The Best Salad Spinner: OXO vs Zyliss

The short answer

Quick picks

#	Product	Best for	Score	Price
01	OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large) The salad spinner to buy: a one-hand pump-and-brake bowl that dries greens fast and serves as a bowl.	Most kitchens	8.7	$32.95Amazon
02	Zyliss Easy Spin 2 Salad Spinner (Large) The pull-cord alternative: an AquaVent lid and a pull mechanism that spin greens genuinely dry, fast.	Fast, thorough drying	8.4	$39.95Amazon

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The best salad spinner for most kitchens is the OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large), and it comes down to how you drive it. A soft pump on top spins the basket with one hand while the other steadies the bowl, and a brake button stops it on the spot. The outer bowl is nice enough to serve from, and the basket rinses produce before it dries it — so one tool does three jobs.

Pump versus pull-cord

The Zyliss Easy Spin 2 Salad Spinner (Large)reaches the same result a different way: a pull-cord that generates strong spin and dries greens very thoroughly. Its AquaVent lid folds flat, so it stores a little easier than the OXO’s domed pump. The trade-off is the cord itself — pull mechanisms are the classic wear point on spinners, and the retracting cord can feel notchy over time, where the OXO’s pump is arguably the more durable design.

Which one for you

Buy the OXO if you want the easiest one-hand operation and a bowl you can bring to the table. Buy the Zyliss if you value a lid that packs flatter in a crowded cabinet and you like the strong spin a cord gives. Both dry greens genuinely dry, which is the whole job; this is a choice between a pump and a cord, not between good and bad.

In detail

The picks, in full

Most kitchens

OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner (Large)

Mechanism:One-hand pump with a brake button Base:Non-slip ring Bowl:Doubles as a serving bowl

One-hand pumpBrake button

8.7/10

The salad spinner to buy: a one-hand pump-and-brake bowl that dries greens fast and serves as a bowl.

Drying power: 8.8
Ease of use: 9.2
Capacity: 8.5
Build: 8.3
Value: 8.5

What it gets right

Pump spins with one hand while the other steadies the bowl
Brake button stops the basket instantly
Outer bowl is nice enough to serve from and the basket rinses produce

What it doesn't

The pump mechanism is the part most likely to wear over years
Takes up real cabinet space

What it costs to run

OXO publishes no usable wattage for this machine, so we do not show a running-cost figure for it. Here is the method we would have used.

Skip this if…

…You have a tiny kitchen with no storage — a spinner is bulky, and a clean towel dries greens for free.

$32.95on Amazon

Price last checked Jul 21, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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Fast, thorough drying

Zyliss Easy Spin 2 Salad Spinner (Large)

Mechanism:Pull-cord drive Lid:AquaVent lid folds flat for storage Base:Non-slip base

Folds flatter

8.4/10

The pull-cord alternative: an AquaVent lid and a pull mechanism that spin greens genuinely dry, fast.

Drying power: 8.8
Ease of use: 8.5
Capacity: 8.5
Build: 8
Value: 8.3

What it gets right

Pull-cord generates strong spin and dries greens very thoroughly
AquaVent lid folds flat, so it stores a little easier than a domed lid
Non-slip base keeps it steady

What it doesn't

Pull cords are the classic wear point on spinners
The retracting cord can feel notchy over time

What it costs to run

Zyliss publishes no usable wattage for this machine, so we do not show a running-cost figure for it. Here is the method we would have used.

Skip this if…

…You prefer a simpler mechanism with fewer moving parts — the OXO's pump is arguably more durable than a cord.

$39.95on Amazon

Price last checked Jul 21, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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How we picked

Tools we claim to have lab-tested: 0

Every site in this category tells you they ran twenty machines through a lab. We have not, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec sheet, record the published bowl capacity, motor rating, blade and disc counts and materials, cross-check the warranty against the manufacturer's own warranty document, and cite all of it so you can check the work. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. The full rubric, including what disqualifies a product, is published in full.

Questions

Frequently asked

Do salad spinners actually work?

Yes — a spinner flings water off leaves by centrifugal force far more thoroughly than shaking or blotting, and dry greens hold dressing instead of diluting it. Both picks here dry a full basket in a few seconds of spinning. The only real reason to skip one is a tiny kitchen with no storage, where a clean towel does the job for free.

Pump or pull-cord salad spinner — which lasts longer?

The pump is generally the more durable mechanism. A pull-cord works well and delivers a strong spin, but the cord is a moving part that can fray or grow notchy over years of use. If longevity is your top concern, the OXO’s pump has fewer things to wear out; if flat storage matters more, the Zyliss earns the small risk.

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