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Customer
Reviews
Customer Review #1
"This
is a great little grinder. The first thing I
noticed about it is that it's deep. My old
Salton grinder was extremely shallow, so it was
impossible to get the grounds out without
spilling all over the place. I had no such
problems with this grinder.
The grounds tend to spin off to the side of
the grinder. When I am done I tap it against
the table a few times, and they fall into the
center will. I can then transfer the grounds
without any problems. I am also able to get
almost all the grounds out, unlike the
Salton.
Nice features include a tuck-away cord and a
cap that allows you to meaure how many cups you
are grinding for.
A couple of features I have questions about:
one is that there is a very short time between
"coarse", "medium", and "fine". Could a couple
of seconds really make the difference? Secondly
as I mentioned before the grounds tend to spin
off to the side away from the blade. I suppose
this could be a feature of the device (spun off
grounds could indicate they're "done"). It
does, after all, ground the coffee beans
extremely well, and I never had any problems
with the grounds thave have spun off."
- Actual review from
Amazon.com
Customer Review #2
"I actually received
this electric bladed coffee grinder as a gift.
I don't drink coffee, so if you are wanting to
read a review about how the coffee tastes when
retrieved from this unit, check out the other
three reviews instead. If you want to know how
this thing works, stick around.
As I said, I received this as a gift for
Christmas last year. It was $24.95 at Wal-Mart
and was never intended for me to grind coffee
in it. I got it as a spice grinder because all
the spice grinders were sold out, and my mother
in law couldn't tell a spice grinder from a
blender, so I thought she did a good job with
what she bought.
The first thing I noticed was that this thing
was very attractive looking. If my husband
would allow me to set my appliances on the
counter, this one would be out front where
people could see it. It is black, and has a
silver knob and control panel. It is hourglass
shaped (I am jealous) so it is easy to hold in
one hand, if you do desire.
It's got a fancy little cord winder on the
bottom, so only the plug end sticks out. The
three lights, which are SUPPOSED to tell you if
your coffee is ground coarsely, medium or fine.
I have had nothing but trouble with these, and
find them a bit E.T.-ish. They are really only
there for decoration, I guess, because I ground
some thyme and rosemary in it and it read
"coarse" ground(also labeled "perc"), but it
was really nothing more than powder. Another
time, I put oatmeal in it to make baby cereal
and it read fine (espresso) and when I dumped
the oatmeal out, there was whole oats
still.
Anyway, the button is the type you have to hold
the whole time you grind, so there is no
walking away. I guess you would say it is like
the pulse setting on a blender. The knob
towards the bottom of the front is the cup
indicator, so you can set it to how many cups
you want to grind coffee for, and the machine
is supposed to know by that how long the coffee
should grind to be a certain coarseness. In
other words, if you set the knob to 12 cups and
only put 1 TBSP of beans in the machine, the
light will tell you it is coarsely ground when
in actuality it is powder.
It seems to have good powder. It certainly is
loud enough that it SHOULD have good power. I
have ground all sorts of spices from cardamom,
mustard seeds to black pepper corns, and dried
herbs from tarragon to fresh mint to rosemary.
I have also attempted to grind wheat, but that
wasn't such a bright idea. After that hard red
durum wheat, it hasn't been the same. It will
still grind all the spices and herbs, but I
have to let it sit a while before I start a
second batch, or it won't turn on.
The rubber feet on the bottom help make it more
stable. I don't know what you do on your
counters while you are grinding coffee, but I
usually have a stand mixer going, several food
processors or blenders, and it is just really
loud and things bounce all over the counter.
Anyway, the rubber feet keep it from sliding
all over the place.
The cup that holds the beans, well I think it
is too small for proper coffee grinding. I used
to drink gallons of the stuff, and this thing
only holds about a cup of ground cofee or
spices. Not enough for a decent pot of coffee,
if you ask me. But then, I am an old cowgirl
and I (used to)like coffee strong enough to
float a spoon on. I have also experienced a
little static cling in the cup when I grind
spices, so I imagine it would be the same for
ground coffee.
All in all, I would say this is a pretty nice
little grinder. It works for spices, and I
assume it would be good for coffee as well,
since that is what it was designed for. It is
loud compared to other spice grinders, but not
quite as loud as other coffee grinders. The
wind-up cord is great, too."
- Actual review from Epinions.com
Customer Review #3
"I don't know
how this reflects on the product today, but I
bought this very model in 1982 and have used it
at least once a day, often more than that,
every day for more than 26 years. I haven't
replaced a single part. Have you ever had an
electrical appliance last like that? I haven't.
It was the best grinder for the money then and
apparently it still is.
I am a certified coffee snob and I only make
small batches of fresh ground coffee so the
capacity has not been a problem, although if I
had a 12 cup coffeemaker I'd have to do two
batches of beans. And it can't grind all the
way down to espresso grind like a burr grinder
could, although for many home espresso machines
it is more than adequate. I wish all good
things lasted like this machine!"
- Actual review from Amazon.com
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