I loved the look of this pepper, spice, or herb grinder... And loved the way it would still fit into the top rack of my spice and herb rack... I bought a total of six of these, for spices, I am having trouble obtaining in a crushed state. I found the first two grinders locally, looking to replace my worn out pepper mill, and to hopefully crush milk thistle seeds I purchased in bulk to sprinkle on my dogs homemade food.. But it did not work well on the milk thistle seeds, so I had to abandon that idea... And then when I could not find more of the same grinders locally, I looked to Amazon to help me out.. And they had them. I wanted them to match, being my spice rack is exposed in my kitchen. I was having trouble with finding crushed rosemary or spices and herbs in general since this pandemic.. And I hated having the larger stemy pieces of Rosemary, Fennel, and Thyme in my dishes, and these are tough to smash in a mortar & pestle, or chop these without them flying all over the place. I also had a seafood seasoning blend that I use a lot, and wanted to have it in an electric grinder as well, for one hand operation, and the quicker grinding of this blend. I also had started to use black cumin seeds for it's health benefits, and wanted them in a grinder as well. And this grinder work well for them.. I love the fact that my herbs, and spices are in my dishes now, and you don't get shocked by a chunk, stem, or seed of flavor.. I also believe, it is releasing more flavor into my dishes being freshly ground.. And everything seems to come out at a good rate... The filling is not bad with a plastic funnel, you just have to shake the base of the grinder a bit to get the most product in them... I love everything about these grinders.. Except I have had to push the batteries back into place a couple of times, when they are not functioning.. There is a plastic band that wraps around the outside of the batteries to hold them in place, but for some reason it doesn't hold them well enough... I think the battery compartment should have been a snugger fit for the batteries... And done away with the plastic band... Possibly a little heavy rubber band like comes on the watercress or other veggies might work better for awhile, than the open plastic rings.. I would say the designer needs to fix this issue, and send out the fix to the owners of these grinders.. The only thing I wish I had done differently. Was maybe have waited until I found ones I liked that were rechargeable. The only draw back I saw to the rechargeable ones, was if they ran out of juice when you were using them, making you have to wait to recharge before you could deploy the contents again. That was why I purchased the second batch of the same grinders.. But with the battery compartment issue with these.. It has made me rethink my choice.. I loved the clean look also, and was why I went ahead with this purchase . Even with it's occasional battery issue, I would still recommend these, for people who really enjoy cooking...
