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Yup, world's greatest zester. It makes nice thin strips that are very easy to mince quickly if you want a finer zest.

man, i must be doopid, because i have this and can't figure it out...so i bought a microplane instead.

maybe it's because i'm lefthanded and just can't do the two seconds worth of mental consideration on how/where to hold this thing in relation to the how/where of the lemon?

anything's possible...i can be dense.

Like rubbing a fork against the lemon. There's not a lot of technique involved.

I agree with #2, I had this zester first, and it just took too damn long to zest an entire lemon and get every little bit of zest off, so I always go to my microplane.

Perhaps I should revisit, or maybe if I needed those long curls to fancy it up.

I love the concept of this zester, and we've owned one for years and it does make the most gorgeous curls of zest. I will never go back to the crumbly little piles of citrus skin the grater makes.

Only thing is, I have super small hands and it's actually too awkward for me to handle so my hubby does the zesting round here.

I have one. It zests beautifully! I can see it might be problematic for lefties, though.

I have both of the tools mentioned, the zester and microplane. I vote for the microplane. I have not used the zester for years now and we make salad dressings with citrus zest almost every night, always using the microplane. I love that tool, and I bought one for my mom in Europe too - she loves it too.

I usually use a microplane, and only use my zester when I want "pretty" zest, for a garnish or something where it should be whole. Otherwise, it is a pain.

I bought a similar one for the cute lime green handle it had---I use it instead of the microplane for any sort of poaching liquid etc. and also as above for anything pretty, like cake topping.

I have a microplane and this zester - I find that the zester's long curls get tangled up and clump together when mixed into a salad dressing or batter - the microplane is better for that zest application. But the zester is good if you're making a garnish.