Not a really necessary item, but easy and fun to use. The battery has a very long life. WOULD RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE WITH HAND PROBLEMS.

I make banana breads 5 at a time. It's a great way to use bananas that have gone too ripe. I just pop them in the freezer and when I have enough, it's banana bread time. Okay, I know I am turning a healthy, albeit starchy fruit into an unhealthy sugar and oil laden belly buster but, hey, I hate to throw anything out. But I digress.
With all that flour to sift, the hand squeezer leaves me with a jonseing for Tylenol bigtime. My stupid husband told me that technologically the sifter is still where it ever was, you either crank or squeeze. In fact, a perusal of both kitchen supply stores and antique shops led me to believe that perhaps this one time, he was right. Until alas, I spotted the battery operated sifter on Amazon. Indeed the simple act of sifting flour has entered the 21st Century. I am thinking about new uses for sifted flour all the time now. Best of all, I got to once again prove my husband wrong. That alone was worth the price of the sifter. If I could only think of a reason to buy two, I would do so in a heartbeat.

All I can say is "WOW"! I love making cakes & cupcakes but completely dread sifting two lbs. of conf. sugar for two batches of icing, mainly due to the time it takes and the fatigue that quickly sets in. I swear this sifter cut my sifting time down by 95% and all I had to do was hold it over a bowl!!! I'd definitely give this item an A+++++++!

I use to have one that you had to squeeze, and by time the time I used it for cakes and icings my hand would cramp real badly. but this is so perfect. and it does not take long at all.

As yet the Battery-OperatedFlour Sifter has not been used. We are getting ready to use it in the RV as we travel. I will write a more detailed review at that time. As of now, the only thing I would change is a lid for both ends so as not to get dry ingredients in the cabinet and draw in ants.Battery-Operated Flour Sifter