ICO 3-Blade Steel Spiralizer for Veggie Noodles, Zoodler Spiralizer, Zucchini Spiralizer Noodle Maker with 3 Stainless Steel Interchangeable Blades & 1 Built-In Ribbon Blade, Non-Slip Technology

Savvy shoppers crave real world reviews. We have purchased an ICO 4-Blade Spiralizer, and have enjoyed its use for a number of months. With gratitude for the positive experience, we offer the following words.Our home kitchen, as well as adventures in food production, exceed the norm. We weekly experiment with a minimum of three new dishes, as well as new forms of preparation. In this vein, and with the encouragement of a number of entire cookbooks devoted to a theme, we undertook an adventure in “spiralizing”.Our initial foray was with a hand-held tube, with blades inside, into which one inserted a vegetable, and then pivoted, using two hands, both the food and the device. Spirals of vegetable emerged. With this we discovered non-carbohydrate forms of “pasta”, and dishes that featured raw or sautéed veggies that were a great deal lighter in the aftermath than your standard spaghetti dinner.In a desire to up-grade the quantity of what we could spiralize, we sought a model that would forego the limitations of the size of vegetable that could be processed by the “tube”, as well as the tedious method of rotating hands.With research on Amazon, we determined that the weakness of crank operated spiralizers was the fact that they were made of plastic (the majority of models for sale). To endure the stress of cranking fat carrots or hard butternut squash required a design both massive, and bulky. These two features lead to products which further required large washings and some disassembly.Dissatisfied, we sought a spiralizer fashioned from the more obvious choice of structurally sound materials: metal. Metal that would not rust, or be too clunky.In this pursuit, there were few choices. We settled on the ICO 4-Blade Spiralizer. There were some negative reviews regarding the sharpness of the blades, and we nearly decided to live without any spiralizer in our kitchen.Thank goodness my wife quietly ordered the ICO Spiralizer.It arrived quickly, and undamaged. It was smaller than plastic models (so much better for storage in an already well-supplied kitchen), and it was made of metal that has not corroded in any way in the half year that we have used the device often. The blades have all been sharp enough. One can produce a number of different shapes of vegetable “noodle” (four!), including one that provides sheets of food, much in the shape of an apple peeled in one long piece. Vegetables such as butternut squash can be cut into portions that are accommodated by the tool, such that all of the squash can be rendered into a pile of delightful “noodles”.Best was the support of ICO’s customer service. Our spiralizer had arrived missing one of three blades (the spiralizer has one blade which is permanent; one can operate with just that blade, or add one of the three possible detachable blades — which are held onto the spiralizer in a most clever and easily installed manner!). Customer service was exceedingly responsive, and when a replacement blade was not soon forthcoming, their decision was to send us an entire, new ICO 4-Blade Spiralizer. This, in lieu of a blade which cost likely no more than pennies.Experience the strength and functionality of this wonderful tool. And prepare to have a great deal of new food fun in the process.

Great device! The manual is basically useless but it's not hard to figure out how everything works. It's really fast and easy both to use and clean up (comes with a little brush which aids in cleaning the blade after use). The device has feet that lift it slightly off the surface but not enough that a plate will fit underneath; I have a thin plastic cutting board that I slide under it to collect the noodles, which works great. I've found a lot of sites dedicated to spiralizer recipes which have provided inspiration, since the meager manual has nothing like that.It comes with three blades which create three different thicknesses of curly noodles; see pics. If you remove the blade then it defaults to a built-in blade which makes an even fatter noodle. You can look at the blades and easily tell which will accomplish what; the distance between the blades signifies how fat of a noodle it will make. It spiralizes the veggie down to a little piece about a centimeter in thickness; I either eat this bit or save and toss into my next smoothie batch.I bought this in hopes I would substitute veggie noodles instead of piles of rice and it's definitely having that impact. It's also adding creativity (and healthfulness) to my dishes.Swapping the blades: remove the existing blade by pulling the metal tab toward you. It releases easily. To put in a new blade, slide the blade into the open slot, with the number on the metal tab facing in against the device, at the base, then push the tab back. You will be able to see the number on the tab when it's in position. (It sounds more complicated than it is, it just takes a second and doesn't require any strength.)

Feeder shaft is not threaded making feeding the zucchini into the blade cumbersome, if it was it would work better and more efficiently.

This is the absolute best spiralizer that I could find on Amazon. I did a lot of research, looking at all the different styles and functionalities. I also read the bad reviews, to see if the machines broke easily. I found that many of the plastic ones had problems with parts breaking or just not being sturdy. Then I found this one! It's all metal. Very sturdy, and it has a small footprint so it easily tucks away in my cabinet. But it works like a charm! The suction cups hold it so firmly to my tile countertop it's even hard to loosen it when I'm done. But that's a good thing! It stays put when you're turning the handle, making quick work of the task. I should mention that its small size also means it can't spiralize large or long vegetables. You will have to cut the zucchini or carrots in about 6 inch lengths to fit. But the machine works so fast, it's not a bother to do that. It cuts nice clean and long spirals, just perfect. I couldn't ask for better. This one is a keeper, and I know with the quality metal construction it will last a lifetime. Reminds me how kitchen tools used to be made!