OXO Salad Spinner Variation -

Customer Reviews:

This Salad Spinner is For You.
Spins well and dries lettuce as expected. Main plastic bowl should be designed a bit thicker. I won't place the large acrylic bowl in the dishwasher for fear of it losing it's shape from excessive heat. Great product and would have rated it a 5 star if the bowl was a bit heavier. You won't be disappointed. I recommend you purchase the spinner.
--2006-12-21

Very good spinner. What's the problem?
Reading over some recent reviews I can't believe the belly aches. "Doesn't fit easily in the dishwasher". Who puts a salad spinner in the dishwasher? Just rinse the lettuce bits off and let it air dry. "Doesn't spin very fast". How fast do you need a salad spinner to go? If you can't get the Oxo Good Grips salad spinner to spin fast enough to dry lettuce you are either over-filling it or you can't pump the easy ergonomic handle for some reason. This unit is well designed and comfortable to use. Why do I give it only 4 stars? After about 3 years the spinning mechanism on the lid came apart on mine. I was able to snap it together but it periodically comes apart. The act of pushing down hard on the mechanism over and over is just tough on a relatively cheap plastic object. All salad spinners have some variant of this problem, though. Pull cord ones get tangled or rotted cords. Crank ones wear out their gears. Go with the Good Grips - they're easy on the hands.
--2006-12-20

Great spinner
We've used this spinner for a couple of years and it works and looks as good as when we first bought it. The handle is EASY to pump (unlike the crank one we threw out in the past) and it spins really fast. It couldn't be easier to clean any kind of greens: add the lettuce, greens or herbs to basket in the bowl; fill with cold water to float and swish the greens; remove basket; pour out water; replace basket and spin! Two times is all it usually takes (to ensure there is no dirt). When you're done with the spinner, lock the handle in place for easy storage.

The clear bowl looks good enough to serve in, and many times I've tossed the salad right in the bowl (no need to mess up another bowl to clean for weekday dinners).

The only reason I give it 4 stars is because teeny-tiny bits of lettuce and fragile herbs can get stuck in the basket and makes it harder for handwashing. I don't mind too much (as long as I rinse it from the back-side first) but my husband always complains after I use it on shredded lettuce. We never have this problem in the dishwasher, however.
--2006-12-20

Not my favorite spinner
I bought this spinner to replace an older salad spinner that had a handle attached to a string that is pulled out to set the top spinning, the string could be pulled repeatedly to get the spinner going really fast. I found that with this OXO salad spinner I could not get the speed going as high, even when repeatedly pressing the top plunger. I was rarely able to get as much water removed from my greens as I was used to with the older spinner.

I recently replaced my OXO spinner with a Zyliss salad spinner which is of the style with the handle attached to a string which starts the spinning. It spins faster and gets my greens as dry as I wish. I am much happier with it.
--2006-12-13

So-So Salad Spinner
I bought this while on a health kick, thinking it would make me eat more salad, and because I needed a crisper. I use it occasionally, but I found cleaning it to be difficult. It fits awkwardly in the dishwasher, and I find the spinner top very difficult to wash by hand (since I've moved to an apartment that no longer has a dishwasher). I would recommend the smaller version, unless you have an extra large family. I also don't find it to be a very good crisper--my lettuce lasts two days... at most! Maybe I'm not locking the top, I don't know.

I do have to say it has pros, it does an amazing job of spinning greens, and the ability to use the clear bowl for service is nice.
--2006-12-13

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