FinaMill – Award Winning Battery Operated Pepper Mill & Spice Grinder in One, Adjustable Coarseness, Ceramic Grinding Elements, One Touch Operation…

I bought this spice grinder almost 6 months ago. I wanted to give it some time to prove itself. And…Boy, did it ever! It almost works by itself. It’s very responsive, and efficient. It grinds thru peppercorns like a buzz saw. And you can change pods one handed. I set it down, softly press down on the handle, and the pod pops out. Put the handle over the smoked course ground salt pod, give it a soft press, and it’s attached, and ready to go! Making spicing your food with freshly ground spices SUPER fast, and easy. We use it several times a day, and are still on the 1st set of batteries. We have told all of our “foodie” friends about how awesome it is. I’m going to purchase some more pods for other spices. I really can imagine that we will be using this spice grinder for years to come! VERY high quality.

I have no problem with using this product I am older and using a spice mill is difficult for me but this product is so user friendly it is so simple to use love it

Only minor complaint – red colour advertised on the images does not much item colour in reality

I purchased this spice grinder to prevent cross-contamination of spices I need to grind. I have used a coffee grinder to grind spices for years, but it cannot be submerged for cleaning. The separate pods for the FinaMill can be washed with water on the grinding surface and cleaned with a brush, making it ideal for my purposes. I used it for decorticated cardamom right away. The scent of that spice clings to the grinding wheels mildly even after washing, but all physical spice remnants are gone. So far so good. The next feature I looked for was the ability to adjust the grind, as I can do with my electric pepper grinders, but not the coffee grinder. The pods can be adjusted to either fine or coarse. I would like a third, medium adjustment, but the grinder cannot be that finely calibrated; regardless, changing the grind from coarse to fine is incredibly easy. Next, I like the power of the coffee grinder, which is corded. The FinaMill is battery powered. It struggled minimally with the cardamom, but finished the job quickly enough. Finally, the pods themselves: these are a great idea for eliminating cross-contamination, and ultimately, the reason I purchased this device. They are easy to fill and as easy to change as the video demonstrates. Super handy. BUT, and this is my biggest problem with this grinder, the grinding pods are open at the bottom, like any electric pepper mill. Because I ground cardamom for Swedish kardemummabullar, I needed 3 teaspoons, separated. Due to the design, I had to grind into a dish, pour into a smaller measuring cup, and try to get the correct amounts without measuring spoons (I have enough gadgets and dishes that this was possible, it just required extra steps and extra dishes to wash that could be avoided with the addition of a reservoir with measurement lines below the grinding mouth. That’s why this “spice” grinder gets 4 stars instead of 5. The only spice I grind directly onto food is generally pepper. Everything else I grind gets measured. So as a general spice grinder, it falls just a little short.

All that said, the cardamom buns were delicious, so I’ll repeat this process. I do not regret the purchase and will buy more pods if I can find them without having to purchase an additional grinding motor.

Searching for the perfect super heavy duty pepper mill for decades and this is the one. That is pretty much all I can say as perfect is difficult to shoot above. I will add that this is for those that need to grind a LOT of pepper such as with coarse grinds for steak, as most pepper grinders can easily fulfill the needs of light, moderate and occasional coarse grind use.