Mfg Co itself is around - it is at hutzlerco.com and has utensils, food preparation, storage and similar products. You can see the banana slicer on their website, but alas there is no reference to its Amazon fame. Perhaps it did not find the reviews amusing.
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