OXO Salad Spinner
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Salad Spinner
Customer Review: A Quality Kitchen Essential
Summary: 5 Stars
There are less expensive salad spinners, but this is ultimately the one to rely on. It is worth every penny. The ergonomic OXO design is flawless, as usual, and easy to use with wet hands during a flurry of preparation activity like making a quick dressing. I particularly like the pump action which leaves me free to multitask while getting the dry leaves I insist on. This is a much better approach than a hand-cranked or battery-operated spin system, approaches that wound up in the trash. I keep a year around kitchen garden, so this OXO spinner gets a daily workout. It is dishwasher safe and sturdy enough to take the bowl and basket with me into the garden. The practical design makes rinsing and drying a snap. I fill the basket and bowl with fresh-picked lettuce and top it off with water for a quick soak to loosen any soil or organic visitors, then pour off the water, removing the bowl to rinse. A good trick for crispy greens is to refill the bowl with fresh water and drop a few ice cubes in with the greens for a few minutes. Meanwhile, make a quick, fresh dressing in the bottom of your serving bowl. Rinse and spin dry. Place the dry leaves on top of the dressing and don't toss until you get to the table. Don't have a garden? Grow mesclun mix in a large pot for a continual harvest using scissors, leaving the roots in place. A mere 35 days from seed to table. Try Renee's Garden "Paris Market Mix." Cleaned, dry greens get very crisp and store well in a refrigerated spinner for a few days. Yes, the container is a little large, but it needs to be, and aren't great salads something worth making room for?Customer Review: Don't let the name "Little Salad" fool you!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the Mini salad spinner because it was all I could afford at the moment but I was so surprised when I actually got it and used it. It sure packs a punch for a little thing. I easily spinned 4 salad servings in it. That's right, salads enough for 4 people in the small version! But that's not even the best part. I love this little gadget and there will never be another watery dressed salad for me. It spins everything nice and dry, it has a non slip footprint which I love, and the best part is how well the lettuce keeps in it. I am not exaggerating when I say it kept chopped lettuce (almost) as good as new for 3 weeks! I had it in the back of the fridge and forgot about it, when I pulled it out the lettuce still looked better than that of the lettuce found at some restaurants these days! It only had a little browning - that occurs anytime when lettuce is cut with a stainless steel knife blade. I remedied that with my new OXO lettuce knife. But this spinner really would keep your lettuce fresh and crisp for a week if need be. Especially since it comes with a handy lid! After you are done spinning, take the spinner off and put the regular lid on and you can store it in the fridge. I'm sure that would cut down on a lot of waste, and you would get your money's worth out of that head of lettuce. It keeps it longer than that but I'm sure no one would want 3 week old lettuce. I will gladly buy the full size one of these days, but I can't see the need yet, as the small one does so well for me.Customer Review: Great Product, had one for a long time. How to fix when it stops.
Summary: 5 Stars
We have had an OXO Salad Spinner for a long time. It has worked famously, as have almost all of the other OXO products we own. We highly recommend it--and all the other products.
Not long ago, our unit would spin and stop abruptly, or not permit the plunger to push down. Taking the lid off and turning the top plate by hand would free the spinner and it would work a bit. I finally decided in frustration that I would take it apart and see what the matter was, then order another because I was certain I would never get it back together again.
It isn't obvious, but the spinner comes apart pretty easily, and it just snaps back together. One part had snapped loose inside and simply needed to be snapped back in place. However, I had to take it apart several times before I could understand how the piece snapped in place. The result is that our years-old spinner now works just like it is new. Amazon and OXO may not be entirely happy about this, but we have bought a number of these for gifts after family and friends saw ours.
If I can figure out how to do a video of the disassembly and reassembly of this product, I'll post it here.
By the way, this will also take water out of a couple of dish rags if arthritis prevents you from wringing them. Just use two at a time to keep the unit balanced.
Now, if I can only get the OXO Tea Kettle happy again so it will whistle.
Customer Review: Durable, Easy to Clean, Longer Lasting Lettuce!
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't actually think I needed one of these but we are growing lettuce in an AeroGarden and decided to shop around for something that would conveniently rinse and store the lettuce post-harvest.
After reading the reviews for this one here and on another site, the feature that caught my attention was how the container somehow made the lettuce last longer. I read that it would keep the lettuce fresh and edible for up to two weeks.
I was completely surprised to test this out on my own and find it to be accurate. I haven't tried it with the store-bought lettuce packs yet, but for sure the home grown lettuce that I have harvested has had unexpected longevity and makes me feel better about the extra produce not going to waste.
The item is easy to clean. I throw it in the top shelf of the dishwasher and it comes out great.
I have the regular version of the salad spinner which is quite large, so it does require a lot of space in the refrigerator to store. More than I was expecting. The smaller one probably would have been just fine but I do love this one!
It's been very easy to use, and amusing as well to see it spinning and then hit the "brake".
I'm very happy with the product. It seems to be quite durable, offers multiple uses (can toss the salad in it and serve from it), is easy to clean, and keeps the salad fresh for a good long time!
Customer Review: Salad Spinner my eye! It's a tofu drainer!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this item with the express intention of using it to wring out tofu, which it does pretty well. There is some crumbling, and it doesn't get as dry as leaving it in (wasteful) paper towels for hours, but it doesn't take hours, either. I've also used it to wring excess moisture out of onions and other vedge to avoid soggy end-results (as advised by the great and mighty Alton). And who knows? maybe some day lettuce or other salad greens may actually see the inside of this thing. Also, the basket is a quick and handy second colander if your primary colander is already taken (just avoid heat; I don't think it'd like that much), and the outer bowl is handsome enough to double as a serving bowl.
I like the Good Grips series overall, although it is a bit heavy on gadgety items. But this one in particular is well-designed, and the extra you pay for the ergonomics is worth it. It says what it does; it does what it says.
A word of advice for those who wish to try my silly scheme: drain the tofu for a minute or two, then cut into cubes, filets or whatever, and make sure you balance the load in the basket. If you've ever had an imbalanced load in your washing machine, then you know what I'm talking about.