First off I have to agree to the issue with humidity, so I would use these for the most part with commonly used spices and seasonings that you will use frequently. Plus keep this away from an area that contends with a lot of humidity. If your home has a dehumidifier that will help a lot. Most of my spices are sealed in jars with tight screw top seals. Salt, sugar, especially brown sugar are all hydrophilic so they attract water and will clump together and make the spices stick in the containers. While it's nice that these can be sprinkled, poured or measured out using the tech of the container and the window and labels to see the spices or herbs is nice too, humidity is a limitation of something that can't be fully protected from the air.<br /><br />The carousel thing is nice and you can stack these, plus it's a lot better than when I pull out 10 bottles of different spices and have to put them away later, this makes that easy, but keep the area dry and clean where you use them. I have what I call a secret recipe although I change it all the time. You take chicken tenders, fresh in the package and inherently sticky, and roll it in a mixture of flour and a dozen spices you pick depending on your tastes. Then you roll that in a raw scrambled egg wash, then roll that in bread or panko crumbs and cook at 410 degrees in hot peanut or high heat cooking oil about 3 minutes a side. Drain on paper towels and you have chicken strips that will beat for flavor and moistness almost any you can find out there at the typical restaurant fare.<br /><br />The mixture of spices and easy access with this carousel allows you to cut up a bunch of redskin potatoes or Yukon gold potatoes and season them with herbs, spices and oil. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes and you have a great side dish. Other uses involve mixed fire grilled veggies, soups, pasta salads and other things that do better with a quick access to spices. Don't get me wrong I use them all the time, but sometimes I get too lazy to want to bring them out and just get by with salt and pepper. Makes for a boring meal. Recommended for the complete kitchen, but don't fill them with stuff you don't use often, it will likely go bad. Given they have labels and windows, you can fill the occasional use ones only a quarter full so you keep the rest fresh in the original bottle or can.

This is such a great concept! I love the fact that you can stack them, bit the best part is the built in measuring capability!

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Like many people, our spices have been placed willy-nilly on a shelf in our kitchen. This means that some of the spice containers are easily accessible in the front of the shelf while others languish in the back of the shelf and tend to be forgotten. Until now, we haven't found a reasonable solution that allows us to see and easily access all of our spices.<br /><br />The Kitchen Art 25000 Select-A-Spice Auto-Measure Carousel has solved this for us. It's a combination Lazy Susan, spice container and dispenser. All of our spices are now in easy view plus we have options in terms of dispensing them. Each spice container has three dispensing options. We can dial out a measured amount, scoop out the required amount with a measuring spoon ,or simply shake the spices from the grated top opening. Plus the Kitchen Art 25000 Select-A-Spice Auto-Measure Carousel can spin around so that the spice that is needed is right in view. That's as much flexibility as anyone could expect from a spice container system.<br /><br />There are some concerns. The Kitchen Art 25000 Select-A-Spice Auto-Measure Carousel is made completely from plastic. That makes it lightweight but also raises concerns about its durability over time. Cleaning is another concern. It isn't hard to remove the individual spice containers, but the small access opening to the inside is intended for adding spices and not necessarily to make cleaning and drying easy.<br /><br />Still, even with these concerns, we have yet to find a better manner to store and access our spices. That gives the Kitchen Art 25000 Select-A-Spice Auto-Measure Carousel a permanent home in our kitchen.

I do a lot of cooking in a small kitchen and I find this to be functional and it looks nice. It is easy to use on a daily basis. It is also easy to clean. I started out with one and then got a second.

I like the space saving feature. I have another carousel that holds spices, but I thought I'd try this one instead. I liked the design, the ability to use a spoon, shake, or twist a knob for a measured amount.<br /><br />But the problem is the measured amounts are inconsistent. And with no way to seal, these are seriously susceptible to moisture depending on your local humidity.<br /><br />It comes with a lot of labels, and since I'm not a master chef, they covered my needs just fine.<br /><br />If they made a version that could seal better, i'd upgrade to it. I'm entering the drier weather cycle here in Wisconsin, so I can use this over the winter, and I can swap back into my sealing bottle carousel in the spring again and use them over the summertime to avoid the spice brick syndrome.

Sounds good and looks good, but if you live anywhere that has any humidity, forget about this product. I live in Maine. Most of my spices are ruined. And that is not nice with the price of spices! The humidity entered the individual containers and the spices clumped into a solid rock. Others lost all their flavor and my parsley got moldy! Not good.

Decent buy!!

We have had this product since Christmas. We live in a very humid climate in Houston and my spices constantly turn into hard bricks. It makes it very hard to use the Shaker aspect of the spice dispenser and the spice in the measured spaces turns into little hard bricks too, when that happens it is impossible to turn the knob to have the spices measured into your dish.

Like this spice rack. Convenient storage.

Cute but not functional. The dial does not dispense accurately and sometimes it doesn't dispense the spices at all. I like that it's a space saver but that's just about it.

Got them for daughter.know she got all spice in one place. She just enjoying them

I put my favorite spices in this and it measures out 1/4 teaspoon so easily! You also have the option to shake out sprinkles or use a measuring spoon in one of the openings.

I ordered this rotating space saving spice carousel. Filling the canisters was no problem bc I put waxed paper under each and the spilled amount went back into the container. The labels that come with the set are extremely difficult to read so I used other labels which I had on hand. I had to cover up the window, though, in order to put the label on. I found the 1/4 tsp dial to be useless. It never gave me the correct measurement and often the door on the underside of the container would open up completely. I'm not happy with this product.

thank you

Fragile plastic construction but attractive looking unit. Previous units like this in the under counter configuration had a short life due to flimsy ears which locked the unit in place breaking off.

Simply the best!!!!!

I bought three of these years ago and was delighted to find them still available. I would like the labels, which I did not find in the box, so that the labels will match my older sets. These are sturdy, elegant, and easy to use. I love them.

this is great. whoever invented this i give a pat on the back and at-a-boy's. i have 2 on top of each other but a third one might be iffy

Amazing product, organises all my spices