The 5 Best Electric Fish Scalers

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This wiki has been updated 21 times since it was first published in October of 2017. A traditional fish scaler sure comes in handy when you need to strip your dinner before cooking it, but it’s still a tedious, manual job. With one of these electric models, however, you’ll shave significant minutes off the preparation process and with a fraction of the effort. Most of these are waterproof, and several are battery operated, so you don’t have to be near a power supply. When users buy our independently chosen editorial choices, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.

1. Bear Paw Heavy Duty

2. Speder 800

3. Bear Paw EFS

Editor's Notes

January 15, 2019:

Electric fish descalers sound like a wonderful invention, but they many are notorious for either breaking quickly, damaging fish skin, or just generally being ineffective. To ensure we didn't include anything like that, we thoroughly checked all the reviews from buyers of every model on our list. We also did our best to select a variety of different styles, as well as plug-in and battery-powered options.

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5. Fashionyourlife Rechargeable


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