Sky FishHawthorne Cocktail Strainer Stainless Steel Bar Strainer Professional 4 Prong Strainer with 100 Wire Spring

Awesome cocktail strainer for a good price. Sturdy construction and made from quality materials. Easy to clean, use, and store. I store all my cocktail tools in as shaker cup and the only thing I would change on this tool is the handle. If the handle were longer it would fit in the shaker cup better. No star deduction for this since it is really only relevant to me.

Very tightly wound spring (picture is accurate) does a great job of keeping ice chips out of my cocktails. It fits my Boston shakers and does well with open or closed pours. The edges aren't too sharp, so I don't have to worry about cutting myself while handling.

The best feature of this strainer is the high quality tight coil, which is great at keeping small ice shards, muddled fruit, etc. out of the finished drink. Also, I run mine through the dishwasher and have had no problems with rusting or any other quality issues. The only possible downside is the strainer itself has a slightly smaller diameter than some similar competing products. For example, it fits perfectly in a pint glass / tumbler side of a boston shaker, but has some play in the larger shaker tin side. Some other brands fit more snugly in the tin side and are a tight squeeze into the pint glass side. In practical use, this doesn't matter as I'm always holding the strainer onto the vessel I'm pouring out of, and the prongs are plenty wide to keep the strainer securely on top.All in all if I needed another hawthorne strainer, this would be my first stop.

This hawthorn strainer is well with the money. Do your homework people… a lot of strainers have less rings per inch than this one. This hawthorn strainer ensures no little bits of ice make it into your cocktail.

After I ordered this I discovered the same product, from a different seller, for a couple of dollars less on Amazon. Shop around...Overall good quality construction, the spring is nice and tight. It may be because my fingers are too short or my flexibility is too limited but there is only one way to hold this that keeps it tight in position for the pour and I have to use both hands to set that up. YMMV.

Works well! Great addition to our bar. Recommend!

Just arrived, very fast shipping with Prime. I took it apart to clean as you should with any food contact tool and the spring looks great, some minor tweaks to the spring rail were needed but could easily have been caused during storage or shipping, either way no complaints about quality or presentation. As for the size... I have used hawthorns with no handle, who cares about the length of the handle... also it fits in all 4 shakers I have in my house so there is that too. (4 different brands)

This is the only pro grade strainer that works !! Real pro quality and functionality. You will be happy.