Does the Vanotium board stay put when chopping?

Mine has done the same on my granite counter, especially when I’m chopping something with a bit of force. I ended up just holding the corner with my free hand, which works fine but is a little annoying. Does yours slide more when the surface is polished?

The weight behind the blade thing makes sense, light herbs barely register but a big chop gets it moving. Since holding the corner isn’t practical for you, I’d try a strip of that grippy shelf liner cut to size under it. Stays put without needing moisture and you don’t have to babysit the board.

Mine only moves when the counter has crumbs under it.

Mine wandered around a bit the first few times I used it, but once the surface got a little damp from wiping it down between tasks it stopped moving on me. Not soaked, just a light wipe with a wet cloth. I think the coating is smooth enough that even a bit of moisture gives it enough grip on my counter. When it was bone dry it definitely had a mind of its own though 😅

Mine has been fine on a painted wood table but that table is dead flat and nothing really slides on it. I did try it once on a slightly warped folding table at a family thing and it wandered a little, though that table is uneven anyway so I kind of expected it. What I noticed is the board is pretty light, so a heavier board is less likely to shift. I grew up with a thick wood block that weighed a ton and never moved, but it also took forever to dry and started smelling if I left it wet. So I actually prefer the lighter board now and just accept that it can slide on some surfaces. I have not tried the towel thing because I do not like the idea of a wet cloth sitting under it while I am prepping meat. That is more of a personal hang up than anything. If yours is moving on a normal flat counter, maybe give it a few more weeks and see if it settles. Mine seemed to stop sliding once I stopped rushing the cuts. What kind of counter do you have it on?

Polished quartz makes sense for that. My sister has quartz in her kitchen and I’ve watched a plastic bowl scoot across it just from setting it down a little crooked. That surface is slick by nature, so the board being light definitely doesn’t help. I still think you’re onto something with the rushing too, since mine settled down once I slowed my cuts. If you’re not into the towel idea, maybe try it on a different spot on the counter first, like nearer the edge or wherever the finish feels less glassy, just to see if it behaves differently. Not really a fix, more like a way to confirm it’s the counter doing it and not the board. Either way I wouldn’t swap back to a heavy wood block over it. The drying and smell thing got old for me way faster than a little sliding ever did.