Sunbeam Carveasy Twinblade EK6000

I wish I had read these reviews before I purchased this knife. It is TRASH. I'm a cook and have used electric knives for years. This is the worst one I have ever used. It does NOT cut bread. It gets very hot, and then seized up altogether. Sunbeam you need to pick up your game. Never again will I buy because I thought sunbeam was a good… Read more

brand. This knife is a piece of trash and I will be asking for my money back. PS. I only just purchased it an hour ago.

I bought it as I have arthritis in several joints. I found it worked ok, but was difficult to keep the button depressed to carve and so frustrating to use. Attempting to remove the blades for cleaning was futile. Want to smash it with a hammer. NOT a good buy.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Sunbeam was once synonymous with quality but this knife is terrible. Underpowered, gets tremendously hot, doesn’t cut through bread effectively (or anything for that matter) and now the blades fall out on every attempted use. Despite its relative newness, I have given up on it.

Not fit for purpose! Do not purchase. I bought this for crusty sourdough as we go through 3 a week and I thought it would be easier to slice with an electric knife. Not so. I might as well have been trying to slice through a brick with this powerless knife. The instructions say you don’t need to use a sawing motion but if you want the knife to… Read more

actually get through the the crust of the bread you have to vigorously saw using way more force and exertion than you need just using a normal serrated bread knife and it took way longer. I will be returning it to the store tomorrow.

Waste of Good Money – What a waste of money! It doesn't cut anything. One of the blades falls out of the machine as soon as I turn it on. It is going in the bin..It is maddening, frustrating and useless Show details

Sunbeam EK6000 electric knife not powerful enough – I returned the first Sunbeam EK6000 as it wasnt powerful enough to carve a roast - I decided to give it another go, convinced by the salesman at the store. Again last night to carve was a battle as it kept stalling. I wont give it a third go. Simply not powerful enough for a tender roast lamb. Show details

Never again – Rate my experience???? That would be a TOTAL OF ZERO (only gave 1 star because I had to rate it to post). Purchased this knife and tried to carve a roast, didn't get 1 slice from it, gave up and used a carving knife. It has no power, 90 watts - what a joke felt like i was trying to cut into a brick instead of a tender piece of meat. Then the… Read more

motor was running and the blades were jammed - mind you i never tried to force the blades through the meat, removed the blades 4 times before they started to work, then same deal, wouldn't carve the meat, I took it back to place of purchased and told them what happened, I got a total refund and purchased a different band. Sunbeam used to be a great product, so so so very disappointed.

If negative stars was a thing – I agree with all the past reviews this is a total piece of rubbish. All the previous posters stated it gets hot and doesn’t cut bread and that is my experience too. Show details

DO NOT BUY!!! – Warning....Do not purchase this knife. We bought this knife and it become hot and stopped working on the first use. After much stuffing around we were eventually given a replacement. We opened the box and plugged in the replacement and it stopped working after only 5 minutes. It is a piece of useless junk. We are not now interested in another replacement but will seek our money back. It is not fit for purpose. Show details

Lost the plot – My goodness what an absolute waste of money. Clearly Sunbeam have lost the plot with this knife (joke, as it doesn't cut anything)! Did they not do any testing? It struggles to cut the softest loaf of bread and got hot after about a minute. It was returned to the store. Show details

A Big let down – Used one of these for many years and loved it. This new one is useless except for maybe slicing bread. Sunbeam should be ashamed to put their name on this product. I take back the comment re slicing bread it won't even do that. The product runs pretty close to being fraudulent. Show details

What a dud! – I have owned a few dodgy products over the years but this takes top billing for the worst ever. I hadn't planned to buy a Sunbeam electric carving knife, I had another brand in mind. It was too late for an online purchase and I couldn't get to the shops in time before Christmas so a relative offered to get it for me. Unfortunately the other… Read more

brand was sold out so the Sunbeam was purchased in its place.

The first time I used it on a loaf I had baked, it was a total disaster. The bread blade just chewed at the loaf and didn't want to cut it. So I tried the meat blade and this was a little more successful, but I had trouble holding the power trigger down, it just kept cutting out. The end result was awful, with ragged and uneven slices. I haven't tried it on meat, but other reviews here tell me that it's not much good for that either. So to sum up, I was stuck with a product that could only slice bread badly with the meat blade and a power trigger that was almost impossible to keep held in the on position without some force.

