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Better than I expected!
By J. Kennedy on Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2011
I read a lot of the reviews and set my expectations but they were exceeded. I don't think it's really as big some say but is a good size and shape to open one handed pretty easily. Quality is great, it's solid, closed nice a snug as it should. It looks good too. It's got more than enough space in each section for what I have, kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Obviously I don't grind a lot of pepper at a time so there's more than enough room. A note about the claims that it's loose and doesn't close snugly. I discovered by accident, that it appears the lid is attached to the screw/rod or whatever it is that the 2 sections and lid pivot on. If you open it counterclockwise you are unscrewing it thus is gets looser. If you continue to spin it counter clockwise, or try to close it by spinning it all the way around, it'll be loose, very loose. If you try to open it clockwise, it should feel very tight, as if it's getting tighter....it is an may not open. Open it counter clockwise and close it back clockwise and it makes it easy to open the top and the 2 sections, but snugs back up perfectly. Hopefully that is by design and cures some of the loose salt box issues. I'm very happy with it.
Top critical review
24 people found this helpful
Nice looking, functional, hard to open
By Purpledog on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2009
I keep raw sugar in the bottom & sea salt in the top. Thought this would be great addition to the kitchen esp. during our hot, humid summers here in Massachusetts. While it looks nice on the counter and doesn't take up much space, a regular old salt shaker is easier to use. The lid on this cannot be opened with one hand. I have to hold this unit in one hand while twisting the top open with the other for fear of it tipping over. It does keep the salt/sugar free from clumping (so far), and while I get frustrated each time I try to use it, perhaps the tightness of the lid is a good thing. No accidental spills that way. But my kitchen is tiny and I think I'd rather be able to slide this open more easily using one hand and deal with any spills on my own. It does look very nice and holds perhaps 1/4 cup in each well. If the top slid more easily I would actually purchase a second one to hold my kosher salt and fresh pepper . Maybe it will loosen up with use. If so, I'll be back to edit this review. July 25 edit: The raw sugar I keep in the lower portion of this salt box was a solid mass this afternoon. I still haven't managed to 'chip' it all out yet for fear of gouging the salt box itself. Short of soaking it in warm water for a while, I don't how else to get it out. Guess I won't be purchasing a second one, even if the lid opened more easily. Oct 27 edit: kept trying in the hope the cooler weather would not let the sugar solidify to no avail. I even removed the raw sugar mentioned above and switched (for testing purposes) to regular white processed sugar. Same thing happened. Finally decided sugar just isn't the product for this and now use the bottom for pepper. Bit disappointed because I have beautiful pepper mills for the table/counter use, but don't want this to go to waste.
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