I purchased this as a Christmas gift for our adult son who grinds fresh coffee beans every morning and found the electric grinder a bit noisy to use. I thought this might be a useful as well as attractive-looking gift, and the price was right. This is his review "It's somewhat quieter. It grinds very fine, almost an espresso grind. It's not easy to do physically, even a bit harder than I expected. But it looks cool and will come in handy for camping".