ALDI Pasta Machine
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my little marvel – I bought my little gem from aldi, $15.00 I cook by myself so when I make pasta, its like being with a friend, very comforting, and fresh is good, thanks crofton for this little marvel, its well made too, and robust Show reply
Junk product – Purchased this 6 months ago, and finally got it out of the box today. Seized up in the first 5 minutes. Makes a grinding sound of the number "1" setting. Totally disappointed. Tried calling the manufacturer's 1300 number, but no answer. Going to return to Aldi tomorrow (without a receipt), so let's see what happens. UPDATE 19/5/23 - Called the… Read more
manufacturer's 1300 number and was offered a replacement. Excellent service! I have used the replacement once - so far so good. Will leave the rating as one star for the time being.
Absolute piece of junk! – Made one batch of pasta before it died. Rollers don’t work had to roll second batch by hand. What a joke Aldi Show details
Parts missing – We have just opened our box to make pasta this evening only to find three items missing. Very disappointed! Check everything’s in there guys. This will be returned to Aldi tomorrow
A Disasta Machine – Amazing pasta machine at first, had all the 'Oohs' and 'Aahs'. Unfortunately on the second use the metal at the bottom bent and ate up all the precious pasta. Well atleast it worked on the first go. Now back to the rolling pin. Yikes! Show details
Brilliant saves so much time – I bought one for me and two for my daughter in law, I was so impressed with it. Since moving house I have had a slight problem getting it to stay attached to my graduated bench top. That will be remedied with the new kitchen. Show details
Terrible. Did not even last the first use – The hand crank graunched the inside where it was supposed to lock in. The the roller mechanism jammed. Made it through 1.5 batches of pasta on the first use. Straight to the bin Show details
Great Pasta machine – I am very satisfied with this machine, it’s easy to make and to clean, without having lots of pieces to put together as far as the dough been too dry, i add a little more liquid the same as when you make it with the manual pasta machine, very happy with it, cannot understand all the negative reviews, and no I have NOT been paid to write this review. Show details
Pretty Good to start with, then – I bought this during lockdown and the first couple of times I used it, the pasta came out well. It did get stuck to the rollers and the plastic combs but the instructions showed how to get the combs out and how to brush off the "dried" pasta mix. After two more times of using unfortunately the plastic combs are breaking - one has split into 2… Read more
pieces on the fettuccine cutter and one is splitting on the spaghetti cutter. When I enquired on the help line about getting replacement combs I was advised they do not come separately - you have to buy the whole roller/cutter piece for $10.00 plus post and handling. This would most probably work out to the same or more of the cost of the machine in the first place. So I am off to do some research to see if all machines have these plastic combs that cannot be replaced. Has anyone else had the same problem?
Will not recommended this product – No good quality. Bought it during lockdown and now it has 2 problems. Number 1setting could not roll and spaghetti cutting function could not work because it doesn't allow the dough through. Very disappointed customer. Show details
Total waste of money – This machine does not work. I have tried to make pasta with it twice before and today I decided to try again following the instructions closely. . This time it started and then completely died on me. $129.00 down the drain. No longer under warranty as I have had it over 2 years. My brother also has one and has never been able to make pasta with it. Waste of money. DO NOT BUY Show details
Excellent machine for price – I brought this machine for $20 to give pasta making a go. It has been excellent so far. I have read that people weren’t impressed with the instructions but I haven’t actually read them, it is pretty straight forward and I looked at a you tube video so I got an idea of the dough consistency. Has made even lasagne and the fettuccine is excellent too. To get a pasta dried included for $20 is a bargain. Show details
Good Machine & Good Value – Seems to be a well made unit. S/steel is not flimsy and the options for dough thickness and also pasta types(spaghetti, fettucine etc) are all good. I have no complaints at all. And the price is at least half of what the 'elssewhere' options to buy are. Show details
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Excellent automatic pasta maker, and great value for money - still going strong after over 4 years – Update 5 October 2022: still going strong - a dinner party pleaser! Update 31 December 2021: still making delicious pasta! Now in its fourth year of service… Update 28 January 2020: still making delicious pasta! I bought one of these pasta makers in May 2018. So far, it has given excellent service. Prior to writing this review, I read the other… Read more
negative reviews. I wonder if they are writing about the same machine, as my experience has been so good. Besides this machine, I have a KitchenAid pasta extruder, and in my opinion, the Ambiano machine is more convenient to use, as well as making excellent pasta. As regards recipes, I strictly follow the instructions which are on the lid of the machine. These are easy to follow, and the results are exceptional and consistent. As a matter of interest, the same machine is sold in Italy as the Sirge Pastamagic, which also appears to be a reputable product.
Update - 30 September 2018: this machine still works well! I must emphasise the importance of strictly following the instructions to achieve the best results.
Don't rely on instructions and you will love it – My initial rating would have been 'terrible' because I had so much trouble to get a single batch of pasta to come out of it. The machine constantly stalled and clogged up. Then I watched a few YouTube videos and realised I was not adding enough liquid - even though I followed the instructions to the T. So it is cheap - yes … and the… Read more
instructions are almost useless. So now it is clear that you really have to go by your own instincts as to what the right consistency is. The machine would try to extrude the mix before it was ready … so for me it is a matter of turning it off before it moves to extrude and resetting the mixing until I see those clumps start to form. Then I know it's ready … and I will always feel the mix to make sure it is moist enough … but not too moist, otherwise the pasta just sticks together.
It is a lot quicker than making it with my kenwood and then flattening out the pasta etc etc so for the price, I think it's great I can make fresh pasta at the drop of a hat.
Clean up is a pain ... a huge pain - but it's all going in the dishwasher now on a cooler cycle. No way am I handwashing all that.
Worst product ever – Does not work. Instructions written by a 2 year old. Measurements make dough concrete. DO NOT BUY. Don't waste your money on this crap. Buy the old fashioned manual one and you'll make perfect pasta. Worst product ever. Don't waste your money. Its not an easy alternative to make pasta Show details
Worst thing ive come across in my whole life – Never again!! I measure the ingredients exactly but no, it always jams. I notice if you use the disks with the larger openings like lasagna or the large fettucine its occasionally ok but its been more trouble than its was worth!! When it does decide to work the pasta is lovely, but mostly it wont expell the mix its gets clogged up. I can say my… Read more
mix is 100% correct! When i brought it the cashier told me to hang on to the receipt as they had had quiet a few reterns!
Does the job – Purchased this machine recently, so have only used it a few times. Although it is fairly simple to use, you must work out for yourself how your ingredients go together to get the right mix for it to work, which takes a few tries. If the mix is not right, it will not work. When you have it right, it is quite good for quick fresh pasta.
Aldi pasta maker – Great machine at a reasonable price. Have been using it for over 3 years and I no longer buy pasta or noodles from the shops. The trick is to use small eggs, 100g plain flour to one egg. Drier dough is much easy to work with and must allow an hour or two for the initial dough resting. negative: noisy machine
A loud unit not for inexperienced users – This was a noisy machine when we first got it, but now after 12 months it has started to squeal quite loudly, and the cutters dont turn smoothly any more. Even when we first used it, we had to adjust the pasta dough to a drier mix to get the fettucini cutters to work. The machine has been used about ten times and we were happy with the result… Read more
until that 12 month mark. There appears to be no instructions in the manual on how to oil the machine so I have left it alone.
The noise level using it makes everyone leave the kitchen, which can be a good thing too.
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