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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful.
Dissapointing product from a good company
By J. Arnold
We had an older, plastic OXO salad spinner for many years and it worked great and was built with a very durable spinner mechanism. We "upgraded" to this version when we dropped our old one and cracked the bowl. Unfortunately we have had the same experience as several other reviewers here - the spinner mechanism broke after only a few uses. It seems that if the inner basket has any significant amount of weight (from wet greens) in it and you press firmly on the spinner mechanism there is some plastic part that snaps inside the mechanism (at least that is how it sounded when it happened).

To OXO's great credit, however, their customer service has been fantastic so far in getting us setup for a refund (not a replacement - we would just break it again I'm sure).

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Save your money
By Scooter
I bought this spinner believing it would last longer than the plastic one I previously purchased, but it is poorly constructed. The spring mechanism used to "pump" the spinner broke after only two uses, rendering it completely useless. It seems to me the majority of the fabrication cost goes towards the stainless steel bowl, with only a few pennies for the functional parts of the spinner.

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
Cheaper than original, broke in just a few uses.
By Mr
I had a plastic version of this for many years and it worked great. I broke it and it was my fault. I had no problem purchasing a second one and I thought the steel version would be an upgrade. I was wrong. They changed the plastic spinner top to a much cheaper non-flexible plastic. It broke the same way the other reviewers said theirs broke. This is not the same quality product I purchased before, do not buy this item. I wouldn't buy the smaller one either, it has the same lightweight plastic non-flexible lid.