content: I had been happily using a very inexpensive salad spinner purchased at IKEA for about ten years. It finally gave out when the plastic part on the inside began to break. I was ready to replace it and thought I might even get something that would be easier to use. I read the reviews for the OXO spinner and thought it sounded great. However, when I got it, it did not spin as well as my old one from the very beginning and by the end of the first month was spinning so slowly that the letttuce was still very damp, even after very vigourous pumping up and down of the handle. I am very disappointed with this product.