Which spiralizer to get?

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I have been using a vegetable peeler for zoodles for soups, salads, pasta dishes, and have just checked out the inspiralized cookbook from library which has been around for some time, the book that is. The recipes look good and I would love to know who uses a spiralizer or similar to spiralize all kinds of veggies, onions, pepper, sweet potatoes, etc., for various dishes. Is it worth getting the bigger ones, or are the smaller ones a bit of a pain? Would love your opinions. Thanks.

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I was actually given the "inspirilizer lite" as a gift, it's not something i would have bought myself but i use it a lot and really love it! (I don't have the cookbook) 
Washing it is still kind of a pain but there aren't many parts and it reassembles easily. 
The small hand held versions that look like a huge pencil sharpener are a pain to use and can stress out your wrist- and take a long time to do one vegetable. 
http://inspiralized.com/shop/

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I agree with Ttrockwood about the handheld pencil sharpener style of spiralizers. Mine is just about useless. For doing a single carrot, I opt to use a julienne peeler. Then I got a Pampered Chef spiral and slice but it makes ribbons and thin cuts. This is pretty good for carrot coins. And our daughter-in-law continued to hostess Pampered Chef parties so I got the inexpensive vegetable strip. This works fine for zucchini and soft vegetables and I wish I had stopped there. But, she had another PC party and I was ready to buy a spiralizer. Again, this works fine with zucchini (soft) but was harder to use with sweet potatoes. I was really peeved when I found out she bought the spiralizer attachment for her Kitchen Aid. I think your choice depends on how much vegetable you need to prepare, how soft it is and how hard it is to clean. I usually cook just for the two of us so I rarely use the expensive PC spiralizer.

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I was given the spiralizing attachment for my Kitchenaid and it works quite well albeit it is expensive and you need to own a Kitchenaid...My daughter has the countertop one from Williams-Sonoma (Palermo) and has had very good results with it.

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I am going to be curious about this as well. I got caught up in an impulse buy (wanting a spiralizer so badly) that I purchased the NutriBullet Veggie System, it came with a lot of attachments and the one I really wanted was a chopper blade it didn't have. Long story short....this was a huge mistake! It takes tons of space with all the parts, isn't the easiest to clean, and for $150.00 I'm sure there are other options out there. On an upside, the noodles were delicious and I kept them in ziplock bags portioned out in the fridge so we could have "pasta" for quick lunches all week! Happy Cooking :)

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Sweethome recommends one from OXO, priced at $40; review includes a couple of less expensive ones as well: http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-spiralizer/

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We have a Japanese Benriner. Works well.

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I bought this one earlier this year: Farberware Spiraletti Spiral Vegetable Slicer with Three Colored Blades (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0176B90JW/ref=asc_df_B0176B90JW5181991/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B0176B90JW&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167142021489&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5084001801578536335&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002057&hvtargid=pla-341025423087 ; my review is under "Reviewer in MA" from March 2017) 
... and I don't love it. The ribbon and thin spiral blades are fairly useless; I haven't been able to get long strands of anything (zucchini, sweet potato, apple) with either blade. The "thick spiral" blade works fine, but I find I do need to use a lot of forward pushing motion as I turn the crank. The spirals are about the thickness of spaghetti, not particularly thick and not as thick as the spirals I'd been buying at the grocery store. There is also a major design flaw - although the base is designed to store the extra blades, you should remove them before using the spiralizer or else you'll have to wash them with the base!

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Many of the Cuisinart food processors have available optional discs, such as the 3x3 julienne disc. This will produce long strands (4 or 5+ inches long depending on the opening ) of various vegetables that very much look and behave like spaghetti. It is extremely fast and efficient although the strands are not as long as prepared in a true spiralizer, although now some food processors actually offer a true spiralizer accessory.

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I started with the pencil sharpener one to see if I would use it enough to get another bulky kitchen item. It did the job, and I have since purchased this one and love it!!! https://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-3016433/The+Inspiralizer+by+Inspiralized;jsessionid=8E780B1290E0F0BF3C27BAB921DB6BAF.slt-app-01-p-app3?cat=cat2330492_Spiralizers
I use it weekly.

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