It is true that some mechanism takes place in the bowl, but this model has a large bowl and this thus poses no problem at all. It is quite possible to wring a good amount of salad at once.
Furthermore, when drained salad (whatever the wringer model), the leaves are pressed on the edges of the wringer ... So, the mechanism does not waste space, actually .. . :-)
It is also possible to use the bowl as the bowl because once removed cart, nothing suggests that this is a salad spinner.
A small issue remains unresolved: the bowl is kind of very rigid plastic and it seems rather fragile. Perhaps it is only an impression, we will see with time ... :-)