Ambiano Electric Gravity Salt and Pepper Mill Set Headed to Aldi
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“So it’s for lazy people.”
That’s what my adolescent daughter said when she looked over my shoulder and saw me researching electric gravity grinders. On one hand, I understood her point — after all, these would seem to be devices meant to take all of the labor out of grinding up spices.
On the other hand, I can see the virtue of electric grinders, especially if you’re someone (say, someone older) who can’t easily operate a grinder. They might also be useful if you need to be able to grind up salt or pepper with just one hand.
And, let’s be honest: the idea is also kind of cool, and there are times when kind of cool is a good excuse for an item.
Regardless of the reasons, here’s the basics on this device — an electric gravity grinder starts grinding when you tilt it over, and stops when you tilt it back. It’s a one-handed way to grind salt or pepper.
It’s a niche item, which of course makes it just the kind of thing Aldi would drop into its middle aisle.
What We Know:
The Ambiano Electric Gravity Salt and Pepper Mill Set (Product Code: 835023) is an Aldi Find. Each store gets one shipment of these, and once they’re all sold out … well, they’re all sold out. Aldi doesn’t do the online shipping thing, so if you can’t find these in stores, you won’t be able to get them until they come back, assuming they come back.
At press time, the set costs $12.99. You’re probably thinking this is cheap, and, if you do, you’re right. Amazon currently has a bunch of them, including many in the $14-$19 range, but Aldi undercuts them. Granted, it’s not clear how Aldi’s set compares in terms of features, but Ambiano appears to win out on price.
What We Don’t Know:
Aldi didn’t release any specs with its upcoming ad on this set, so we don’t know much. We don’t know, for instance, how they operate exactly, or how they charge. What’s more, because we haven’t used them, we don’t know (yet) how easy they are to activate or how long they last. That’s why we created this open thread for users.
Have you tried out this set? Let us know all about it in the comments.
I bought this set last year, as our manual pepper grinder wasn’t handling some extra-dense peppercorns we had purchased. The set I bought is not rechargeable- each runs on 6 AAA batteries. These are pretty much “you get what you pay for”. Not super powerful, but easy to fill and produces an OK grind if you are willing to be very patient with even regular-density peppercorns. The one for salt works great!
I’ve just purchased this product and it’s my first time trying to use it, but I’m difficulty figuring out how exactly it works, I’m hoping someone can help me please 🥺
How do you add salt and peppercorns??