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Even though it takes up a huge amount of space in the fridge, I find that greens stay fresher in there. Something about the bit of moisture that's left clinging to the outer bowl that keeps the inside humid, but the greens themselves are "safe" from touching it if they remain in the basket.

I have the oxo. I'm also big on those green evertfresh bags (I think that's what they're called) for greens and other veggies, especially in my crappy rental fridge.

I agree that the greens stay fresher longer when kept in the spinner than they do otherwise. We have both the big one for greens and the little one for herbs -- and use them both regularly.

I got one as a shower gift and I find myself using it more and more. I think it does a far better job of drying the leaves than a towel does, and you run less risk of bruising delicate greens.

Brand: OXO Love mine, some tools are worth the space they occupy.

Ain't nothing like an Oxo spinner.

I wouldn't want to live without it...even the packaged greens need washing. I also find that crisp greens from a spinner make my salads so much better. OXO and Zyliss both work great. If you have space constraints buy the small OXO it works just as well as the large one.

Another vote for OXO's Archimedes Groove: it's Alton Brown-approved!

I'm on the fence about these salad spinners. I read somewhere that I shouldn't use them because they put too much trauma and stress on the greens. I guess it depends on what greens you're using. When I lived in London, I never had a salad spinner and would dry my leaves with paper towels. But back here at home, I use the spinner if I'm in a hurry.

The most ingenious way I ever saw was at when a friend's mom washed the greens, wrapped them in a clean dish towel, and put them in the spin cycle of the washing machine for a minute!

We just wash them all at once, lay out on dish towels and dry, and store in a half-sealed ziplock bag. Seems to work great- they last around a week.

Another vote for the OXO!

I used to towel-dry my greens, but it drove me nuts. Between not having enough cloths and dealing with the mass of damp towels afterwards, I broke down and made room for a small OXO spinner. Now I don't dread making salad!

Not to be a fly in the ointment, but I don't love the Oxo. Got it as a wedding gift, assuming it was the best, and it doesn't spin fast enough or allow you to do multiple "spins" or "pumps" very easily. I find myself pushing the little button that stops the spinning after a few seconds and starting with a fresh push. I like ones with the rotating handle better...just my two cents.

my mother has one with the string that you pull - and you can get multiple pulls like ESP likes, and i haven't found one as good as hers from 1980. It's awesome.

Well, I would use a dishtowel if I had a bigger place or could step outside onto a back porch... Waving around a towel full of salad does a great job drying the greens. But it also sprays a lot of water. In my little kitchen, there isn't enough room to wind up properly. And I don't want lots of other things getting wet. So I use any old salad spinner.

I recently saw a salad spinner shaped like one of those plastic measureing cups - tall and narrow rather than wide and massive, with a handle on the side so that it doesn't go flying. It was probably about ten years old though, and it was purchased somewhere in Germany, so I doubt I'd ever be able to find something similar.

I have the one with the string from Zyliss, it is the very best. It is old though, over ten years old. When I put it in storage, I have my usual bag of mixed nuts sitting inside the spinner... Saves space.