OXO Salad Spinner
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Salad Spinner
Customer Review: LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The OXO Salad Spinner is fantastic!!!! My salads are now so crisp and fresh tasting. I do add a paper towel to my salad greens before spinning and this does help to dry them even more. The spinner is soooo easy to use - much better then a cheaper spinner I was previously using.
I ordered the large spinner and actually found that the smaller one would've been a better size for me. If you're considering buying this and can't decide which size to order and you will only be making salads for one or two people, I would recommend the smaller spinner. I decided to keep the larger spinner so that I would have it on hand for when I am entertaining and will be making larger salads and because I had space to store it when not in use. The large spinner IS quite big.
If you're on the fence about purchasing this spinner I would definitely recommend that you buy it. Before purchasing I had checked online the price elsewhere and no one could beat Amazon's price.
Customer Review: Easy to use and clean
Summary: 5 Stars
This is actually my second salad spinner. My first salad spinner was Arcosteel Deluxe Salad Spinner. You wouldn't think getting the wrong salad spinner would make a difference, but it does. The Acrosteel with its crank was so awkward to use that I found myself wishing I had spent a little more and got this one instead. When it cracked and broke I knew this was the one I wanted. The fact that it is operated by pushing down a button make it so easy to use that it really does live up to the claim of only taking one hand. Even if I am juggling other tasks this is easy to use. It also cleans up well and if you don't have a lot of space for kitchen gadgets the basket doubles well as a strainer. This is a really nice product that is durable and works well. I own countless OXO products and this, like the others, lives up to the price and reputation.Customer Review: Much more than a salad spinner
Summary: 5 Stars
These take up a lot of room in a small kitchen but I have both the larger one and the smaller one and I love both. What I love is that you can wash and dry and store all in one. I use the larger one mostly for lettuce.
I must admit that I don't spin the smaller one much. I use it more to wash things like grapes or mushrooms. For mushrooms I start them in the large bowl and fill it up with water and then take them out, brush them, and put them in the colander bowl. Then I trim and cut them and put them back into the rinsed outer bowl. For grapes, I pick them and put them in the colander and submerge that in the water filled outer bowl and swish swish swish and then dump out the water and allow the grapes to drain or give it a quick spin.
Anything that needs extensive washing can be submerged several times and then just pull out the colander and dump the water and rinse and oh yeah, you can spin it dry if you want.
Customer Review: very poorly designed
Summary: 1 Stars
This salad spinner is spins reasonably well, but the quality of the components is abysmal. In particular, the tabs one must press to separate the two top pieces are ridiculously poorly designed. I bought this salad spinner, managed to take it apart once, and then the second time I tried one of the tabs broke off. I bought it from Bed Bath & Beyond, which fortunately has a great return policy, so I just exchanged it for another. This time I knew how weak the tabs were, and so was very careful. I pressed lightly, and it would not release. Harder, would not release. Harder still, would not release. Very hard, released and broke in one movement. The margin between hard enough to release and hard enough to break is at best small and at worst non-existent.
If you never clean it in the recommended fashion (disassembling the top lid), then you might find it adequate. Otherwise, avoid this piece of cheap plastic crap.
Customer Review: Wonder gadget
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this item under the advice of my oldest son. My wife and I love to make a large salad that lasts for about 3 days but wouldn't you know it, moisture from the different vegetables spoil it sooner. So I looked up different spinners and found this one. A bit pricey it thought at first but worth every penny. I chop, slice, shred, dice or drain and pour my salad content into the bowl. And like a little kid, make the excess water go away. Just pop up the plunger and giving it a few presses. (OK, so I'm having too much fun spinning it all around)
The water is on the bottom, and the salad is dryer in the basket. Just wash your items chop them up, spin them down, serve and eat. Our salads have lasted almost a week now saving us lots of money and time. Easy to use, easy to clean, sturdy but a bit large for some. A definite recommendation from me.