Best Burr Grinder you can get for 20 bucks
Written: Apr 22 '04
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Pros: Cheap and works well.
Cons: Messy and fragile.
The Bottom Line: Well worth the money, but not a high-end machine. Good value, not highest quality.
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| sigivald's Full Review: Black & Decker SmartGrind Deluxe CBM7B Electric Bu... |
As everyone else has noted, this grinder can get pretty messy, and some of the plastic is fragile.
I've found that it's not particularly messy if you give the grounds-container a few good taps on the top before removing. Static is an issue with any plastic container, but I find a metal spoon for taking out the grounds discharges that fairly well.
On mine, when cleaning, I managed to break off the Incredibly Fragile plastic "bounce reducer" on the whole-bean container the second time I cleaned the unit, but that doesn't keep the unit from working (just means the last few beans in a grind jump around a lot).
I've had mine for about a year now, and I'm perfectly satisfied. I would not be satisfied if I'd paid $100 for the grinder, but you get what you pay for.
Also, while the grind is adjustable from French Press levels down to a perfectly good espresso (at least for my stovetop brewer; people with real pressure machines might need it finer, I don't know either way), it can't manage a proper dust grind for Turkish. But let's keep our expectations reasonable.
(I don't consider the noise factor excessive, because, well, it's a grinder. Grinders are noisy. In a $200 unit, I might expect tricksy sound dampening. Here that's unreasonable; like marking down a Geo Metro because it's not a Porsche.)
Recommended:
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