Fullstar vs OXO Spiralizer: A Side-by-Side Comparison for Home Cooks

The short answer is the Fullstar 4-in-1 Spiralizer. If you want the longer version, keep reading, because the reasons matter for how you actually cook. I have used both of these tools in my kitchen. The OXO Good Grips Hand-Held Spiralizer is a fine small gadget, and I understand why it looks appealing in the store. But once you start cooking with vegetables more than once a week, the differences between these two become impossible to ignore.

This comparison covers the five things that actually matter when you are standing at the counter at 6 p.m. trying to get dinner on the table: blade variety, stability during use, the range of vegetables you can work with, cleanup, and the price you pay for what you get. The Fullstar 4-in-1 Vegetable Spiralizer wins four of those five categories outright. The one area where OXO holds its own is portability, and I will tell you exactly when that matters.

	Fullstar 4-in-1 Spiralizer	OXO Good Grips Hand-Held Spiralizer
Blade Count	4 interchangeable blades	1 fixed blade
Approximate Price	Under $20	Around $20-$25
Counter Stability	4 suction-cup feet, locks firmly	Hand-held, no counter anchor
Max Vegetable Diameter	Up to 3 inches	Up to 2 inches
Noodle Styles	Thin ribbon, thick ribbon, flat ribbon, straight slice	Thin ribbon only
Works With	Zucchini, cucumber, squash, sweet potato, carrot, beet	Soft vegetables (zucchini, cucumber) only
Core Catch / Storage	Built-in core catch, blade storage caddy included	No core catch, handheld grip only
Amazon Rating	4.1 stars (30,700+ reviews)	Not applicable (no link provided)
Dishwasher Safe	Top rack (blades and body)	Top rack (single piece)

Where the Fullstar Wins: Four Real Reasons

The first thing you will notice when you put the Fullstar on your counter is that it stays there. The four suction-cup feet grip the countertop so firmly that you can push a medium zucchini through with one hand and the unit does not slide an inch. That alone is worth more than anything else on the spec sheet. A hand-held spiralizer like the OXO requires you to grip the vegetable and grip the tool at the same time, while also trying to catch the noodles that fall. That three-way juggling act gets old fast.

The second advantage is the four blades. The thin-spaghetti blade is what most people buy a spiralizer for, but the flat-ribbon blade for zucchini lasagna sheets and the straight-slicer for beet chips expand what you can do with one tool. I have run sweet potatoes through the thick-ribbon blade for a grain bowl topping that my wife now requests every week. None of that is possible with the OXO, which only does thin noodles and only on soft vegetables. If a sweet potato or a butternut squash gets near that little hand-held tool, you will be fighting it the whole way.

Third: vegetable size. The Fullstar accepts vegetables up to about three inches in diameter. That covers almost every zucchini you will find at a grocery store in summer. The OXO tops out closer to two inches, which means a lot of farmers market zucchini will not fit without trimming them down first. That extra prep step defeats the purpose of a quick weeknight tool.

Fourth is the included storage caddy. The four blades store neatly in a plastic holder that keeps the teeth covered and your hand safe when you are reaching around in a kitchen drawer. Small detail, but after you nick a finger once on a loose spiralizer blade at the back of the utensil drawer, you will appreciate having a dedicated case.

Where OXO Wins: One Honest Case for the Hand-Held

I want to be fair here. The OXO Good Grips Hand-Held Spiralizer does one thing genuinely well: it takes up almost no space. If you are cooking in a small apartment kitchen with limited counter space and limited drawer space, and you only want zucchini noodles once every couple of weeks as a low-stakes swap for pasta, the OXO is a reasonable tool. It fits in the same drawer slot as a vegetable peeler, and for occasional soft-vegetable noodles it works acceptably.

It is also slightly easier to rinse under running water because there is no housing to worry about. You hold it under the tap, run your thumb along the blade (carefully), and you are done. The Fullstar cleanup is still easy, but it is a bigger piece of equipment with more parts to handle. If your kitchen already feels crowded and spiralized vegetables are a once-in-a-while thing for you, the OXO is not a bad call. That said, most people who buy a spiralizer because they genuinely want to cook differently two or three nights a week will outgrow the OXO fast.

The Blade Gap Is the Whole Story

Most comparison articles spend a lot of time on price because that is an easy number to point at. But with these two tools, price is almost a wash. The Fullstar sits under $20 and the OXO lands somewhere around $20 to $25 depending on where you buy it. For nearly the same money, you are either getting a one-trick hand-held or a four-blade countertop unit with suction feet. That is not a close call.

When you can get four blades and a stable counter mount for the same price as a single-blade hand-held, the decision really does make itself.

The blade sharpness on the Fullstar is also noticeably better on denser vegetables. I ran a medium-sized sweet potato through both tools on the same day. The OXO would not grip the sweet potato properly at all, so I switched to the Fullstar thick-ribbon blade. It cut through without any real effort and produced even, consistent spirals in about ninety seconds. That test alone tells you everything you need to know about which tool was built for real cooking and which one was built for occasional summer zucchini.

Cleanup Comparison: Closer Than You Would Think

The OXO rinses off in under thirty seconds. It is a single piece of plastic with one blade, and there is not much surface area to worry about. That is a genuine advantage over the Fullstar, which has a housing, four blade inserts, a blade storage caddy, and a core catch. Both are technically top-rack dishwasher safe, but I hand-wash the Fullstar blades because the teeth are sharp enough that I do not want them bouncing around against other items on the dishwasher rack.

In practice, cleaning the Fullstar takes maybe two minutes. A soft bottle brush works well for clearing shredded vegetable from the blade teeth. If two minutes versus thirty seconds matters enough to factor into your buying decision, I would ask how often you are actually going to spiralize. If the answer is twice a month, maybe the OXO makes sense. If you are making zucchini noodles twice a week, two minutes of cleanup is nothing.

Long-Term Durability: What Holds Up

I have put the Fullstar through enough cycles that I have a real read on its durability. The suction feet are the most vulnerable part. After extended use, they can lose some grip strength on very smooth surfaces like polished granite. If your countertop is ultra-smooth stone, a damp cloth under the feet restores the suction. The blades themselves have held their sharpness well through consistent use. The housing is solid ABS plastic with no flexing or cracking after repeated loading.

The OXO is simpler in construction, so there is less to fail. But the single fixed blade on a hand-held is also harder to replace if it dulls, because the whole tool becomes unusable. With the Fullstar, the individual blade inserts are the functional parts, and they hold up well because they are stainless steel. If one ever needed replacing, the interchangeable design makes that a straightforward fix.

Who Should Buy Which

Buy the Fullstar if: you want to spiralize more than one type of vegetable, you cook more than once a week with your spiralizer, you have a standard kitchen with counter space for a small appliance footprint, or you want to make zucchini noodles, beet salads, and sweet potato spirals all with the same tool. This is the right call for most home cooks who are genuinely trying to change how they eat. You can read a deeper breakdown of the long-term results in my full Fullstar spiralizer review, which covers eight months of regular use.

Buy the OXO if: you have almost no kitchen storage, you only want zucchini noodles as an occasional substitution rather than a real habit, and the idea of a four-blade countertop unit genuinely feels like overkill for how you cook. There is no shame in that. Not every kitchen tool needs to be the most capable version. But be honest with yourself before you buy the cheaper option and then feel frustrated by its limits after the third time you want to try a carrot or sweet potato. If you do go with the Fullstar and want help getting started, I have a step-by-step guide on how to make perfect zucchini noodles that covers technique, cooking time, and sauce pairings.