Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Rotato Potato Peeler

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:21:12 +0000

When you have a family over for the holidays and you have arthritis in your hands and you are the youngest of the group let me tell you this is an absolute necesssity. I love it and mine broke but I am buying another one before Christmas.

By: lvana

lvana — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:32:18 +0000

I take exception with an icecube tray being called a unitasker. I make canned pineaple cubes, green tea cubes, orange juice cubes, yogurt cubes etc. and regularly make my kid healthy fruit slushies with them.

By: The Chatty Housewife

The Chatty Housewife — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:20:03 +0000

I have to admit that this is the first unitasker wednesday that I actually have and use and would never give up! I have the version from a long time ago. It is simpler and hand cranked. I love it for potatoes, sweet potatoes and yams etc.

I can’t believe I just admitted that, usually I am like AMEN!!!

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By: spartan

spartan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:14:00 +0000

It’s like a pole dance for vegetables.

Shouldn’t it be made of brass?

By: gypsy packer

gypsy packer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:39:27 +0000

Anyone who wishes to can food in quantity should investigate this product. I wore out two of its predecessors (the Dazey Stripper) and have been searching for info on the Rotato’s reliability, since I can a bushel of apples or pears at a time, and generally several bushels of each.

Otherwise, the only way this might be practical is if you have a huge famiy and live on taters. Hand peelers work fine for the small jobs.

By: Keri

Keri — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:18:23 +0000

You know, if this thing did fruits, it could be useful to people who put up a lot of fruit, like apples and pears. Stuff like this is only applicable when you are working on an industrial scale. Otherwise, a regular fruit/potato peeler takes up a lot less space (it fits in a tiny space in a drawer!)

Of course, imagine all the privates in boot camp who’d love to see this in the mess kitchen!

By: ziggee

ziggee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:42:46 +0000

I think this is neat if you are trying to do a lot of things while making dinner and trying to supervise the kids. It’s also a great tool if you suffer from Carpel Tunnel and don’t want to aggravate it anymore.

Zig

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:48:06 +0000

I have one of these and I think it is great. Actually it is my third one. I lost one in a divorce (my husband took it to irritate me because he knew I liked it!) and my next one broke after years of usage. So I got a third one. It is not bulky or big. I throw it under my sink when not in use. It’s footprint is small on the counter. I use it mostly for apples and potatoes. I don’t like the skins and some recipes call for peeled potatoes and apples.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:47:21 +0000

We bought this to peel apples for apple pie. We like it, and it works well.

We can and preserve apples in the fall, and it saved us a TON of time, and it comes apart and stores in one of our “gadget tubs” for all those kitchen bits and bobs that accumulate, but aren’t used year ’round. Those tubs go in the basement, NOT the kitchen.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:01:30 +0000

I loved this bad boy, but we burnt the motor out this Christmas… well there’s always next Christmas

By: Inga

Inga — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:25:08 +0000

IMO the endless curly peels justify the wasted space. Imagine the snack foods you could make with deep fried curly peels

By: jw

jw — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:43:59 +0000

Oh wow, this totally brings back memories! I remember my mom used one of these when i was a kid, she has a disability which limited use of one of her hands, so she used this to peel potatoes and apples. I was totally fascinated by this wacky gadget and the endless curly peels so I’d say this thing also functions as entertainment for kids!

By: Sherri (Serene Journey)

Sherri (Serene Journey) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:37:17 +0000

Hi Erin,

OK I’ll confess we actually had one of these and it rocked!! We used to make dehydrated apples quite a bit (for snacks) and this saved us from many a hand cramp We’ve since given it away because yes it does take up quite a bit of room

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:28:13 +0000

If you don’t want anyone to buy this thing, why are you allowing their ads to show in your Google Ad Units?

Just saying…

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:55:26 +0000

I think most of the stuff like this exists solely for wedding registries. No self-respecting person buys this for themselves. I can, however, picture many engaged couples wandering around the department store aimlessly, just scanning whatever they can to fill their list up. This gives the guests with $25-$50 to spend something to buy them.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:34:24 +0000

@momofthree:

On Amazon, it is being sold be “As Seen on TV Products” which is a company that Billy Mays is “associated” with. I put that in quotes because I’m not sure but (1) I see a picture of BM on their website and (2) in last week’s “Pitchmen” BM was at the company.

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:08 +0000

That seems like such a waste… I definitely don’t have room to store it, or the desire to clean it. Regular knife is so much easier for me to handle.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:21:08 +0000

I acutally used to have one and I LOVED it. I do peel a lot of of potatoes though. It is so quick and handled a lot of different shapes. Plus if you have guinea pigs (which I did at the time) they love the skins!

But the blades wear out and I couldn’t find replacments and then the plastic cracked. So now I just have a regular peeler and it is just fine. So I loved the unitasker but really don’t need it.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:07:20 +0000

@Robin… LOL. That was me. I don’t know HOW I ended up putting that comment there rather than on the “puj tub” post I *thought* I was reading. Sigh. Did I mention I have a 6 month old?