Salter EK2311 Electric Coffee & Spice Grinder – Stainless Steel Blade, 60g Coffee Bean/Dry Herb Mill, One-Touch Operation, Fast Grinding Machine For Nuts, Seeds, Transparent Lid, Multipurpose, 200W

Having owned a similar product which broke, I purchased this after reading online reviews and it was put straight to use. Nice and compact shape. Good build quality and grinds enough beans to make a few cups of coffee easily. Can also be used for spices etc. As easy to clean as these things can be!

I bought this with the sole purpose of grinding up Felix Goody Bag cat treats for my cats so that I can sprinkle over their food as opposed to a hand full, so they can still get the taste (which they love) but consume fewer treats.This is a stylish little, powerful and cheap machine but there are some drawbacks which I would not be able to live with if I used this for coffee every morning...- I think using a grinder is a skill I've yet to master, as I've yet to obtain any consistency in my grinding. This may frustrate some.- The bowl is non-removable; thus, cleaning is a bit of a faf.- The grinder is messy. After grinding and removing the lid, the remnants sit all around the top of the bowl/lid seat, which needs to be brushed off after every grind to allow the cover to sit flush and lock into place so you can use it again. Half of the remnants you can brush into the bowl, the other half that sits on the outside, fall onto the worktop when removed, unless, of course, you want to get the vacuum out...- The Remanence of a grind gets to places you cannot remove. The lid is clear plastic with a silver-coloured cover around the edge. Everything looks ok when you look through the top into the bowl, but when you remove the lid and turn it over, you will find remnants in between the clear plastic and silver overlap underneath. There doesn't appear to be any way to separate these pieces. For someone who likes to deep clean things after use, I find this annoying.So, in summary, as I said, if I had to go through the above every morning to make my coffee, I would have bought a machine with a removable bowl and taken note of the overall design with regards to how the lid closes and will remnants be left in the way hampering it's subsequent use, however, so far I've only done 500g of cat treats which I know will last a good few months and this whole grinding session from unboxing to putting away took only 10-15 mins, so for my infrequent bulk grinding for under £20, on balance, I'm happy, and I can live with that.

Have used a few blenders around the same price range but had issues with them breaking down after a while. Found this Salter one to be very good for blending spices and even various nuts as well. Works very well, does not heat up and is good priced. However, being one unit with no separate blending container, it can be a pain to clean. Best to rinse it immediately after use, otherwise the contents dry and stick and get harder to remove. Being one unit - also need to be extra careful when putting it under running water and washing to avoid water getting into the base / into the motor. Overall, considering the powerful motor and decent capacity, it is good.

Had bought this product multiple times in the past for others so knew it checked out. It is a simple and reliable kitchen device and I should think it would last a good amount of time. I use it to grind coffee beans exclusively but apparently you can use it for other sorts of things, may investigate that in future. I bought another type of coffee grinder years and years ago that was all ergonomically designed and so on and it was extremely expensive and did not last very long, after that I remember that my parents used to use a very simple affair like this one and it lasted for years and years. And this Salter model is well built.

This was the first burr grinder I had bought. Used it regularly for a year and it worked fine. Then stopped working and is now £40 of plastic and metal that should have lasted much longer. So the takeaway is that it does not seem to be a durable device. I would expect this kind of utensil to have at least 5 years of life if not more. So I am buying another grinder now, and not a Salter.

Very good for grinding up spices and nuts, e.g. lemon grass, almonds. The blades are set low, so they pick up even small amounts. Cleaning can be tricky, to avoid getting water in the motor and bearings. This one replaces the previous one - the same model - which had lasted for about ten years.

Fantastic and very quiet product when it's operating. It does an excellent job.

I bought this a a replacement for my old grinder which was reaching the end of its lifeI chose it as it was on offer at the time. I thought it would do.It has proven to be quick and reliable and to produce a fine ground for my French Press.