- Wide, comfortable, ergonomic handle
- Sifter shakes side to side with one-handed operation
- Cup and gram measurements listed
- Lids seal the top and bottom
- Stainless-steel construction
Product Description
No squeezing, no cranking, just a gentle shake, shake, is all it takes to sift flour for pastries and cakes. Then there’s the other major complaint about sifters: they always leave flour dust in your cabinets. Not this one thanks to top and bottom plastic lids.
This sifter doesn’t work very well. Serious design flaws mean I’ll be buying something else to replace it.
The first problem is that the thing is pretty small. I noticed that from the description, but didn’t realize how small until I got it. Only holds a few cups of flour or whatever – and you can’t come close to filling to capacity because it works by shaking it around, so stuff would come flying out if too full.
Second problem is that the sifting mechanism doesn’t work. I tried shifting a brown and white sugar combination through it and nothing really went through cause the brown sugar is sticky. With my old rotary sifter, I was able to sift this exact combination (for pumpkin pie) very easily. So basically, this is only going to work for nice clean stuff that basically flows through the screen all by itself.
I think Amazon is doing a disservice to future buying by featuring such positive reviews on the lead page. Turns out that isn’t representative of the actual mix – and my own personal experience is that this product stinks.
Summary: buy something else!
Rating: 1 / 5
I returned this product right away. I wanted a sifter that you could use with one hand. You would do just as well to use a strainer than this product. The design made it useless to me.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have been very pleased with other OXO products, but this sifter is a dud. It takes a lot more time and effort to sift flour with this sifter than with a regular sifter. And, it just doesn’t work at all on some things like corn meal. I’m throwing mine in the trash.
Rating: 1 / 5
The size is good but it is a little tiring to squeeze handle when I have more than a cup to sift.
Rating: 3 / 5
It’s impossible to find flour sifters in the Omaha area so I was surprised to find amazon had any and that Oxo made one. I was beginning to think people didn’t go to the bother of sifting flour anymore!
Rating: 5 / 5