Best Vegetable Spiralizers for Small Households

How the Five Compare on the Numbers

For a small household the published width and depth are the figures that decide the purchase, because they are the counter space a machine occupies when it is set up. The SUREWIN 3 in 1 is published at 3.74 by 3.35 inches, the smallest of the five. The NUNEWARES 4-Blade is 5.8 by 4.1 inches. The Brieftons 5-Blade is 4.9 by 10.6 inches, so it reaches further across the counter than any other pick here. The SUSTEAS 5-Blade is 8.27 by 5.31 inches, and the OXO Good Grips 3-Blade is 9.75 by 6.25 inches.

Weight separates them too. The SUREWIN is the lightest at 0.48 pound. The OXO is 1.5 pounds, the NUNEWARES is 1.54 pounds, the Brieftons 5-Blade is 2.1 pounds, and the SUSTEAS is the heaviest at 2.54 pounds. Blade counts run from three on the OXO to five on the Brieftons and the SUSTEAS. The SUREWIN switches between three modes with a knob rather than swapping blades.

The table does not tell you how any of these cut. Nobody at Lush has used them, and the makers publish capability, not performance. It also does not tell you how firm a vegetable each machine can take, because no maker publishes a force or pressure rating. What the table does give you is the footprint, the weight, the blade count and the storage design, and those are the figures a small kitchen turns on.

Footprint and Storage in a Small Kitchen

The published width and depth

The SUREWIN 3 in 1 is published at 3.74 by 3.35 inches, which is smaller than a dinner plate. The NUNEWARES 4-Blade is 5.8 by 4.1 inches. The Brieftons 5-Blade is 4.9 by 10.6 inches, so while it is narrow it reaches 10.6 inches across the counter. The SUSTEAS 5-Blade is 8.27 by 5.31 inches, and the OXO Good Grips 3-Blade is 9.75 by 6.25 inches, the largest width of the five.

Those figures matter because a spiralizer is used on a hard, flat surface, and the suction base needs that surface to hold. The Brieftons and the SUSTEAS both publish suction bases that lock to granite, marble, tile or glass. The OXO publishes a StrongHold suction cup. The SUREWIN is handheld, so it needs no suction base and no dedicated counter space at all.

Where each one goes when it is not in use

The SUSTEAS 5-Blade is published as storing all-in-one, with the whole set as one compact unit that fits in a cabinet or drawer. The OXO Good Grips 3-Blade has a removable blade box that stores onboard and a side handle that folds up. The Brieftons 5-Blade keeps its five blades in a safety-locking rack, with one pre-installed.

The NUNEWARES 4-Blade is a vertical unit with a 500ml container, so it stores as a single piece. The SUREWIN 3 in 1 is the one that disappears into a drawer, at 3.74 by 3.35 inches and 0.48 pound. For a household cooking for one or two, that is the difference between a machine that lives on the counter and one that comes out when needed.

Blades, Cuts and What Each Machine Makes

Three blades against five

The OXO Good Grips 3-Blade publishes three stainless steel blades: a spaghetti cut at 1/8th inch, a fettuccine cut at 1/4th inch, and a ribbon cut. The Brieftons 5-Blade publishes five labeled Japanese 420-grade stainless steel blades: 2mm angel-hair, 3mm spaghetti, 5mm fettuccine, 5.5mm pappardelle, and a flat ribbon slicer. The SUSTEAS 5-Blade publishes five blades at 5/64-inch, 1/8-inch, 3/16-inch and 7/32-inch plus a flat ribbon slicer.

The NUNEWARES 4-Blade publishes four blades but does not publish their cut widths. The SUREWIN 3 in 1 switches between three modes with a knob rather than swapping blades, and the maker does not publish the cut widths. If you want a specific noodle size, the Brieftons and the SUSTEAS are the two that publish every figure.

What the makers say each one handles

The Brieftons 5-Blade is published as working on firm produce at least 1.5 inches wide, and lists zucchini, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, cucumbers, squash, potatoes, apples, onions, daikon radish, parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, bell peppers, radishes, kohlrabi and pears. The SUSTEAS 5-Blade lists zucchini, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, cucumbers, potatoes, apples and onions.

The OXO publishes fruits and vegetables generally, without a list. The NUNEWARES publishes vegetables and fruits for veggie pasta and spirals. The SUREWIN publishes carrots, zucchini and cucumbers, and states the open design accommodates long, round vegetables. None of the five publishes a force rating, so how much pressure each takes is not stated.

Which One Fits Your Kitchen

You cook for one or two and have almost no counter to give up. The SUREWIN 3 in 1 is published at 3.74 by 3.35 inches and 0.48 pound, the smallest and lightest of the five, and it stores in a drawer.

You want the noodles to land in a bin. The NUNEWARES 4-Blade includes a 500ml container that collects the noodles as you cut, and it is published at 5.8 by 4.1 inches and 1.54 pounds.

You want a three-blade set with onboard storage. The OXO Good Grips 3-Blade publishes three blades, a blade box that stores onboard, and a side handle that folds up. It is 9.75 by 6.25 inches, the largest width of the five.

You want the most published cut sizes. The Brieftons 5-Blade publishes five labeled blades from 2mm to 5.5mm plus a ribbon slicer, and a safety-locking rack. It is 4.9 by 10.6 inches.

You want the whole set to store as one unit. The SUSTEAS 5-Blade publishes all-in-one storage, five blades and a suction base. It is 8.27 by 5.31 inches and 2.54 pounds, the heaviest of the five.

What We Could Not Verify

These are the figures we went looking for and could not find on the fact sheet. We have not filled any of them in.

• The OXO Good Grips 3-Blade: the maker does not publish a weight for the unit.
• The NUNEWARES 4-Blade: the maker does not publish the individual blade cut widths.
• The NUNEWARES 4-Blade: the maker does not publish a dishwasher rating for any part.
• The SUREWIN 3 in 1: the maker does not publish a blade material grade beyond stainless steel.
• The SUSTEAS 5-Blade: the maker does not publish a weight for the storage case.
• None of the five: no maker publishes a force or pressure rating, so how firm a vegetable each machine takes is not stated.