I bake apples for the guests at my Bed & Breakfast. I have always used a knife to core apples and really hated the chore. My husband said, "It would be easier if you used the right tool for the job." My work is now much faster, more accurate, and so easy that I don't mind making baked apples any more.

I use this corer everyday. It is very easy to use and works great. I have had it for about a month now and it is the best corer I have had. I would recommend it.

This corer works beautifully every time. No more seeds left in an apple after coring. I find that it works much better to use this followed by a knife to make apple slices than to use those corer/slicer tools, as the latter are frequently too small, or move through the apple at an angle, leaving seeds in the slices.

I like eating apple wedges with skin on, and so does my husband. However he doesnt like to fiddle with paring knives and I sometimes skip this healthy snack, just from laziness. It sometimes seems a lot of work performing the usual quartering and then cutting out little pieces of core from the quarter, ending with core bits and seeds and juice dripped around. I decided to try a corer, so I initially purchased another brand of corer, last month , but after one use I repackaged it and took it back - the cut diameter was way too small for the size of apples i like (large Red Delicious). Most of the core was still inside the apple! Then I ordered this OXO one from Amazon, due to the good reviews.

I can say yes it really works very well. Actually so well that my husband will now fix himself his own apple snacks with it.

This OXO corer is easy to handle, easy to clean, and it takes out a decent sized core, with almost no missed core left behind. It removes a circle of twice the area of the old useless one i returned. The actual inner diameter of the OXO corer is 3/4 inch or 19 mm. The thickness of the actual steel is 1 mm. The length of the steel is just around 4 inches long and the rubber handle is just about 4 inches long. The rubber handle is oval in cross section and there is decent sized hole at the end of the handle for hanging it up . There are nice little rubber "fins" build in to the rubber handle to make pressing down easy on the thumb and fingertips.

For the person who was concerned about the browning on the cut surface: yes this happens , it hardly makes the apple piece unpalatable, but to explain what is happening - this is just a bit of pulverized apple flesh that has been deposited on the cut surface, made of juice and broken cells of the apple which browns so fast in air, you see it within seconds. The color is natural oxidation of the fruit juice/pulp, it's not from the corer instrument. When you use the corer, the "cut" surface is a saw cut, so it is microscopically a bit more ragged than when using a knife. If the corer were to have a sharp tapered edge I imagine it would be a lot more expensive to manufacture, and if it were made of very thin steel the tool would be flimsy . Anyway if it's important to have the core be white, just rinse/drop the cored apple in to a anti-browning solution right away until you are ready to do whatever else you are doing to segment up the fruit. But I think unless entering your apple recipe in the county fair, most people would agree they would not bother with this blanching the core procedure.

I gave a rating of only 4 stars becuase I can't say how long it will be servicable for, however it does appear to be well made. I would only say that for the price, if it lasts me one year of coring just one apple per day, it will have definitely paid for itself, and should then be rated 5 stars.

This corer was a waste of money and fruit. The surfaces of the fruit turn brown instantly everywhere the corer touches. At first I thought it was the type of fruit - an apple variety I don't normally use - but the same instant, ugly browning occurred on several varieties of apples and pears. Even sprinkling lemon juice on the fruit immediately did not stop the discoloration. Every piece of fruit touched by this corer had to be retrimmed. And since apples aren't perfectly spherical objects, but products of nature, coring what you can't see results in a haphazard result. For a more precise job with less waste of fruit and time, try Oxo Good Grips Melon Baller. It does a GREAT job removing the inedible part, and only the inedible part, once the fruit is sliced in half.

This corer works very nice. Although sometimes I halfway miss the core, and have to go through again (my issue not the corer). It's very easy to push through and core, and takes a nice clean section out of the apple. If you're making apple dumplings, pie, etc it makes the apples look very "professional".

I bought two of these to use for canning pears. My husband and I just used them to core a bushel of pears for canning. I canned 38 jars of pear halves for making pear salads. With my bad arthrithic thumbs, I couldn't have done it without the large grips on these corers... Coring an apple would be a breeze with these considering how well they cut into those hard canning pears...
Well worth the cost...

This corer is far superior to the older, wooden one that I had. It cores a wider hole in the apple, which helps to get the whole core almost every time. That it is dishwasher safe is another bonus!

I've been looking around for an apple corer (and hopefully cheaper than Pampered Chef) and stumbled upon this one. AWESOME bargain! My kids have enjoyed apple ring snacks (smeared with peanut butter and sprinkled with granola) and baked apples with brown sugar! My son has a habit of munching the apple through the core, but will not eat an apple that has been cut up. This corer has been the perfect solution, as I can keep it in tact and remove the core for him. Very sturdy, easy to use and a steal for the price!

I use it all the time.Slight twist and push down and you are done. Great product.

I was a little skeptical about this because the corers I've used in the past usually just mangled the apple. This one gives a nice clean cut and goes in and out relatively easy. The only fault which really isn't the product's fault is that the apple needs to be perfectly straight up and down to get ALL of the core out and can waste a little bit of apple if it's not.

I used to quarter my apples and then cut out the core from each slice. What a chore! My apple-cutting time have been chopped in half! Making lunches for my family has gone from a duty to a delight. What a great tool!

This thing works amazingly! Everytime, anytime. It really does a good job of coring with minimal effort. I use it to core apples to put in the microwave with brown sugar and cinnimon for dessert. Love this item. Worth the cheap price!

Easy to grip and use. Does not bend out of shape like some apple corers do.

I ordered this because it received a recommendation by Cook's Illustrated. They were absolutely right. This is a terrific tool, easy to use, easy to clean, very well designed!

This item turned out to be even more handy than expected. Works like a charm every time and is a snap to clean!

I just bought this apple corer in a local supermarket. I was using a six blade apple slicer/corer but I had to give it up because the darn thing would slice my fingers up when I pushed out the apple core from the center of the gadget. Now I have this and I love it. With an easy grip handle it makes coring an apple a piece of cake. One push and it's all done. It's not a hard push either. It is very sharp, but unlike the apple corer/slicer, it doesn't cut my fingers to pieces. When the apple is cored cutting it into many cubes or slices is a breeze. It is a very quick job to cut an apple that has been cored.. I think I will give this corer to my friends and let them save their fingers as well. Great product and very functional, it comes out of the dishwasher as sharp as it went in. I would rate this corer 5 stars for functionality and usefulness.