You likely won't need a professional slicer considering you are just doing it for home use. My mom had a cheap plastic one when I was growing up and it wasn't too bad, but I would definitely consider getting one with a metal housing. Something like this would probably work great, and the price is good. You will either find more and more uses for it, or you will hate cleaning it and use it only when necessary. Sanitizing them is pretty important, but with practice you can get pretty proficient at it.