Left-handed dishers (ice cream scoops)

From looking over this blog's (brief) history, I guess it must be nearly impossible for me to write a post without making a follow-up to it. So, well, here's another one.

After giving dishers some more thought, it occurred to me that some types would be unsuitable or at least inconvenient for left-handed people to use. Basically, the sweeper in the scoop can be actuated in one of two ways, either by squeezing the entire handle or by pressing a thumb lever. Squeeze-handle dishers are actually ambidextrous, but to my knowledge thumb-lever dishers are only made for right-handed use. For the dishers listed in my previous post, I've made a chart of which ones are left-hand friendly:

Size	Adcraft (metal)	Adcraft (plastic)	Fox Run	Hamilton Beach	Johnson Rose	Norpro	OXO	Vollrath (metal)	Vollrath (plastic)	Zeroll
6		No		No	No				No	Yes
8		No	Yes	No	No			Yes	No	Yes
10		No		No	No			Yes	No	Yes
12		No		No	No			Yes	No	Yes
16		No	Yes	No	No			Yes	No	Yes
20		No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
24		No		No	No			Yes	No	Yes
30	Yes	No		No	No	Yes		Yes	No	Yes
40	Yes	No	Yes	No	No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
50	Yes		Yes					Yes		Yes
60	Yes					Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
70	Yes		Yes					Yes		Yes
100	Yes		Yes			Yes		Yes		Yes

THE TAKEAWAY

If you're left-handed, give squeeze-handle dishers (ice cream scoops) your top consideration. To learn more about disher sizes, see my previous post.