When looking for a kitchen pasta maker, you should have three factors to remember: usability, design, and price.
How often can and will you use it?
Do you plan to use it for one recipe, or do you have plans to learn how to make pasta and use it as often as you can? The thing is, if you're being tempted to buy the pasta maker because the TV ad makes it look good, or because your friend has it, then you should reconsider. A pasta maker is a great kitchen gadget but not if it will be left alone as a decorative item on your kitchen shelf.
Usability will also include cleaning. Many homemakers "bench" their kitchen appliances when it gets too cumbersome to clean. For then, the after part of making pasta is just too much hassle, and they would rather go back to commercially sold pasta. Thus, if you really want a pasta machine, look for one that is easy to clean.
Design
There are kitchen pasta machines that can make two kinds of pasta only; while others offer much more. Your choice should depend on whether you like variety or not. Then, you should decide if you want a manual or electric machine. According to pasta experts, the manual machine grinds out better pasta, but many restaurant chefs prefer the electric pasta maker because it's quick and easy to use.
Cost
This refers not just to the price if the unit, but the cost in operating it. You have a choice in the motor capacity of the pasta machine, so choose a reliable and powerful motor so you don't have to buy new parts after using it several times in a day over the period of two months or so.
The price of a pasta machine will also be dependent on the brand name and basic features such as the size of the bowl. The smaller the unit, the lower the cost, and yet if you have to make pasta for large groups on a regular basis, then it would be more cost effective to buy one with a larger bowl.
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