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My salad spinner takes up a lot of space in my kitchen. It would be great to replace it with something like this if it was easy to rinse and dry out

I used to dry salad greens this way, but using an old cotton pillowcase. (You do have to be outdoors!) Just take a clean cotton pillowcase, put your washed greens inside, step outdoors and whirl it around while holding the open end tightly. It works as well as a salad spinner, isn't made of plastic, and is easily washable.

I used this product but I wasn't very impressed. I wanted to re-use the bags, but it was impossible to clean them out properly after using them, so they are effectively single-use items. After using up my supply, I invested in a salad spinner, which takes a bit more space, but at least I only have to buy one and am not adding more and more plastic to the landfill each time I make a salad.

Hm, just clicked the link to buy and now I'm having second thoughts. If they're truly reusable, why do they come in packs of four? And I just read the comments above about difficulty of cleaning, which adds to my doubts about reuse. Maybe I'll try the pillowcase thing and still get rid of the spinner...

OMG that pillowcase idear sounds brilliant (esp considering the other two thorns of waste and space), but does it really work? does any lint transfer to the lettuce??