While it was comfortable to handle and easy on the eyes with its warm wooden handle, it didn’t perform as quickly as the winning picks. Opinel T-DUO: This was the other model with dual blades, offering a peeler side and julienne side.It was also awkward to grip with smaller hands due to the design of its body and, while it feels quite fancy, it didn’t perform as well as our winning picks. Material Kitchen Forever Peeler: While undeniably beautiful, the Material Kitchen Forever Peeler was also one of the most expensive models.In this instance, the serrated blade created little bits of lemon rind instead of getting one clean piece. In addition, it didn’t peel lemon rinds cleanly. It was unruly to maneuver and didn’t peel as smoothly as other models.

Precision Kitchenware - Ultra Sharp Stainless Steel Dual Julienne & Vegetable Peeler: This was the bulkiest model that we tested, with two sides: a peeler blade and a julienne blade.When it came to lemon rind, this model didn’t peel smoothly compared to our winning picks. Spring Chef Premium Swivel Vegetable Peeler: We don’t recommend this peeler it was the slowest model and often got pieces of potato skin stuck in its blade.It wasn’t able to perform the more delicate task without tearing the rind to bits instead of peeling one complete piece. However, when it came to lemons, this model got too much pith from the lemon rind. Misen Peeler: The Misen Peeler had a lovely weight to it and peeled smoothly.When it came to lemons, this model pulled too much pith from the lemon rind. OXO Good Grips Y-Peeler: This isn’t too different from the above model, but felt less comfortable in hand despite having a blade that performed quickly and smoothly.Overall, it performed well but wasn’t as fast as our top picks, and it picked up a lot of pith during the lemon rind test. OXO Good Grips Prep Y-Peeler: We really enjoyed the wide handle on this model It was comfortable to use and smoothly peeled vegetables and fruits.That said, if you’re loyal to swivel peelers, this is the model to go for. OXO Good Grips Pro Swivel Peeler: Another swivel peeler, the OXO Good Grips Pro Swivel Peeler had a comfortable handle and peeled smoothly, but had a difficult time getting around nooks and crannies.With potatoes, it sometimes skidded during peeling, and due to the straight swivel action, peeled skin would often get trapped in the blade. KitchenAid Classic Euro Peeler: This swivel peeler had an average performance.Serious Eats / Amanda Suarez The Competition

Additionally, we found that potato skin got trapped more often in swivel peeler blades. In our tests, swivel peelers were more prone to skidding across the surface of a vegetable and were less agile when it came to getting around the nooks and crannies of potatoes. While it may take some transitioning to embrace Y-peelers if you’re used to swivel peelers, it’ll be more efficient (and comfortable!) in the end to use Y-peelers in the kitchen. The KitchenAid and Rösle all performed well with potatoes, too. We liked the ergonomically designed handle on the Piranha option, which had a slight dip towards the peeler end, giving the hand some extra leverage when moving the blade around a vegetable. Our winning picks, the Kuhn Rikon Original Swiss Peeler and the Kuhn Rikon Piranha Y Peeler, peeled potatoes the cleanest, leaving little to no clean-up needed. Y-peelers also maneuvered more easily around the potatoes’ nooks and crannies, and had less instances of skin getting stuck inside the blade.

On average, the Y-peelers we tested peeled potatoes nearly twice as quickly as the straight swivel competition.

Shave Parmesan Cheese Test (Winners-Only): To see how each peeler could peel delicate shavings of parmesan cheese, we used our favorites to remove strips of parmesan, noting how cleanly and easily each peeler was able to slice through the cheese.

Peel Butternut Squash Test (Winners-Only): Pitting our leading peelers against a hardy, tougher skin, we peeled one butternut squash per peeler, noting how cleanly the peeler cut through the skin and how sturdy the blade was.

We observed and noted how much pith was captured versus peel.

Peel Lemon Rind Test: We used each peeler to remove strips of lemon peel from one lemon, trying not to catch pith.

We also took note of how easy it was to clean each peeler. We noted how easy the peeler was to grip, how cleanly it peeled the potato, and if there was any resistance.

Peel Potatoes Test: To examine the general use of each model and to find out how cleanly and quickly each one peeled a potato, we timed how long it took to peel two large Russet potatoes.

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