Reviews Total
4.75 / 5
Recommended by
100%
4 out of 4 users
Petr Verified Customer Show Original friday
Recommends
James Hoffman's review is spot on
James Hoffman's review is spot on
Dmytro Verified Customer Show Original August 22
Recommends
It grinds faster, quieter and more consistently than my previous grinder - the Baratza Encore. I am writing this review after 2.5 months of daily use.
Design
Statics. It doesn't make that much of a mess even without using the RDT (Ross Droplet Technique). In the case of Encore, it was almost impossible to do without water.
Magnet at the container
This is probably where the positives end for me personally. Yes, I just bought a (better) grinder, it does the job excellently, but the user experience falters. Hence 4.5 stars. At the same time, version 2 is said to have fixed problems from number one. I'm guessing it would frustrate me even more.
Retention. It's terrible. "Knocker" literally does nothing. After squeezing, the rest of the coffee does not spill out. Rather what I did with Encore - "poor man's bellows" works. As there are "bellows" in espresso grinders, I simulate this by lifting and returning the lid, which blows through the path and returns some ground coffee to my container.
The lid is quite flat. I was used to using the lid as a measuring cup for the coffee I want to grind.
The lid of the coffee pot does not fit perfectly. It is rubber/silicone and has a few millimeters of free space. It doesn't look pretty.
Pouring from the container is a bit frustrating. It doesn't look like a "glass" inside, it has metal (?) railings on the walls on one side. It rather bothers me.
The front metal part, around the roughness adjustment wheel, which lets you go to the grinding stones and comes off, is not quite "tight". It's hard to describe, but it moves and it shouldn't, then it gives the impression that the grinder can't cost that much, it feels a bit cheap.
As you can see, there are a lot of negatives and they are more about the UX than the ground coffee itself. I recommend watching a video by Mr. Hoffmann beforehand, he conveys his frustration perfectly. Although his frustration can be a bit funny and once you buy the thing and experience it too, you'll understand him :D
Marek Buchtela Verified Customer Show Original March 7
Recommends
Very compact size
Consistent grinding
Great price/performance ratio :)
Silent
It turns itself off after grinding the dose
Magdalena Verified Customer Show Original May 7
Recommends
Great grinder, I replaced the Wilfa grinder with it and I can't get enough :)
Very consistent grinding in fine and coarse settings
The grinding sound is "quiet", i.e. slower and the coffee does not heat up, and the sound is not unpleasant
The container for ground coffee has a lid, but the general statics are probably worn off and it doesn't spill everywhere even when grinding on the filter
The grinder is really beautiful <3