Evo Knife Sharpener

Kitchen prep became easier with this knife sharpener. Hands-free operation and strong suction base provide safety and stability. Works well on all knives, including serrated ones. The collection tray keeps things tidy. Durable and effective, extending the life of my knives.

This knife sharpener does work - though there are no angle settings, so you're stuck with a 20° grind, which will probably suffice as a general tool for standard knives, but might not be suitable for specialist ones.It's compact, so easy to store, and easy to use.At time of ordering, this was priced at£12.99, so it's perhaps a little pricey compared to others on the market with adjustable angles, a few different grit slots and scissor sharpeners for only £2-£3 more.

I don't like using it to sharpen my expensive Japanese knives, as it is pretty aggressive. But for my cheaper knives, which I have many of, and that go in the dishwasher, and dull easily, an Anysharp is great for making them like new again. I have been using one for years and this is a more compact revised model.

Rather weirdly, when I first got this, I just could not get the thing to stick to my kitchen worktop, however hard I tried. I noticed that the rim of the suction cup was a tiny bit wonky and not entirely in a plane, which presumably meant that just enough air was still able to get in to prevent suction. A few hours later I was about to throw it away, decided to try it one last time and it worked. And it has continued to work since. I have no idea what changed.What should be noted is that you do have to push it down onto the kitchen surface fairly hard as you push the handle down to create suction (I was doing this when it wasn't working, so that wasn't the issue). I have another sharpener of the same brand which does not have such a requirement, so it's a little bit of an annoyance that you have to do this with this one. One useful thing this model does have is a small tab on the rim of the suction cup which you can pull up after use to release the suction to make it much easier to remove.In terms of the sharpening, it's fine, obviously not as good as you're going to get by spending half an hour grinding with increasingly fine whetstones with the finest quality knives, but will be good enough for most purposes for the average home cook with average knives (for really high quality expensive knives you would really want to go the whetstone route rather than use a device like this). Another useful feature this has is that you can remove a cap on the top to enable you to brush away the swarf which will accumulate over time.

This is a brilliant piece of kit that sharpened my knives to the sharpest they have ever been with very little effort.The sharpener sticks to my worktops like they have been glued, so you can put quite a pit of pressure on the knife when sharpening with no need to worry about the sharpener slipping. But then just flick the handle up and gently lift up to put away ready for next time.There are no "how to use" instructions so I went online to watch a video, which confirmed how i should be using it.