Ceramic Burr Manual Coffee Grinder-Mini Hand Crank Coffee Mill - Stainless Steel,Adjustable,Portable,Slim Design for Home and Travel- Aeropress Compatible

I ordered this ages ago, but only started using it about a month ago. I wish it had some setting markings for the size of the grind. I bought a few ounces bulk beans at the grocery store and used their grinder, set to "expresso". I used a small amount of the pre-ground coffee and made small piles on a plate using the grinder and making adjustments with the wheel until the coarseness seemed to be a pretty close match. It would be nice to be able to "mark" the spot so I could easily go back and forth between drip and expresso grinds, but it's not a deal breaker on an inexpensive tool. I don't drink enough coffee to use up a bag of ground coffee before it starts losing it's flavor, so it's nice to be able to grind enough to fill my travel mug with my homemade latte. (Lots cheaper than at the big 'Bucks stores!) It takes a couple of minutes to grind enough for my small expresso maker, which is reasonable for me. My mother teased me at Christmas because of the time I put into making the coffee! I like the small size, it traveled well and it doesn't take up a large, permanent space on my counter at home. Some reviewers complained about the handle making it top heavy, or requiring more space to store. I use one of the extra thick rubber bands that comes on broccoli or asparagus bunches and it just fits when I make a double wrap around the top half of the grinder. The handle fits under the rubber band and keeps the pieces together, and helps with the top heavy problem. This was a reasonably priced way to try out a burr grinder. I may try an electric one in the future, but since they are much more expensive, noisy, and require a lot more space to store, I'm happy for now with this small hand held grinder. A few times, it has seemed to "bind up" when I'm grinding. Rather than forcing the issue by applying more power to my turning, I just make a slight "reverse" move with the handle and it seems to allow the beans to shift and the problem is solved.

This grinder does exactly what I need it to do, grind my coffee beans to make espresso. Sure it takes a while, but it isn't any slower than any other manual method. Produces a consistent grind, easy to clean. Holds the perfect amount of beans for a 6cup espresso maker(or enough for one large cup of coffee). Very satisfied with purchase. The adjustment doesn't seem to do much, from fine to coarse it seems to produce a consistent fine/med espresso grind. Perfect for my purpose and would work fine for drip method but maybe a little too fine for percolator unless you use filter. Have used it for french press with very good results, leaving the last bit in the carafe, it can be a little muddy but I find that to be true anytime I make french press, regardless what method of grinding I use. For what it is worth, I recommend this coffee grinder as a very good value for the price.

Held great promise on first arrival. Seemed like a solidly built grinder. Ease of disassembly made potential cleaning easy, but just about 30 days later I noticed no pepper grinds were coming out, I removed the integrated catch cup only to find the base holding the grinder in place had cracked, very disappointed.

The grinder was nice. It might work well to grind coffee. I bought it to grind oily seeds like chia seeds and the seed that replaces eggs in recipes. (Can't think of what it is.) The seed was so light that it didn't feed into the grinder. Well, only a small amount. I would have been grinding forever. I tried to contact the seller and they did not leave anyway for me to do that in the product literature. The instructions were written by someone who doesn't speak English and the instructions referred to diagrams that weren't there. Too bad and very disappointing.

Works great but not durable. Hario does the same, better, though this may be better for travel.

I don't want to give this a bad review; it did everything it said it would do. I was trying to use it for wheat grains, and it ground them nicely into flour, but I couldn't get it to adjust to a different coarseness. My son, however, said that was normal, and I would need a different kind of grinder to get the kind of grind I wanted, which was for whole-wheat porridge. The only other complaint I had was I found it very hard to turn the handle to grind; my son had no problem at all, so I am inclined to believe it is because of my much weaker hands, which admittedly, lack strength at my age. I do like the compact design, and how nicely streamlined it is. I actually got this for my son, who is in the National Guard. He likes to take a French Press with him on drills, as he detests Army coffee (who doesn't?). He's picky about the freshness of his coffee, also and I thought how perfect it would be for him to take into the field. (He's no fool--his perfect coffee is officer bait...they follow him around at rest stops like hungry puppies.)

I use this solely for peppercorns, and it couldn't be better. With the coarseness I prefer I found that one 360° grind I get exactly (OK, perhaps not exactly exactly) 1/4 tsp. of ground pepper. It couldn't be easier. Having a separate handle is a minor inconvenience, but one that I'll gladly live with.Highly recommended!

Initially i thought it was great but i was deeply disappointed this morning while in the middle of grinding it suddenly stopped grinding. I was turning the handle but nothing was coming out so looked at it and noticed the plastic base holding the cone was cracked. Yes things break over time but 2 1/2 months is just bad. Unless the design is changed i don't plan on getting another one.