The Brieftons 10-Blade spiralizer offers more blade variety, a catch container, and a side handle for dense vegetables at roughly the same price as the OXO 3-Blade. The OXO is a strong choice for beginners who prioritise a compact footprint and a well-designed handle; Brieftons wins on versatility, vegetable range, and value. If you spiralize more than zucchini — sweet potato, beets, butternut squash — Brieftons is the better tool.

Quick Comparison

Blades: More Variety vs. Deliberate Simplicity

The OXO 3-Blade gives you three cuts: 1/8-inch spaghetti, a medium noodle, and a ribbon slice. That covers the most common use cases cleanly and without confusion. For someone who only wants to make zucchini noodles or cucumber ribbons, three blades is enough.

Brieftons takes a different approach. The 5-Blade includes 2mm angel-hair, 3mm spaghetti, 5mm fettuccine, 5.5mm pappardelle, and a flat ribbon blade — five distinct widths using Japanese 420-grade stainless steel. The 10-Blade extends that to ten cuts, giving you fine noodles through thick ribbons in a single unit. More blades means more storage complexity, but Brieftons addresses that with a built-in blade compartment and labelled caddy on the 10-Blade so nothing gets lost.

If blade variety matters to your cooking — different noodle widths for different sauces, crinkle cuts, curly fries — Brieftons has the range. If you want one tool that does three things well with no fuss, OXO delivers that.

Catch Container

The OXO 3-Blade has no catch container. Spiralized noodles fall onto a cutting board, plate, or directly into a pan — you set that up yourself. This keeps the unit compact (9″ × 5.25″ × 7.25″) but adds a step to every session.

The Brieftons 10-Blade includes a catch container with a keep-fresh lid. You spiralize directly into the container, close the lid, and it goes straight into the fridge. For meal prep — batching zoodles for the week — this removes the extra vessel and reduces mess. The 5-Blade does not include a container, so it shares that limitation with the OXO.

Hard Vegetable Performance

Sweet potato, raw beets, and butternut squash are where spiralizers earn or lose their reputation. These are dense, fibrous vegetables that require force to push through the blade mechanism.

Multiple OXO user reviews report difficulty with raw sweet potato specifically — the suction holds, but the pushing force required causes the unit to torque on softer countertops, and some users report uneven spirals or blade jamming. OXO itself recommends microwave-softening hard root vegetables before spiralizing.

The Brieftons 10-Blade and Brieftons 5-Blade were designed with this problem in mind. Their industrial-strength suction pad locks to granite, marble, tile, glass and laminate without lifting. More importantly, they include a side handle — a second grip point that lets you use two-handed force when pushing dense vegetables. The result is more controlled pressure and less torque on the base. For anyone regularly cooking with sweet potato, raw beets, or butternut squash, this is a meaningful functional difference.

Storage and Footprint

The OXO measures 9″ × 5.25″ × 7.25″ — slightly more compact in footprint but taller than most Brieftons models. Its blade storage box detaches and sits alongside the unit. Clean and deliberate design.

The Brieftons 10-Blade is designed for all-in-one storage: the blades, catch container, keep-fresh lid, and caddy all pack together as a single unit. It takes up more counter space when in use but stores neatly as one piece in a cabinet or on a shelf. The 5-Blade packs down with its caddy but has no container.

If counter space or cabinet organisation is a primary concern, the OXO’s compact, taller profile may fit better. If you prefer one grab-and-go unit with everything included, the 10-Blade is more convenient.

Price

The OXO 3-Blade retails at approximately $40–60. The Brieftons 5-Blade sits at around $30, and the Brieftons 10-Blade at under $40. On a dollar-per-blade basis, Brieftons offers considerably more variety at comparable or lower cost. The OXO’s premium reflects build quality, ergonomic design, and brand reputation — not blade count.

Who Should Buy the OXO?

• You want a clean, minimal tool for occasional spiralizing
• You primarily make zucchini noodles and cucumber ribbons — the three OXO blades cover your needs
• You value ergonomic design and a compact storage footprint
• You are new to spiralizing and do not want to manage multiple blades
• You are willing to pay $40–60 for spiralizer with a focused feature set

Who Should Buy Brieftons?

• You want more than three cut sizes — different noodle widths for different dishes
• You regularly spiralize sweet potato, raw beets, butternut squash, or other dense vegetables
• You meal prep and want to spiralize directly into a container with a keep-fresh lid (10-Blade)
• You are comparing value: the 5-Blade costs less than the OXO with more blade variety; the 10-Blade matches the OXO’s price with substantially more capability