KRUPS Flat Burr Coffee Grinder Electric, 18 Adjustable Grind Settings, 2-20 Cups per Grind, Single Touch, Coffee Bean and Spice Grinder, Stainless Steel, Black

I purchased this Krups GX450 coffee grinder after having purchased the Krups 5 cup coffee maker. I was so impressed with the coffee maker that I decided I would try a Krups coffee grinder. I have had a little coffee grinder in the past and I found it somewhat annoying to use. It was too loud, too messy, too inconsistent (no options to specify the courseness of the grind, etc.) So I saw this Krups grinder on Amazon and bought it using the like new option. This saved me some considerable money on the price. (I’ve had great success with that option with other purchases from Amazon.) The device did come in the Krups box, but it looked like it had been somewhat repackaged. It was clean and looked like new. The only weird thing is, they had a hand Xeroxed instruction manual for the smaller older model in the box, rather than the one that goes with this model. I wound up having to dig deep on the Krups website to find a downloadable version of the manual for this new device. Also, strangely on Krups‘s site, they don’t even feature this new grinder on the American website. So having used the device for a few days, I must say it’s fantastic. It works super well. It’s not deafeningly loud, and it does an excellent job of grinding the coffee to the courseness that you choose. I would say the design of this unit is greatly superior to the other model they make that is smaller. Interestingly, I have yet to see any reviews on this actual unit in Amazon that pertain to this new model. Just a word of advice if you get this machine, the method to remove the bean hopper from the machine to clean it or clear it out is not very obvious. What you need to do is rotate the whole hopper counterclockwise many times until the hopper begins to unscrew from the bottom of the unit I had to do a lot of experimentation before I figured that out. And that is not clearly indicated in the instructions at all. Overall, I highly recommend this unit. It works very well and looks great with the Krups coffee maker.

I have owned and used a few different brands of burr grinders which came in at various price points. This one is the only one I have owned which delivers visibly different levels of coarseness. This is important since I use cafetières ("french presses") for my coffee. These require a coarse ground coffee. Given this came in at the lower mid-range price point, that's a plus. I also like that it delivers the amount by cup size, which usually happens to be a European cup (so, two cups is about a 250ml/8oz cup). Again, this is useful if you use a cafetière since they usually are sized by volume. Bottom line for me is that this is a good value for the money from a reputable manufacturer.

It doesn't grind well for making coffee in a pot, but overall it works well.

Very nice machine, however I had to return it because the French roast beans I was using just jammed the feeder and the only way I could use it was to drop the beans in by hand. It probably works great with a less oily bean.

I use a stove top percolator. It works best with a coarse grind and my local roaster grinds it for me when I purchase from them. Sometimes I buy beans or am gifted some. I figured this grinder would not grind as uniform as the roaster’s professional one but I was disappointed. I had been using a blade grinder. Grinding for several seconds intermittently I was able to at least get a mixture of coarse with fine ground. I bought this burr grinder assuming I would get better results. I have it set on course and I get the same results as with my old blade model. If you desire a medium to fine grind it works better. It is easy to use and is well designed. For someone that wants a finer grind it would be a good value.