The Best Salad Spinners of 2024

When you push the button on top of the large Farberware Pro-Pump, it develops so much centrifugal force that it keeps spinning for a good 90 seconds. While this requires that you have a bit of patience, it does dry lettuce well. It’s easy to operate this model with one hand and although it does rock a bit while it spins, the product doesn’t “walk” across the countertop.

The clear plastic bowl is attractive enough to use as a serving bowl for your salad. However, you will need to wash and dry it by hand and it may take a bit of effort to clean off oily dressing.

To get the Müeller moving, pull out a tab while stabilizing the bowl with your other hand. It generates some speed and does a good job of drying.

The squared-off bowl is particularly attractive if you want to use it as a serving piece. It can also be safely popped in the dishwasher, so you don’t have to worry about cleaning off any leftover salad dressing.

The Mirloco Salad Sling is a large microfiber cloth with four elongated corners. While it’s not a traditional salad spinner, it became popular when it appeared on Shark Tank as an alternative product for drying your produce.

To use it, pile your lettuce in the middle of the cloth and then bring the corners together to form a handle. While holding the handle, swing the greens around in a wide circle.

It’s quite effective at absorbing any water that is flung off the lettuce. In the middle of the sling, there’s a layer of plastic so that only one side of the cloth gets wet at a time. You can turn the sling over and dry a second batch of lettuce or a bunch of herbs on the second side. However, if you’re having a party and preparing a huge quantity of lettuce (let’s say more than a pound), you’re out of luck.

After it’s used, the sling needs to be hung to dry. For storage, however, it can be rolled up and doesn’t take up a ton of space. For easy cleaning, the Salad Sling can be tossed in the washer and dryer.

The Zyliss Easy Spin2 AquaVent is set in motion by lifting a handle and pulling on a cord. While not a very difficult procedure, it’s more work than pushing a lever or button or turning a hand crank, and one hand has to keep the bowl steady as you yank. However, this spinning mechanism really gets the bowl swirling and as a result, a lot of water is removed.

The bowl is generously sized and can be used for serving. It certainly looks good enough for casual meals. Both the bowl and the basket are safe for dishwasher cleaning but the lid requires hand washing. As the lid is perfectly flat it’s convenient to store other things on top of it in a cabinet or if you’re using it to store lettuce in the fridge.