As luck would have it, I received a gift card for Christmas and I've now ordered the product I wanted in the first place. The Sunbeam is at the back of the cupboard awaiting the next household pickup.

Waist of money – Save your money this electric knife is useless. We have used it twice to cut ham and it does not cut through and it gets extremely hot. We have previously had a sunbeam and was happy with it. Unfortunately it is not the case with this version. It is not usable and we will now have to use a manual knife until we can purchase another brand of electric knife. Show details

This is the worst electric kitchen tool I have ever purchased! – When I bought it I was excited by its prospect and threw out two other electric knives that were "slowing down." What a mistake. The blades keep popping out during use, the bread blades do nobut through bread, the implement heats up, the trigger sticks on. This is two weeks old and must surely be an embarresment to the company. Obviously they don't care, as there are so many complaints, all bout the same thing. Show details

Total rubbish – Bought this recently to replace a 30+ yr old workhorse. It's useless. It does not cut properly and needs to be forced through the bread (normal, not sourdough or hard crust). Tried both sets of blades and neither successful. Seems really underpowered. Sunbeam quality has certainly plummeted since being sold offshore.

Terrible do not purchase it – I have just bought this product as I have arthritis in my hands and any cutting is difficult and painful. I was a bit excited to try on the new sourdough.....as someone has already said it doesn’t work on it!....the knife tends to cut off and on which makes things worse. Simply don’t purchase it, it was a waste of money for me. There must be better products on the market than this dud..... Show details

SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET - NOW! – Worst appliance I've ever purchased. Cheap, tinny - and won't cut anything! The weak motor sounds like it is going to pack it in at any minute. Was bought to cut bread - forget it! According to the reviews this is the norm. Has made me question any decision to buy any Sunbeam product ever again. In fact, I won't because it's like they are… Read more

knowingly extorting cash from us buyers as they must know the thing is crap. Don't let Sunbeam get away with that - like me, just don't buy any of their products again.

Waste of Money – Had a Kenwood electric knife for about 20 years until a small plastic piece that retained the blades broke. So for Christmas I bought the Sunbeam EK6000 to carve the roast beef and chicken I do on a spit. So annoyed, it would not cut the beef without getting hot and stalling and at one point I was using it as a saw until I got out an old carving… Read more

knife out to do the job. Not only that, it sounds like a cheap hedge trimmer which would probably would have worked better for carving. I am taking it back tomorrow to the retailer and look at something fit for purpose.

Too expensive, poor warranty period – I was given this electric knife by my children as a Xmas present, 16 months ago. I bake a loaf of bread every three days. With the lock down and etcetera, I have calculated that I have used the knife 171 times. At $69 replacement, that equates to 41cents a loaf, or as I cut my loaves 11 times to get 12 slices, that comes out at 9 cents a slice of bread! Is it me being picky or does this product STINK? Show details

Certainly useless for cutting bread, probably useless at cutting anything! – We purchased this knife primarily to cut bread however neither set of blades worked. The machine appears underpowered and lacked the ability to make its way through a home-baked crusty loaf without applying excess pressure. The blades appeared to flex too much adding to the impression that this is a poor replacement for those who previously owned a Sunbeam electric carver. Show details

What a piece of junk – Sunbeam should be ashamed of themselves. When I was a kid they made solid, last-for-ever mixers. Now they embarrass themselves by releasing this overpriced piece of junk that overheats, can barely cut through bread and now after 4 months is grinding to a halt half way through a sandwich. Congratulations. You've reached the race to the bottom. Show details

I wish I hadnt thrown away my old knife – I had an old Sunbeam electric carving knife and the blade release slide was not sitting properly. So with my appreciation of that knife I went to Bing Lee at Port Macquarie on the 11th November 2021 and automatically bought another electric knife, the Carveasy Twin Blade. What a giant mistake. Sunbeam should not have released this one on the… Read more

public. I find that the blades have to be forced through a loaf of bread no matter whether I use the bread or meat blade. I am a male so my hands are not dainty which I believe this knife is designed for. I say this because the trigger is minute and my finger is bigger than the one designed to use it. Then there is the release wings!! when I finish cutting my index finger is sore and has a red area thereon due to the fact that the wings get in the road when I use it. So far so good?? A MAJOR CONCERN is that sometimes when I release the trigger the knife continues to operate to the extent that I can dangle the knife by the cord and the knife continues to operate without any contact with the trigger. If I complained to the right authority would this be a reason for a recall of all knives sold?? My biggest regret is that I threw out the old knife before I tested this new one. I will say that I had a lot of respect for Sunbeam as I was bought up with them but I bought a frypan and it was such a disappointment. It is currently sitting in my garage waiting for someone who would give it a new home but nobody wants it. There is an old saying if it aint broke dont change it but evidently Sunbeam changed it and I am disappointed.

