Ok two problems with this first off the the part where you connect the drain hose broke off when I was a trying to attach the drain hose and the second part is even if I were able to attach the drain hose there is no on off valve which means it's constantly draining. I however bought this specifically to spin water from wet clothes and on that function it works wonderful. There was some assembly required but that bit was fairly easy. Everyone who is looking at the other chef master salad spinners should realize that this model does not come with a handbrake I don't find this to be a problem I just let it spin for a couple of seconds and it stops itself.

I own the product but have not had occasion to use it. I have used several of the larger model and when it came time to purchase one for the house there was no other brand I considered. Even tho this is about half the size it is absolutely huge. i have a commercial style prep table with steel undershelf so it goes down there with the cutting board rack, nested mixing bowls and my excalibur food dehydrator. If the sounds like an awesome to you buy this product without a moment's hesitation. However if that seems frivolous or unnecessary this probably isnt for you. the oxo dries greens nicely for a few people.
A little more needs to be said. concerning the capacity: you dont want to pack it full but it should spin 10-12 side salads in one go no problem. The basket is quite narrow so you can do a lot less at once too. It does look a little crazy to use. Im a rather husky man. Im only 5'8 so one doesnt need to be too tall to operate this on a table but one will need a little muscle to get this going. And once it has momentum one should be be very careful to not hurts ones fingers. this is true of many things that are considered safe in a commercial enviroment (meat slicer, stand mixer etc).
Also pointed out by a reviewer is its inability to be taken apart and cleaned. IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE TAKEN APART. the top has the handle built in and the basket comes out. these parts are all easily cleaned. That is what it means to be NSF listed. there's nowhere to trap bacteria which will come in contact with food. this is what professionals use for durabilty, performance AND food safety.

I bought this to use for hand-washed items and lightweight items like T-shirts, socks, etc. I feel like I have wasted my money, because it doesn't get things any drier than hand wringing them. And it makes an absolutely AWFUL loud noise! The assembly instructions leave much to be desired, but it can be figured out after some trial and error. On the plus side, it seems well made and is very sturdy. But DANG, it's noisy!

This is a first impression review. I will update it with continued use.

If you have a restaurant that serves salads you need one of these. To tell you the truth, I kind of wish I would have bought the 2.5 gallon model as it is kind of large for my needs. The smaller model can 2 to 3 heads at a time. The darge model 5 to 6.

It's a little unwieldy when spinning. A suction cup base should come with the thing, but it doesn't. You can find it elsewhere, but it's not worth $60.

Amazon has three plastic 5 gallon spinners, the Chef-Master, Dynamic, and some generic green one. The Dynamic is around the same price as the Chef-Master when you include shipping, and it's made in France, probably a good thing. The Chef-Master is made in China. I assume the green one is made in China as well. There's not a lot of reviews of the green model which was cheaper ($102 with free shipping), but it's more expensive now from the current vendors. Both the Chef-Master and Dynamic got pretty positive reviews.

I chose the Chef-Master for two reasons, it has a brake which sounds like a good idea, and Prime Shipping as I broke our small salad spinner, and needed a replacement sooner than later. After thinking about it, the brake isn't really necessary. It's nice, but the basket doesn't keep spinning very long when you take your hand off the handle. I do see my employees breaking this thing at some point brake or no brake. Hopefully, they'll use it.

The lid doesn't snap on, it just kind of sits on top which I thought was interesting. I guess it doesn't need to. The gears don't sound very smooth, but I assume this is normal. The components seem robust enough. The basket turns six times for every one revolution and you aren't supposed to turn the handle faster than one revolution per second. A minute or two should be all it needs to dry lettuce off nicely. None of the components are dishwasher safe (kind of a surprise as the the bucket and basket would fit in my commercial dishwasher).

It has a drain spout on the bottom and a small hose. I'm not sure of the diameter of the hose, but I plan to go to the hardware store and get a longer hose so it can drain into a bucket on the floor.

I hope it holds up for me for a long time.

Update 21 Jan 16: It's been rugged although we don't use it that often anymore. I should have bought the 2 1/2 gallon model. My wife hates the 5 gallon model because it's too cumbersome for her.

We have a small farmers market business selling produce during the summer months in Idaho. Recently, we visited a much larger operation near Bristow, Oklahoma and saw how they utilized a salad dryer to spin dry various vegetables and salad mixes. Upon returning home, we located such a spinner on Amazon and purchased it. This is a great salad dryer with a novel breaking action that reduces stress on the turning mechanism. Many people try to stop the spinner when done by using the spinner handle as a break. Doing this causes stress on the turning mechanism resulting it problems down the way. This model has a "button-like" mechanism along the top edge that one can push to slow or stop the spinning action. It works much like a brake on a bicycle. This spinner is fairly large so one can spin much more than just salad items. I've used it to dry beets, carrots, and radicchio. Will probably use it on broccoli and green beans when we start harvesting them later this year. One note, salad spinners are like any other spinning device and can get "off balance" so that it vibrates and shakes. I like to wedge it somewhere to help prevent it from "walking" off on me. They do make a stand that is suppose to help with this problem but I did not purchase it so can't comment on how it works. At the base of the dryer is a water exit port for drainage and the spinner comes with a short piece of tubing that you can attach to this port to drain the water into a bucket or some other place to catch the drain water. Made of plastic that appears to be of good quality and thickness, I expect to get many years of service from this salad dryer.