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My spouse and I have had the W.B. pepper mill for several years now. It's never given us trouble and is restaurant grade! When I found the sea salt mill, I was thrilled and purchased it right away. Now we have Mr. & Mrs. W.B. sitting on our stove together seasoning our food with the freshest salt and pepper available! Yum!
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I really like this grinder. It holds an ample amount of salt, and easily grinds it to almost powder on the fine setting. It does have a little salt left in the bottom when finished grinding, so remember to tap it near the bottom to release it. Otherwise you'll have salt powder on whatever you set the grinder down on. I keep mine on a small dish which catches it. All in all, it's a wonderful grinder. Maybe a tad high in price, but it feels solid and works well, so I guess it's worth it.Best Deals for William Bounds High Output Mechanism 8 in. Pro High Output Salt Mill
I have had this pepper mill for more than three years. It is used pretty much every day and has held up much better than any I've bought previously. It is all metal, and if you've replaced one mill after another like I did because of the plastic parts breaking, you'll appreciate how well this one is made.Honest reviews on William Bounds High Output Mechanism 8 in. Pro High Output Salt Mill
Over the years I have had many types salt shakers and pepper grinders. None of them were that great. So, I finally decided to get a nice matching set. After doing some research, I purchased both the Wm Bounds HM Pro Salt and Pepper mills. I was delighted when I took them out of the box. They looked beautiful, and seemed to operate very well. I felt secure in the knowledge that I now had a set of salt and pepper mills that not only looked great on my kitchen counter, but I also had confidence that they would work for years! I even remarked that I actually had salt and pepper mills that I could hand down to my children. After all, I read the reviews.I have had them now for a week. The pepper mill is still working well. However, the salt mill is dead. It worked fine at first with the Himalayan salt. However, after a couple of days it just quit. I would turn the top, but nothing would come out (a problem which did show up in one review). So today, I opened it to look at the salt inside. BAM! The bottom with the grinding gear on the center post, along with the spring, shot out forcefully, hit the counter, and most of the salt spilled out. Not a very pleasant surprise. Several attempts to reassemble it resulted in the same problem. It wouldn't grind, and it flew apart when the top was removed.
In the aftermath, an analysis brought to light a design problem with this salt mill, and I believe the pepper mill, which appears to be exactly like it. The center post, which holds the grinding gear, is spring loaded (nothing odd there, really), and is held in the mill by an aluminum square with a hole in the middle, which is press-fit onto the post over the grinding coarseness selection collar. This one press-fit aluminum piece holds all the important pieces, including the spring pressure, in place! If it lets go when opened, which it did in mine, the mill flies apart.
As an aside, because the mill flew apart, I was able to see that the gear for selecting coarseness, under the nice-looking metal collar, was cheap plastic. The grinding gear and its collar are a dark porcelain, and everything else is metal. However, if it doesn't stay together, what does it matter?!
Now, I am not only very disappointed with my beautiful but useless salt mill, I am left wondering how long my pepper mill is going to continue working. Needless to say, I will be returning the salt mill. So, beware. In this case, the old adage, "Beauty is only skin deep." applies!
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