This won't encourage us to try another Sunbeam electric knife – Our Sunbeam EK 6000 has worked adequately, but it is now smoking. This knife has only lasted just over 18 months - the previous 2 Sunbeam electric knives lasted for years. We would rather pay more for a longer lasting unit! Show details

Sunbeam EK4000 Carveasy Gets Hot During Use – I have had my Carveasy for one day. I have an older one more than 10 years old which works perfectly. This new one is nowhere near as sharp, and it's a worry that the handle gets very hot and I can hear something burning.

A sad Sunbeam Electric Knife – With total regret, we purchased this Sunbeam Easycarve electric knife. It looked nice and was priced higher than the Kambrook one so that's why we bought it. Sad to say, it has no guts to cut through bread crust, it continually stops and starts, is hard to grip and push in power button and direct it to cut evenly all at the same time! Now it's… Read more

buggered! One of the blades keep falling out when in use! Not sure what Sunbeam was thinking when they released v this item, it really should be recalled!!! What a waste of $49.00 and only 12months old!.Will have to throw in the bin if I cannot find it's receipt!

Absolute rubbish – Very disappointed after previous sunbeam knife lasted over 20 yrs,recently purchased the carvesy ek6000 and have used it twice on roasts the first time it was almost stalling out and handle getting very hot, the second time I gave up on it after 3 or 4 slices and used a non electric knife Before sending review was asked if I wanted mediation with sunbeam which I agreed, 48hrs later and still haven't heard from them  Show details

Absolute rubbish, a real dud – Absolute rubbish, should not be on sale. This knife couldn’t cut butter. As soon as the blades engaged with the bread they seized and the motor struggled to the point that the casing became warm. Then it stopped. We have tried two models, but both the same. Luckily Harvey Norman exchanged the first one and then refunded the second time.

ABSOLUTE JUNK ! – This knife wouldn't cut through the skin of a rice pudding. Absolutely a sad joke. Bought it February 2021 and took it back to Harvey Norman for a refund today. Got my money back. Don't even consider this piece of junk ! Show details

Is not fit for purpose – I tried it on my bread and roast beef and it literally could cut either. The motor isnt powerful enough. It completely stopped while trying to cut. I have got video of it but can't seem to upload .After reading all the reviews, I'm surprised it hadn't been recalled.  Show details

Pathetic product. Do not buy Sunbeam electric knife – This knife is a pathetic product unable to do basic requirements of an electric knife. I will be returning this product to place of purchase and advise Harvey Normans to re consider stocking such a poor standard of item. Show details

Please reconsider! – Omg I thought it was just me! This knife is not recommended by me.. I took the old well worn sunbeam carveasy E5600 out after this ones stop, start antics! Show details

Never so disappointed – I am 75 years old and have owned many excellent Sunbeam products eg mixer, pie maker, slow cooker but yesterday bought the Sunbeam Carveasy Twin Blade thinking I was buying another quality product.How wrong! It couldn’t carve cold beef without my wrist hurting from trying to force it through. It took so long to cut through a Japan pumpkin I… Read more

dreaded the thought of even trying it on a Qld Blue. I then tried it on hedgehog slice my wife made but it was useless. It seems I’ve wasted 59.00at Harvey Norman and driven 120km for the pleasure. Never again. Sunbeam is not the brand it once was-so sad. Mike

Hopeless – Received this knife as a gift to replace my trusty old Kambrook knife which had been fantastic for over 20 years. It was purchased from Harvey Norman and cost $50. The new knife is hopeless. It tears the food rather than slicing it and wouldn’t even cut through puff pastry. Total waste of money! Show details

Great product. Perfect bread slices every time – Purchased this primarily to slice bread from new breadmaker. Does an excellent job. Nice even slices. Long blades great for larger loaves our bread maker produces. Short blades great on roasts and make it less unwieldy and easy to get in close to a bone. Not sure about people saying it stop starts, have not had this issue and have sliced 5 loaves so far with great results, even on very tall loaves. Highly recommended. Show details

An absolute waste of money – Nightmare to use. Waste of money. Blades pop out. Definitely NOT recommend. Show details