Betty Bossi Veggie Twister

Works for us – I would love to know how to clean this product? The blades tend to catch food and it's not the easiest of products to clean. Cannot find if it's dishwasher safe.

Worst contraption ever – If only you could upload photos to see the mess it makes, it doesn't grip the end of the zucchini instead it just rips it apart to mush and you get two strings of spaghetti when you finally manage to get it going...TWO! You cant even use a larger zucchini because the damn thing just gets stuck, i had to cut it out to dislodge a whole half that went in the bin.  Show details

Love the and use it almost every day – After down sizing and needing to reduce my kitchenware, I got rid of my bench space monster spiralizer (which was a bit useless anyway) and bought this little hand held one. What a gem! I use it almost daily. Does a brilliant job with zucchini and carrot, and is so easy to use, clean, and takes up no room at all in my cutlery drawer. Recommended.  Show details

Unsafe – A while after using this product small, sharp plastic bits broke off from the part that holds the vegetable. Because of this I feel this product is not safe and would not use again.  Show details

Love it! – Only regret is not discovering this sooner. So easy to use. No fuss. Comes out beautiful highly recommend if you're looking to make eating vegetables more interesting. Cleaning is a breeze too. My 6 year old can use it. No problems.

Waste of moneyInstead – First negative: The product does not do as claimed - cutting a variety of vegetables including carrots and zucchini. The twister only successfully slices carrots and other similar vegetables. I does not slice even the freshest zucchini, straight from the farmers market. the zucchini get mushed. Second negative: Huge amount of effort, time… Read more

and wrist action required to cut a 6cm piece of vegetable. Then the same again to unscrew the device in insert the next 6cm.

Third negative: price $40 at local kitchen shop

Summary: Great to offer my 2 yr old vegetable pasta but can't offer the zucchini pasta which is what I really wanted. And I am already over of the effort and time required.

Does the job but has it's flaws – The vege twister does what it says, but it's much slower than my mandolin. You can only do a piece of veg that's a few cms long at a time and then you need to un-twist it apart. It won't do a thin piece either - so the thin end of carrots are wasted. You'd better have strong wrists too. Maybe you do get wrist exercise but it may be painful… Read more

for people with rheumatism and I would think it a complete no-no for anyone with RSI.

There's also a lot of more waste than I was expecting - quite a thick piece of the veg being that's just been julienned or spiralled is left when you can't do any more - much more waste than the mandolin which is again disappointing.

I have had no trouble using it, but my sister-in-law who also bought one has cut herself a couple of times.