I have an "AUTOMATIC", you can see it in some of the older BYO magazines being sold from St.Pat's.
The Automatic mill - can't find a picture, and am too lazy at the moment to snap a shot. Nothing earth shattering. Two steel rollers, click adjustable on eccentric bearing, and a 7lb hopper. It's mounted to a thick plastic board (like a cutting board) that sits right on the bucket while you grind. Hand crank - it's easy, it's fast, no need to motorize it yet. Looking back thru the old boards it was $110 when it was on clearance. I got it as part of that whole package for $400
I got a
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and
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a home made kegerator with CO2 bottle, regulators, cornies, bottles, books, oxygenator, air pumps, 2 camp burners, and 2 full propane tanks and almost a decade worth of back issues of BYO and Zymurgy. (there's other stuff, can't think of it right now)
I did have to take apart the whole thing to de-bug (litterally) and most of the other stuff too. Guy I bought from was a slob.
Whatever roller mill you get, I can't imagine you'd be unhappy with it. especially since you'd have nothing to compare to.