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I have to argue with the last one, I think this garlic press https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/oxo-good-grips-reg-garlic-press/1010792223?categoryI

I have to argue with the last one, I think this garlic press https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/oxo-good-grips-reg-garlic-press/1010792223?categoryId=12084 https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/oxo-good-grip... is superior. When you're done with this one, you rotate the handle all the way around and the rubber cleaner on the back cleans the press. I've used both, and mine is easier to clean. You've hit on something though - it's amazing how many people out there suffer with badly designed kitchen utensils. it's like a blindspot where you don't realise that you could buy a much better vegetable peeler / potato masher / garlic press that would literally make your life easier every day, for the price of a cinema ticket.

janfoeh 10y ago
The IKEA 365 garlic press is simple, sturdy, clever and only seven bucks: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20152158/?query=IKEA+365%2B+V%C3%84RDEFULL+Garlic+press http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20152158/?query=I... The receptacle swings open, making cleaning trivial.
- roryisok 10y ago
  the problem with that one is that the garlic also gets up around the plunger, and you have to clean that out too. more moving parts = more to clean
  - lobster_johnson 10y ago
    You want this, no moving parts: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-20037-Crusher-Dishwasher-Stainless/dp/B01ATV4O2O https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-20037-Crusher-Dishwasher-Stain... (Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13693661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13693661)
Klathmon 10y ago
I worked as an assistant mechanic for a few years, and it was a running joke that if something took me more than 15 minutes, the head mechanic probably had a tool to do it in 1. It's incredible how much a good tool helps, and it really goes to show the difference between a rookie and a master even when they are both doing the exact same job by reading the steps from a sheet that tells you what to do. I'd reach for a socket, he'd grab my arm and hand me a ratcheting wrench knowing I'd need it before we even cracked open the hood. I'd try to unscrew a stuck phillips head screw from a rotor, he'd stop me and hand me a tool which you put in the screw and hit with a hammer and it gets it unstuck. I'd start trying to pry an exhaust off, he'd hand me a blowtorch, tell me to heat it for like 15 seconds, then hit it with a hammer and watch it fall to the ground.
ptk 10y ago
I'm on my second OXO garlic press because the hinge on the first one cracked. They did replace it for me for free, but I was surprised that it broke at all. It does not feel like a cheap tool and I'm not sure I could break the hinge on it again if someone challenged me to.

janfoeh 10y ago

The IKEA 365 garlic press is simple, sturdy, clever and only seven bucks: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20152158/?query=IKEA+365%2B+V%C3%84RDEFULL+Garlic+press http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20152158/?query=I... The receptacle swings open, making cleaning trivial.

roryisok 10y ago
the problem with that one is that the garlic also gets up around the plunger, and you have to clean that out too. more moving parts = more to clean
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  You want this, no moving parts: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-20037-Crusher-Dishwasher-Stainless/dp/B01ATV4O2O https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-20037-Crusher-Dishwasher-Stain... (Explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13693661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13693661)

Klathmon 10y ago

I worked as an assistant mechanic for a few years, and it was a running joke that if something took me more than 15 minutes, the head mechanic probably had a tool to do it in 1. It's incredible how much a good tool helps, and it really goes to show the difference between a rookie and a master even when they are both doing the exact same job by reading the steps from a sheet that tells you what to do. I'd reach for a socket, he'd grab my arm and hand me a ratcheting wrench knowing I'd need it before we even cracked open the hood. I'd try to unscrew a stuck phillips head screw from a rotor, he'd stop me and hand me a tool which you put in the screw and hit with a hammer and it gets it unstuck. I'd start trying to pry an exhaust off, he'd hand me a blowtorch, tell me to heat it for like 15 seconds, then hit it with a hammer and watch it fall to the ground.

ptk 10y ago

I'm on my second OXO garlic press because the hinge on the first one cracked. They did replace it for me for free, but I was surprised that it broke at all. It does not feel like a cheap tool and I'm not sure I could break the hinge on it again if someone challenged me to.