OXOGood Grips Salad Spinner, Fruit Washer and Lettuce Spinner

So I've owned this spinner for 3 years. I have a large garden and this spinners cleaned about 300 heads of lettuce, pounds of various herbs, lots of leafy greens like spinach, beet, sweet potato, and amaranth. The ad claims it will stop on a dime but it's more like 8 dimes but still good. I'm not particularly gentle with it either. Gardeners know the challenge of processing food peak season; the faster the better. It did fail after the 2nd year. Why 5 stars then? You can take it apart. I simply twisted the top from the center plunger, realigned a spring, reset a rod, and reassembled it. Quick and easy.The best thing about this? It seals. You can put any food in this thing and it will keep it as fresh as the day you put it in. Noticeably longer than in the fridge crisper..by weeks. It's not the biggest sized spinner you can get, but it's close and does a good job. The ad also mentions using it as a serving bowl and I imagine if you're not putting so much food through it it will still look good, but after 3 years the inner basket has rubbed the bowl edge (over-filled it probably too many times) and made marks on the outer bowl. Also, while it was presentable enough for a serving bowl, it has a center spike that the inner basket sets and spins on. Anyone not familiar with it being there might snag the spike while trying to get their salad and risk dumping it or knocking it around. Should this ever fail I wouldn't hesitate buying it again.

This is my second OXO salad spinner. I was given my first at a wedding shower 27 years ago and I had never heard of such a thing. It lasted probably 20 years and then I replaced it with another brand. That spinner had a lever style crank that pushed up and down from a hinge. It never worked as well, but it was fine. On Friday night it broke and I had my chance to get another OXO! It’s as good as I remembered! Feels very sturdy, spins the lettuce dry. A couple tips I’ve picked up:- I spin the lettuce dry, dump the water from the bowl and make my salad right in the spinner basket. Your lettuce will stay fresh longer and won’t get limp and yucky on the bottom as quickly vs storing it in a bowl in the fridge.- dry it thoroughly with the lid off before storing. Like 24+ hours, really. If you put it away prior, leave the lid off so the he interior of the lid will completely dry and not grow any mold.

I have gone through so many salad spinners, and each one quit working in some way. I wish I had bought this one from the beginning! After a little bit of research, I found out that this is the one America’s Test Kitchen recommends, so I decided to get it after I got rid of my last one.So far I’m really pleased and I’ve used it quite a bit. It seems sturdy and well-made, it spins really fast, and it stays balanced. It doesn’t take long to get to a high speed and then it continues spinning for a long time. It also seems to do a really good job of getting the water out. The gaps are small so that things don’t fall out when you’re spinning but large enough for all of the water to get out.Because of the way it’s designed, after you have finished drying your produce and dumped it out, I would recommend dumping and rinsing or washing it and then spinning it with nothing in it just to get all of the extra water out of the basket grid itself to help it dry more quickly.

Salad spinner works great. Love the brake button option. Use:It has a good amount of speed variation since you control how hard you press, and I usually only have to hit it a few times to get the water off the lettuce. And i can remove the strainer part to pour out water as many times as I want til it's dry enough.Durability:i usually just toss the strainer part in the dishwasher and hand wash the large bowl since it's so large, but it rarely has anything but water so very easy to clean.Size:Can put a good amount of food in here without issue. at least a whole head of romaine. Maybe half an iceberg? Perfect for fruit that needs a wash.

I have never used a salad spinner and, honestly, never washed my lettuce. I know, it's embarrassing. But, I started to worry about getting sick, especially because I make a large salad and we eat some every day. I researched all of the brands and this one came on top. It does the trick, but you have to pump it REALLY hard and get it going super fast in order get enough force to dry the lettuce. It works. My lettuce is cleaner and my salads even taste better. Good investment. My only complaint is that the little stopper sometimes hits the top when I don't want it to and slows the spinner before it should.

After America's Test Kitchen labeled the OXO salad spinner as the best of its kind some years ago, I added this to my wishlist. I especially love the glass outer bowl, which I have used twice now as the serving dish for my salad. There are plastic components in this, including the spinner dish below the colander. The spinner gets serious momentum, which makes it excellent for both cleaning and drying greens. A 6-quart bowl is quite large: 24 cups, or over 5.5 L, which this last weekend held 3 romaine hearts plus a head of iceberg lettuce. I love how the lock allows you to compress the lid for storage, and also that most components are dishwasher safe. This is making salads more feasible and affordable in my kitchen. Love!

I was looking to replace as much plastic as possible. I had a Cuisinart salad spinner that I used for years, but it was all plastic and I could see that the plastic was wearing out. I replaced it with this salad spinner and I could not be happier. I use all the features and I enjoy serving the salad in the glass bowl. We eat a lot of salad at our house. I use it every few days. Yes it is a little bit on the heavy side, but I never feel like it’s going to slip out of my hands and break. The other great thing about this is it fits in my refrigerator with the plunger in the down position. That was an important selling point for me.