β€œI hate single-use tools, but man, this one is really useful.”

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"I got a small Salad Spinner, and I love it! I had a big one, but it was annoying to get in and out of the cabinet. I had to move everything around. The little one is perfect. If I need more salad than its capacity, I just spin another batch. Easy to store, which means I use it more."

"My pick as well. Heats up faster, and doesn't warm up the kitchen. Ours is large enough for big batches (great for the family) but also small enough that it's practical to use for individual snacks. It came with various time and temp presets but was also easy enough to set manually with automatic shutoff. So many pros for something I thought was just a gimmick before."

Water heats up to 175 degrees in like two seconds. I use it for making Americanos and tea, getting my water to boil faster. Lots of things.

Honestly, it seems silly, but I use it constantly.

"It makes baking so much more enjoyable. I find myself doing it a lot more. Also upped my burger game; the meat grinder attachment is a great way to compliment fresh buns."

"Baking with a food scale is so much easier and more accurate! A great cheap upgrade."

"I snagged a $200 model on Marketplace for $35. It is used weekly. I make a lot of soup for lunches and also make extra when making casseroles. Individual portions into the bag, vacuum seal, and then flatten the bag. They stack beautifully and defrost so much faster."

"Yaaaass. I worked in a restaurant that had unbelievably good mashed potatoes. They roasted them (baked) with skins on, peeled them hot (it slips right off), then riced them and put them through a fine sieve. Butter, salt, maybe pepper β€” smooth and creamy with no cream or milk but the butter!"

"I saw the tool a few times and was like, 'Pshh, who is too lazy to cut up a pineapple?' But then, every time I'd cut up a pineapple, I'd be annoyed about how messy it was, how much waste there was, and how long it took. So, I grabbed a cutter the next time I saw one.

The cheap one from Aldi did break after about a dozen uses, so I got a better one. I hate single-use tools, but man, this one is really useful."

"A lot of tools for fruit have been extremely helpful to me.

I, too, have a pineapple corer and love it. I use my cherry pitter to take the pits out of six cherries at once. Takes maybe 10 minutes to do a whole bag of cherries.

I have a mango cutter tool that cuts the mango seed right out. I still have to take the mango out of the skin, but the tool makes it easier."