Villaware V177 Al Dente Pasta Machine
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Villaware V177 Al Dente Pasta Machine
Customer Review: Fantastic Pasta Machine!
Summary: 5 Stars
This pasta maker is exactly what I was searching for: a great pasta machine at a great price. I've already used this twice and am completely convinced that I got my money's worth. After reading ALL the reviews on here (yes, even the bad ones), I was convinced that I was going to receive a product that was easy to use, and I was right. Even my kids had fun helping me make pasta with this machine! I highly recommend this pasta maker!
Mario Batali Ravioli Stamp-Square
Customer Review: just a note about all pasta machines
Summary: 4 Stars
One reviewer noted with frustration that the instruction booklet says that you aren't supposed to wash it with water. That's actually the way it is with all pasta machines--whether they say it or not. My mother has been making noodles with a machine like this for 25 years and I have had one for over 12 years. You are not supposed to wash them with water! And it is important to have the cutter because it cuts the noodles much more finely and more cleanly than you can with a knife. So, that's just a little general pasta machine info. I hope it is helpful to you!Customer Review: Ravioli attachments
Summary: 3 Stars
It seems more effort to use the ravioli attachment. In preference, you take your sheet and spoon (or use a cake icing bag) your filling on one side quarter. Fold the dough over and seal using a slightly moist finger. Alternatively, halve the pasta sheet lengthwise (using a pizza cutting wheel) and place one half on top of the filled half and seal with a moist finger. You can, if you desire, use a fluted pasta cutting wheel for design. Either way, you have more control over the process and it's more reliable than any home-purposed ravioli device I've seen.Customer Review: What a nightmare--
Summary: 1 Stars
This machine literally started falling apart as I was using it! It made my quest for handmade pasta a living hell. 2 out of 4 screws holding the roller mechanism to the base were rattling around inside the machine with no hope of retrieval, the rollers kept opening up thereby not holding the setting, and the cap to the dial kept falling off. I really wanted to give this item a negative star count, but that wasn't an option.
As good as homemade pasta is, I think I'll buy it store-made from now on.
Customer Review: Not worth it
Summary: 2 Stars
I read all the reviews before buying this item.
I just got through wrestling with it during my first effort at making pasta for ravioli. The clamp, which is absolutely necessary to use the machine, is poorly designed. If the manufacturer had invested a few pennies more, the clamp would have had rubber contacts, preventing it from coming off as easily as it did with every few turns of the crank.
Other than that frustration, the pasta came out perfectly.