Review on 🥒 Westmark Stainless Steel Tri-Blade Spiral Vegetable Slicer Spiralizer by Donald Marin

I've been using my Westmark Spiromat for about a week now and I really like it. I am thinking of buying more for gifts. That works great. I've used it to spiralize carrots, beets, red potatoes, sweet potatoes, unripe pears, and apples. I have made fried dishes with vegetarian noodles and they are delicious. I've used apple, pear, and vegetable noodles in raw salads and they're just amazing. Using Westmark Spiromat is a very fun way to add more vegetables and fruit to your diet while eliminating gluten and reducing calories. Westmark Spiromat is very well made. It's durable and works great. The suction cups hold securely on my granite countertop. The blades cut easily, even when turning hard sweet potatoes in a spiral. To do this, I place a plate on the front of the Spiromat to catch the pasta. Cut off both ends of the fruit or vegetable so it can be held securely by the spikes and circular knife holder. Place one hand on the red plastic blade housing at the front of the Spiromat and twist the handle while applying pressure to the blade. It's really easy and fun. The noodles can get very long, so I recommend breaking them up with your fingers or using kitchen scissors to cut the noodles to make them shorter. I usually break the noodles into shorter pieces with my fingers. Spiromat comes with three blades. A blade spirals pasta the width of spaghetti. The other blade spirals slightly wider flat noodles. The last blade spirals wider bands. The blades fit snugly into the Spiromat's body so they don't fall out when not in use. To clean my Spiromat blades, I use a clean, old toothbrush that I clean in the dishwasher. The bristles of the toothbrush clean the blades and the blade body perfectly. I first rinse the Spiromat blades and base with cold water to remove any solids (cold water prevents vegetable and fruit starches from sticking to the plastic and blades). I then use warm soapy water with a sponge or similar cleaning agent to remove any fruit or vegetable stains. After I cleaned it, it looks like new. Cleaning only takes about a minute. Even though it is dishwasher-safe, I prefer to wash the Spiromat by hand. Type of plastic used (BPA or BPA-free): People have asked about the type of plastic used to make Westmark Spiromat, so I'll give you some details on the type of plastic. Here's what I found out: On the bottom of the Westmark Spiromat you can see two small stickers. A sticker shows the number "7" in a triangle. Another sticker shows "a glass of wine and a fork". The number "7" indicates the type of plastic used. The plastic number "7" is the most durable type of ABS plastic and is generally dishwasher safe (there is a dishwasher safe symbol on the packaging). It may or may not contain BPA. The only way to tell if Plastic #7 contains BPA is to contact the manufacturer (unless the manufacturer says "BPA-free" on the packaging). The "wine glass and fork" symbol indicates that this plastic is safe for consumption and storage of food and beverages. See this Revain listing for the BPA content (or lack thereof) of the plastic numbered "7” used in their Westmark Spiromat. Please note: BPA is replaced by BPS. Some tests have shown that BPS can cause the same problems with the human endocrine system as BPA. In addition, food is not stored in the Westmark Spiromat, only processed, and your vegetables have very little and short-term contact with the plastic surface of the Westmark Spiromat. So I think there should be very little, if any, BPA leaching from Westmark Spiromat. Conclusion: I love the design and I love using the Westmark Spiromat. I hope and expect many years of good use and good health from using this well designed and constructed high quality German made kitchen tool.