L'Equip VitalMill
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Customer Reviews of L'Equip VitalMill
Customer Review: easy to use non adjustable miller
Summary: 4 Stars
The Vitalmill is easy to use. So far it has worked well. It has two problems, one is it is extremely loud, I wear either noise reduction earplugs or earmuffs (or both). The second problem is that the machine is not adjustable.
Both problems are really a non-issue, the way the miller works is by spinning a toothed stainless steel 'blade' at extremely high speed when the grain comes in contact with it, it is smashed between the spinning blade and one that is stationary. It sounds like a jet engine in your kitchen, but its the nature of the technology.
On the positive side, it mills a large number of different grains, peas, wheat, rye, corn, navy beans and a lot more.
When I milled two pounds of popping corn the corn flour was rather warm. I didn't bother to take the temperature, but it was higher than I would have liked. I cool off the flour by putting it into the fridge asap.
It also seemed to be straining a bit and the corn came out a bit more course than I expected, but exactly what I wanted. I could have got it finer if I had been more patient and slowly added the corn so the machine did not lose speed as much, but I wanted it slightly less fine.
One other plus is the machine, once used, can be put back in the box easily for storage. All the parts fit (if your careful) and you don't have to get flour everywhere. Its hard to get all the flour off. On that subject, I would suggest you get a big paint brush to help brush off the flour. The small one that comes with it is ok for getting flour out of nooks and crannies.
I bought mine for $129 Canadian. There is another version which is adjustable, but it is considerably more money, almost as much as a manual hand cranked mill made out of solid steel. This type will grind fine flour or crack wheat and corn. But I couldn't justify the money.
For the money I wanted to spend, the Vitalmill was exactly the right tool for making fresh flour.