We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Salad Spinners and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, four of the ten are OXO Good Grips models spanning £20 to £49, and the two cheapest listings here are both under £17.
The revenue leader at £22 after a 26% price drop, and the most reviewed listing here — although those 24,369 reviews are pooled across four OXO variants.
Check the price on AmazonThe revenue leader at £22 after a 26% price drop, and the most reviewed listing here — although those 24,369 reviews are pooled across four OXO variants.
The small OXO at £20 sells almost exactly as many units as the full-size one — evidence that most buyers are drying herbs and side salads, not feeding six.
The own-brand entry at £19.30 for 4 litres — the newest listing here with 362 reviews, and priced within pennies of the branded competition.
At 25 cm this is the widest bowl in the ranking, and the only one with a dressing mixer built into the lid, at £19.49.
The glass-bowl version at £44 — double the price of the plastic OXO, and the argument is a bowl you can put on the table and in the dishwasher without clouding.
At £49 the most expensive entry here: a stainless steel bowl, which no other spinner in this list offers.
A £16.77 small spinner after a 26% price drop — the budget alternative to the little OXO, at roughly £3 less.
Five litres for £19.99 — the largest stated capacity here, and one of only two listings sold direct by the merchant rather than from Amazon stock.
At £16.45 the cheapest entry in this comparison and the smallest at 16 cm — a one-person spinner with a clear bowl for serving.
The large Vihoom at £17.99: 5.2 litres, the biggest stated capacity on this page, for less than the small OXO.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner Best seller OXO · OXO |
9.4 | 4.6 ★ | 24,369 | full-size · Good Grips | Plastic | £22.00 | Amazon › |
| 02. OXO Good Grips Little Salad & Herb Spinner Top rated OXO · OXO |
9.4 | 4.6 ★ | 24,369 | little · salad + herb | Plastic | £20.00 | Amazon › |
| 03. Amazon Basics Salad Spinner, 4 L Amazon Basics · Amazon Basics |
8.2 | 4.5 ★ | 362 | 4 L · BPA-free | Plastic | £19.30 | Amazon › |
| 04. KitchenCraft Deluxe Salad Spinner, 25 cm KitchenCraft · KitchenCraft |
8.9 | 4.5 ★ | 5,962 | 25 cm · with dresser | Plastic | £19.49 | Amazon › |
| 05. OXO Good Grips Glass Salad Spinner Top rated OXO · OXO |
9.4 | 4.6 ★ | 24,354 | glass bowl · OXO | Glass | £44.00 | Amazon › |
| 06. OXO Steel Salad Spinner OXO · OXO |
8.8 | 4.4 ★ | 6,698 | steel bowl · OXO | Stainless steel | £49.00 | Amazon › |
| 07. Vihoom Small Salad Spinner with Basket Vihoom · Vihoom |
8.5 | 4.6 ★ | 692 | small · wash basket | Plastic | £16.77 | Amazon › |
| 08. Salter 5 L Salad Spinner Salter · Salter |
8.2 | 4.5 ★ | 319 | 5 L · non-slip base | Plastic | £19.99 | Amazon › |
| 09. Taylors Eye Witness Small Salad Spinner, 16 cm Lowest price Taylors Eye Witness · Taylors Eye Witness |
8.7 | 4.6 ★ | 1,499 | 16 cm · smart-lock | Plastic | £16.45 | Amazon › |
| 10. Vihoom Large Salad Spinner, 5.2 L Vihoom · Vihoom |
8.5 | 4.6 ★ | 692 | 5.2 L · wash basket | Plastic | £17.99 | Amazon › |
Three mechanisms are sold in this category and they feel completely different: a push pump you can work one-handed, a side crank that spins fastest, and a pull cord that is cheap and wears out first. Listings rarely name the mechanism in the title, so the product photos are what you have to read.
The stated volumes here run from a 16 cm one-person bowl to 5.2 litres. A spinner only dries well when the leaves have room to fly outwards, so the useful load is roughly half the stated litres — buy larger than the salad you think you make.
Two things separate a good spinner from a frustrating one: a non-slip base and a brake or stop button. Without a brake the basket freewheels for a long time after you stop, and without the base it travels across the worktop while you hold the lid.
Most people leave the spinner assembled and serve from it. That is why the bowl material matters: plastic is light and scratches, glass and steel look like a serving bowl and survive the dishwasher better. Both premium options here cost roughly twice the plastic version.
The lid is the part that traps water and shredded leaf. Look for a lid that separates from the mechanism, and a basket that works as a colander on its own — that second function is what stops the spinner living in a cupboard.
The two small models here sell in almost the same numbers as the full-size ones, because drying a handful of parsley is the most frequent use. If that is your case, a compact spinner is not a compromise; the 5 litre bowls only make sense for a household that eats leaves daily.
For one or two people, a 16 cm or compact model dries herbs and a side salad and stores in a normal cupboard. For a family that eats salad most days, take 4 to 5 litres. The unit sales here show the small models selling just as strongly as the big ones, so the compact size is not the odd choice.
Amazon pools reviews across a variant family, so the full-size, the little and the glass version all report roughly 24,360 reviews. The score describes the OXO Good Grips range rather than the specific bowl you are ordering — the price differences between them are real, the rating differences are not.
Only if the spinner lives on the table. Glass and stainless steel do not scratch or hold onion smell the way plastic does, and they look like a serving bowl. The drying performance comes from the basket and the mechanism, and those are shared with the cheaper plastic models.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. Because revenue is price times units, the £44 and £49 OXO models rank high on modest unit sales, while the £16 to £20 entries have to sell in far greater numbers to keep up.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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