Customer Reviews for OXO Good Grips Shrimp Cleaner

OXO Good Grips Shrimp Cleaner
by OXO

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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips Shrimp Cleaner

Customer Review: It's okay...
Summary: 3 Stars

I really really wanted to like this more than I do. I read all of the reviews that said how easy it was to use, then when I got it there was one comical looking cheesy picture showing how to use it. I am not a cooking novice, but I felt like a real retard trying to use this. Several mangled shrimp later, I finally got the idea, but still continued to mangle the occasional shrimp. And the thing is, I think it took me more time to mangle the shrimp with this thing than to peel shrimp manually. I gave it three stars because if you have a lot of tenacity, and you want to devein and that is really important to you, this will devein the shrimp nicely, if you don't mess up. I just find that this complicates things too much for me about two thirds of the time. Take this as you will.

Customer Review: Not the best Oxo product
Summary: 3 Stars

Oxo Good Grips makes some interesting kitchen gadgets, but I think this is not one of their finest efforts. Something about the blade - it's flexibility, the serrations, I'm not sure exactly what - make it work less effectively than it should. I got better results with the hard plastic cheapie shrimp tools, although I'm sure this should last longer.
Mine got warped in the dishwasher, so I'm trying the Cuisinart next.

Customer Review: Handy, but could be sturdier
Summary: 3 Stars

These gizmos make cleaning shrimp much quicker and easier. I'd been using some cheap plastic ones sold by my grocer, but the tips kept snapping off in the drawer or in use. I decided to order an OXO, as the quality of their other products has in my experience always been high. It's better than the cheapo ones, but I was disappointed that the tip is plastic rather than stainless steel, and it could be longer.