Hoggirl Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Do you own a salad spinner? Do you like it? What brand is it and how much did you pay for it? Is this a good gadget to have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have one that I picked up at Walmart for...2.00 maybe? It was cheap. It works well. I don't run it through the dishwasher though, just to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Ours is from Ikea. It was cheap but has held up really well. I'm on my second one in 14 years. :) We eat a lot of salad and for me, it's one gadget I could not live without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyasxyz Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have one that is an OXO brand. I love it. I got it for a gift, but think it is around $20. You can spin, also can store it in the fridge with the cleaned lettuce so it does double duty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have this one. http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-32480-Grips-Salad-Spinner/dp/B00004OCKR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293761792&sr=8-1 I really do like it and use it all the time. It is big enough that I can do salad up for a couple of days or for a big bunch of people. You don't have to do a large amount in it but it handles it. I ordered mine from Amazon but I have seen them at Target for about the same. I also don't put mine in the dishwasher, I just rinse it off right away and let it drip dry, put it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I got my current one at Kmart a few years ago for $7. Before that I had a $2 one from a discount store that lasted for about two years. I like the one I have now, but the OXO one looks really great. I use mine 3 or 4 times a week and can't imagine trying to get by without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 We bought one at Goodwill for a couple of dollars. It was new in the box. We didn't use it much, so we gave it away. My MIL showed me how to fold lettuce up in a tea towel and spin it outside a few times. It is quick and easy, and doesn't take up shelf space. :lol: Dh's grandma has the OXO spinner. It is nice. If I ever bought another spinner, I'd get that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 For salad or for spin art? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 For us it is an almost essential gadget to have. We make salads. all. the. time. So a salad spinner gets used almost every day. Our is an el-cheap no-name. Definitely not the best out there, but it serves. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have this one.http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-32480-Grips-Salad-Spinner/dp/B00004OCKR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293761792&sr=8-1 I really do like it and use it all the time. It is big enough that I can do salad up for a couple of days or for a big bunch of people. You don't have to do a large amount in it but it handles it. I ordered mine from Amazon but I have seen them at Target for about the same. I also don't put mine in the dishwasher, I just rinse it off right away and let it drip dry, put it away. It has MANY positive reviews, but the negative ones are pretty negative. Do you find it hard to take the lid apart? This seems to be the #1 complaint. Sounds like it is stiff. Several said theirs broke when trying to separate the lid components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 For us it is an almost essential gadget to have. We make salads. all. the. time. So a salad spinner gets used almost every day. Our is an el-cheap no-name. Definitely not the best out there, but it serves. Bill Does yours have a handle or a string pull...or what? I would prefer an el-cheapo no-name. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have the OXO that I got at a garage sale for $2. It's awesome and was a freat deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Does yours have a handle or a string pull...or what? I would prefer an el-cheapo no-name. :D Ours has a handle. Not as fancy as the pull-string models, so one uses more "man-power" (as the string pulls build up centrifugal force through a greater mechanical advantage) but it does the job. I have no idea where ours came from, it is pretty "generic." Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 does anyone else keep reading the thread title as "salad SPIDERS? best one to buy?" :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 We actually have 2. We have an OXO and a very small one that we use for herbs and individual salad portions. We like them both. They are both the pump kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 It has MANY positive reviews, but the negative ones are pretty negative. Do you find it hard to take the lid apart? This seems to be the #1 complaint. Sounds like it is stiff. Several said theirs broke when trying to separate the lid components. I don't take the lid apart on mine to clean it because there is no reason to do that. I wash it by hand. I've had it for a year and haven't had any problems with it at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have one that is an OXO brand. I love it. I got it for a gift, but think it is around $20. You can spin, also can store it in the fridge with the cleaned lettuce so it does double duty. THat's we we have. We've had it for YEARS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have this one but I don't remember paying that much for it. Maybe I did - who knows? Anyway, it gets a lot of use and has held up very well. http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/tup_show_item.show_item_detail?fv_item_category_code=10004&fv_item_number=P10055973000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I have this one but I don't remember paying that much for it. Maybe I did - who knows? Anyway, it gets a lot of use and has held up very well. http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/tup_show_item.show_item_detail?fv_item_category_code=10004&fv_item_number=P10055973000 Same here. I did not pay that much but after having it for almost ten years, I would pay about $20 if I had to. :001_smile: I love mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I don't know what brand ours is, but we chose the one with the handle over the string pull. It seemed to me that a string pull would beg my small kids to pull and pull and pull until they broke it. With the handle one, they just distribute parts of it around the house ;) I don't know whether I can pull the lid apart. I haven't needed to try. It's only salad, it just rinses off. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'm still using the salad spinner that I received in 1985 as a wedding gift (cheap, plastic, white one that a frat brother of my husband's gave us.:lol:) The knob that turns the spinner broke off about a year ago when I dropped it, so now I turn it by sticking a chopstick in the little hole the broken knob left behind. I'm too cheap to buy another one.! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 and if nothing there suits my fancy, I will order the OXO one. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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