September 23, 2016 - 9:08pm
NutriMill Model HS4.3 - feedback please
Can owners/users please provide feedback on this mill? Looking at a gently used one. It looks like the Classic, but I don't know how old the used one is. This would be my first mill, for 1-3 bakes per week at home. I've decided not to buy the mill for my new Ankarsrum. If this Nutrimill will suffice for maybe 2 years and then I need to upgrade, I'll have saved up some $.
Not buying from Amazon, but some reviewers complained about the cannister lid being very difficult to manipulate. I have hand issues, so any problems there? Also, a few people griped about flour dust. Is that normal, or more likely user error or a problem with their mill? Thanks!
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That is a very well respected impact machine, and I think you will be very happy with it. There is always some dust with every mill, I haven't used that one, but a friend has one and loved it, and I had a Whisper Mill, which is similar, and for an impact mill, it is fine. Note that impact mills are usually louder than stone mills, and can heat the grain a little more, but are quicker than stone mills. If you think the heat is a problem, just put the berries in a closed container in the fridge for a few hours ahead of time.
The lid on the cannister is hard to put on. You do need strong hands.
Thanks for the info! Hands aren't strong hands some days (OA in one, bad neck affecting another). I'll keep researching for a mill that will be compatible as I get older. I won't stop baking; I've had to give up too many other things due to pain.
For ease of use, it doesn't get much easier than Komo - though they can be quite expensive. Another alternative is the horizontal motor in a wooden box - like the Excalibur or Marathon http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grovers-Marathon-Uni-Mill-Electric-Stone-Mill-Grain-Flour-Grinder-Made-in-USA-/162195122007?hash=item25c3952757:g:tGQAAOSw9IpX... or http://www.ebay.com/itm/PLAINS-STONE-MILL-GRINDER-GRINDER-STONES-WHEAT-FLOUR-GRAINS-CORN-EXCELLENT-/152246472991?hash=item237298d11f:g:lAcAAOSw8gVX3sC6 , or http://www.ebay.com/itm/Garden-Way-Grain-Mill-very-nice-condition-Westinghouse-1-3-HP-MOTOR-LOOK-/162226325332?hash=item25c5714754:g:WfcAAOSwbYZXdq9E
just search ebay for grain mill and you can see they come in a lot of different names, but the same appearance, one dial in the front to adjust the fineness of the flour. They can be pretty heavy, but if you have space to leave them on the counter, you just dump the grains in the top, and open a drawer in the bottom to take out the flour.
make 1-2 loaves a week. The lid is only difficult if you don't flour the gaskets with rice four. I washed my lid the other day and forgot to this step and the problem went away as soon as the rice flour went on.
I have never had a problem with the grain being heated over 100 F so that isn't a problem for me at all.
It does everything that I want it to do including grinding sprouted grain that has been dried.
Just remember to make sure the canister is pushed all the way in before you turn on the machine of flour will be every where - that usually only happens once when you first get the machine and don't know where all the way in really is:-) It will last for years and years too.
Happy baking