OXOGood Grips Citrus Zester With Channel Knife

I juice a lot of lemons in a year, around 20 to 30 for just my personal household use, not professionally or anything. But I've not got the knife skills necessary to be able to cut off the zest reliably without bringing the white pith with it.This thing is PERFECT - short fat grip, real sharp lil holes on the business end - I took a lil chunk out of a knuckle first time I used it! Put aside one lemon or lime to practice on - there's a sweet spot angle and amount of pressure that you'll have to figure out for yourself. A LOT of pressure, I can attest - act like you're mad at it, that'll get ya most of the way there!They say it's dishwasher safe, which is always good to hear. The oils that'll accumulate will definitely need some soap to cut them down, and you might end up with some pith around the channel-knife section, so you might need to poke at that with one of those small pipe-cleaner type things before dishwashing it.Certainly no functional limit to the number of citrus fruits that could be zested with this! But do keep some wits about you - I doubt you'll have a good time with grapefruit zest, but hey, I don't tell you how to live your life! LOL

Perfect zester!

This zester is easy to use on small lemons/limes but not very good on vegetables like cucumber, need something a little larger. If only using on small fruits very good.

Why do we wait on getting things that make our lives so much easier? I would always use a cheese grater and would get the pith as well but with this little tool those days are over. I had my husband buy oranges just so I could play with this. It does a good job and I only wish I would have got one sooner.

We replaced our former OXO zester that we purchased in 2016 with this new model. The old model snapped in half after eight years of use and it was not sharp and easy to use like this one. The redesign is perfect. Using the channel for twists of lemon rinds for martinis is so easy it is like slicing butter. This redesign makes the zester perfect because it is one solid piece of black rubber. The redesign of the head makes using the channel much easier. It is very sharp so you need to be careful when cleaning it. I hand wash ours, but this could easily be put in the top rack of a dishwasher. I highly recommend this OXO zester. It is definitely a great value and is designed to last for many years.

OXO 11261400 Good Grips Citrus Zester One Size BlackThis zester currently holds #1 position as the best zester I have tried to date!(Update: the Victorinox zester with the polypropylene handle now ties for first place with this Oxo zester - to compare the two please check out my other reviews or search for the item on Amazon and look for my review on the product page)This Oxo zester zests easily without much pressure and zest is perfect unlike some of the other zesters I have tried that produce shredded strips with torn edges.I don’t mind the wide thick handle myself, but I have long fingers for a woman. I’m 5’ 11” so I find that this zester fits comfortably in my hand and I like the tapered shape of it. If you are far more diminutive than me then you might want to check out my review for the Victorinox zester/s (Wood or the polypropylene handle) instead.If the chunky handle on this Oxo zester doesn’t turn you off, this zester is a great choice. It gets five stars from me.This was the only zester I tried that the channel knife on the side of the zester worked well too. (FYI The Victorinox zester doesn’t have a channel knife)For my other zester reviews check out my profile page. I have also put all of the zesters I have tried to date in an ideas list so you can find them easily (please note some of them got 1 star from me, so please read each of my reviews for them before you select one from my ideas list)If this review has been helpful to you please check out my other reviews. I review a lot of kitchen products and recipe books and other household items. You could also navigate to my profile and follow me to be notified when I post another review.I spend a lot of time on my reviews to help like-minded customers filter through all the crap out there. I hope that this has been helpful to you :)

I like to prepare martinis with a twist of lemon but found it difficult to do with a knife. Even though I have arthritic hands, it is very easy and comfortable to use. All Oxo products I have are comfortable and have very high quality.

Works perfectly, great buy!