OXOGood Grips Silicone Garlic Peeler with Stay-Clean Storage Case,Clear,1EA

I am a gadget junkie and I find this Oxo Good Grips Garlic Peeler to be one of the few gadgets I have tried lately that delivers success from what started as a cool idea. I use LOTS of garlic and though I do like dried garlic powder in some applications, there is no substitute for fresh. Sometimes, it was just too much for my lazy soul to deal with the sticky mess of cleaning and dicing garlic cloves and on those days I had to settle for dried. BUT, there are lots of new gadgets to squander my money on and I hit on this one.The other night was the innagural run of the peeler and I was making pasta with garlic sauteed in olive oil. You break the cloves from the bulb, insert 4-5 into the silicone manicotti shaped tool and roll on the counter top with your palms for several seconds. Dump the contents into a bowl to seperate the whole peeled cloves and avoid having the paper fly all over the kitchen. In less than 5 minutes, I had 1 WHOLE BULB of garlic cleaned and ready to run through the new garlic hand press that I ordered in conjunction with the peeler. The new press is the heavy duty variety that is capable of crushing the cloves unpeeled but with this handy device, peeling them first actually saved time and the mess of cleaning the residual paper peels from the press and that was probably 1/4 the time it would have taken to process the garlic using the old smash with a knife blade then chop method. Clean up was relatively easy by using my fingers and a small amount of dish soap to rub the peels of the inside in a jiffy. I am very happy with how this product functions.I also recommend this garlic press Trudeau Garlic Press as an excellent mix of price/function.************Update 6/4/10*********************************Last trip to the grocery I found some beautiful garlic with huge cloves (not quite elephant garlic size) and bought 6 bulbs. When I tried to peel these very large flattened cloves (1 clove was a snug fit in the tool), the peeler did not work as well as when peeling "normal" sized cloves. I experimented with it a bit using 1 and 2 cloves and found that it worked much better after cutting the cloves in half lengthwise BEFORE peeling. This also allows the above mentioned press to work better. No kidding, a single clove was a forced fit into the press before cutting and overflowed the press cavity even AFTER cutting the cloves. Im my opinion, this is not a serious negative since this is the first time I have found garlic this size available. I mention it for info purposes only.

I've had mine for over 4 years now and I love it. It works exactly as it says. I trim off the very tips of both ends of the garlic cloves and roll them in this while pressing down slightly and they are completely peeled in seconds, with no sticky hands! If you listen closely, you can hear exactly when they're done. You dump out the peeled cloves and the paper skins stay behind. I can do up to 3 or 4 cloves at a time. Then rinse out the tube after every few uses and let it dry. (That's important because it has to be dry to work.) I'd give it 10 stars if Amazon would let me!

GOOD PRODUCT. WORKS WELL. WOULD BUY AGAIN.

There is nothing wrong with the garlic peeler. My problem is my hands so rolling with a little force doesn’t work. Most people will find it easy. Also easy to clean.

This thing is great. I moved to using fresh garlic and a garlic press but it always takes so long to peal garlic my hand almost to the point it doesn't make sense to waste time doing it. This thing makes it so easy and fast I'm surprised we never bought it sooner. It's also durable enough to just through in the dishwasher. But also comes with a case to prevent the grippy nature of it from picking up other dust or other things. Would highly recommend to anyone who is pealing garlic by hand. It's a thicker rubber material so it's going to last a while and in a shape and size that's easy to use.

Very simple to use and clean. Rolled a couple of cloves in the tube and the skins came off easily.

The media could not be loaded. This garlic peeler works very well. Stick the garlic in, rub back and forth for 2-5s, takeout peeled garlic, and dump out the paper!Can peel 100x faster than my old ways (smashing with the side of a knife first, or shaking in a container).Now I can use a lot more garlic, in much less time!I usually buy the peeled garlic from costco when they have it because of how much easier it is to use, but it's molds relatively fast, and even fresh, has many already rotten in it.Now I can get fresh garlic, use it almost as fast as already peeled garlic, and it lasts a lot longer!So this thing will save you time and money lost to bad garlic- definitely a must for any kitchen that uses garlic on a regular basis.Only negative:-After several garlic peeled (3-6?),k the paper starts sticking on the inside, so you have to knock it against the counter to get it out. Over time it will build up/ keep sticking, so you'll have to wash the inside out (which you have to do with your fingers), and let it dry (but they give you a case with air holes for that).Also, you can't use this very well on a moist countertop, or if the garlic is wet, just to be aware of.

I purchased this for a chef who was very excited to try it. They do use it occasionally but it’s sort of a tedious process that transparently, isn’t saving you much effort from peeling another way. Because the cloves are oddly shaped they don’t roll that well in the tube. Once they do peel, there’s not much you can do to clean it except run water through (IDK if it’s dishwasher safe). And the peel can get somewhat stuck to the clove as you pull everything out.This may be a product that’s up to personal preference but I wasn’t impressed. If you hate touching garlic maybe it’s for you.