Vic Firth Pump and Grind Stainless-Steel Pepper Mill

I originally wrote a glowing review of this thing (which explains the four stars, which I can't change). Since then it's been tossed in the recycling.

I liked it, kinda. I wanted to love it. But it ended up driving me to frustration, because it takes so much time and effort to get a reasonable amount of pepper out of the thing. And it holds too little pepper. And the grind isn't adjustable.

Here's what's good: the design is simple; it's easy to clean; and I love being able to grind pepper one-handed. But this isn't enough.

I ended up giving up o the one-handed concept. Couldn't find an adequate grinder that worked this way. What I have now and for the last year is the Unicorn Magnum grinder. This thing is the holy grail. Takes two hands, but does everything perfectly.

It's true that using the grinder can require the use of two hands. However, this hasn't been a big issue in my use. I own two of them (one for salt, the other for pepper). When I used rock salt in the grinder, I needed to occassionally use two hands. Once I switched to coarse kosher salt, the problem disappeared.

solid, well made, cool looking and I think works well. wife doesn't like it because only a small amount of pepper per pump, which is true but I don't think someone would expect large amounts "per pump" from this... certainly good enough for peppering a meal versus cooking. I'm going to buy the salt mill to go with it. four stars because of my wife's opinion and it is a bit pricey...otherwise I'd give it five.