PrepWorks Nut Chopper – Manual Handheld Nut Grinder for Chopping Nuts, Seeds, and Herbs, Easy to Use, BPA-Free

Works well as a "herb grinder"

Good item

It does its job for the price, but a couple of things I don’t like about it. I bought it because of the larger base and I hoped that it would be more stable but it’s not. I mostly use it for nuts and when grinding those, I still have to lean on top of it to keep it balanced. For things like almonds, the grinder takes a lot of elbow grease to turn the handle, and the more force to turn the handle, the more I have to counterbalance the grinder. To access the contents and control emptying it, you have to turn it upside down, otherwise everything comes tumbling out all at once. The quantity measurements on the side are very helpful.

works great - and a choice of 2 sizes.

I bought this device on the strength of number of buyers and high scores. Wish I had read actual reviews as part of my consideration.After it arrived, I returned here to read how to change chopping pattern and any tips of cleaning and I read the reviews about difficulty in handling almonds. Glad I did or I would have destroyed this on first use.It is essential not to load it to the top with almonds just enough to cover the bottom. When grinding put forefinger and change to thumb on the part coming out of the device to transfer some of the pressure when turning the handle. Better yet, just use the handle starting at the bottom then rock about an eighth of a turn one way then the next.As far as value, I think this would be better prices around $10 and at the risk of being labeled unpatriotic by the orange one, I suspect the current price reflects the tariffs. If this lasts beyond 3 months, I'll add a star for durability sake.

I thought this would be the answer to my hatred of chopping nuts or paying the high price of chopped nuts in the store. It turns out that the only positive thing I can say is that the retro color is cool. This chopper does not work!! The parts are difficult to put together and don't stay together when you turn the handle to chop nuts unless you push down hard on the top. And even then, if you aren't pressing down straight, the chopper topples over, the components came apart and chopped nuts spill all over your counter. So, after I cleaned up the mess, even though I was turning in the direction to produce larger pieces, at least half of what came out was powder (nut meal); totally unusable for what I was baking! I'm honestly not sure how you're supposed to get the "chopped" nuts out successfully. When I turned the chopper over to empty the bottom compartment, I apparently wasn't holding all the parts together strongly enough because the components came apart again...nuts all over the counter!! This chopper has serious design issues!! I wish I had returned this after the first use but I decided to try it again knowing all I had learned about it. The second time was only marginally better. I still had to man-handle it and I basically got nut powder in the end. I was going to give it to Goodwill but decided it wouldn't be fair to whoever bought it and threw it away instead. I have only ever written one bad review before this and didn't really want to spend the time writing this one, but I felt strongly that I needed to tell of my experience.

This is one of my favorite kitchen gadgets! I use it to mince up nuts, egg yolks for deviled eggs, etc. I had one for years and used it a lot but I move a lot and somehow the original got lost. I was so happy to find it again! It is so clever! turning the crank one way makes smaller pieces than turning it the opposite way! And it is a bear to clean if you do not have a dishwasher - if you do, just put it in and it comes out like new!

My grandmother used to have a very similar device to chop nuts when I was a kid. I've been considering buying one of these... And I'm glad I did. Frozen peacon halves were my first test... A little difficult to turn the handle. The next test was refrigerated pecan halves... Worked great. I will update this review when I chop whole Brazil nuts for my next ice cream.