De'Longhi Burr Coffee Grinder with Grind Selector and Quantity Control, Stainless

I PURCHASED A CAPRESSO AND IT FAILED AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT. BACK IT WENT. I THEN GOT A CUISINART. IT WORKED TWICE, BROKE, BACK IT WENT. I THEN ORDERED AND RECEIVED A DeLonghi AND IT SEEMS TO BE WELL MADE AND WORKED WELL.WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. BUT IN THE MEAN TIME I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT. IT IS COMPACT AND DOES USE MUCH COUNTER SPACE. EASY TO USE AND EASY TO CLEAN. ADDENDUM # 1 --- SO FAR IT HAS PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY. VERY EASY TO CLEAN AND ASSEMBLE. ALSO, THE REMOVABLE COFFEE BIN IS DISHWASHER SAFE. IT IS FAIRLY QUIET AND DOES A GREAT JOB. SO FAR---SO GOOD! GRINDS THE BEANS TO PERFECTION. ADDENDUM # 2 (FOUR DAYS LATER)---- WELL THIS MORNING I THOUGHT I WOULD REALLY CLEAN THE MACHINE AND I REMOVED THE UPPER BURR GRINDER AS INSTRUCTED. ALL WENT WELL. I RE-ASSEMBLED THE MACHINE AND IT DID NOT START. I TRIED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START IT. STILL NO LUCK. THEN BY ACCIDENT I RE-INSERTED THE COFFEE CONTAINER THAT CATCHES THE GROUND COFFEE AND IT DID INDEED START. NO WHERE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS DID IT SAY THE GROUND COFFEE CONTAINER NEEDS TO BE INSERTED FOR IT TO RUN. JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PRODUCTS WE HAVE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE USA??? WE CAN'T EVEN MAKE COFFEE GRINDERS NOW??? THIS GRINDER IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST!! ADDENDUM # 3 --- PURRRRRFECT. SO FAR SO GOOD. SECOND WEEK AND ALL IS GREAT.WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE IS STILL OPEN. I AM OPTIMISTIC. THE GRINDER IS WORKING AS ADVERTISED AND WE LOVE IT. GRINDS WELL AND VERY EASY TO CLEAN AND ASSEMBLE AND DISASSEMBLE. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT WEEK???? IT BREWS DELICIOUS CUP OF COFFEE. WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. WE LIKED IT SOOOOO MUCH WE GOT ONE FOR OUR DAUGHTER. ADDENDUM # 4 ------ STILL WORKING WONDERFULLY. THE BEST AND MOST RELIABLE ONE I HAVE EVER HAD. THE FIRST TWO BRANDS BROKE AFTER A FEW DAYS AND ONE BROKE RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. MY DAUGHTER ALSO LOVES HER GRINDER AND HAS HAD NO PROBLEMS. REALLY TOOOOO BAD WE COULDN'T MAKE THEM IN THIS COUNTRY AND GIVE AMERICANS THE WORK AND PAY. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BURR GRINDER. ADDENDUM # 5 --------WELL IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW AND ALL IS GREAT AND THE GRINDER IS FLAWLESS. MY DAUGHTER ALSO PURCHASED THE SAME ONE AND IT ALSO IS OUT-STANDING. SOME PEOPLE NIT-PICK ABOUT STUPID THINGS! WELL, HELL, NOTHING IS PERFECT. WE HAVE HAD NO TROUBLE WITH THIS GRINDER.DOES A GREAT JOB AND EASY TO MAINTAIN AND CLEAN. THE CAPRESSO WE HAD WAS A PIECE OF CRAP AS WAS THE CUISINART. THEY EITHER BROKE AFTER A SHORT TIME OR ARRIVED DEFECTIVE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS GRINDER. ADDENDUM # 6 --- WELL IT HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO-THREE MONTHS NOW AND STILL WORKING GREAT. ONLY PROBLEM IS WHEN IT IS TIME TO REMOVE THE GRINDER INSIDE TO CLEAN IT, IT TENDS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, AFTER SOME ELBOW GREASE IT DOES COME OUT. MAYBE IF I DID IT MORE FREQUENTLY, IT WOULD BE EASIER AND RELEASE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS GRINDER.

This grinder replaces my Barista SB's grinder that failed. I do not think it can grind coarse enough for presses, but it has worked well for my velocity Bunn coffee maker. I have dialed down the quantity as at a low setting it grinds plenty for the coffee maker, and though it is set at coarse it grinds pretty finely at that setting. Price is right for fresh ground at home though it is not nearly a professional tool. It does work simply and I do like it's functioning and it looks good next to my DeLonghi espresso maker. Addendum 6/10/14: This device has now failed. Debating on sending back for repair under warranty. Just bought Cuisinart flat burr grinder as I needed a replacement quickly. Disappointed at this short life as it was not abused or damaged. I suspect the safety interlocks are at fault.

Just purchased this when our old burr grinder died. I purchased after liking the reviews that said it was quiet, and also liking the clean lines of it. It's definitely tons quieter than our old one, but the surprise benefit is that it actually makes a better cup of coffee and reduces the amount of beans we use too. With our other grinder, we learned to set it to grind 8 cups in order to brew a nice strong 6 cups (we like our coffee dark and strong). The first time we used this grinder, we tested it with a 6 cup grind for a 6 cup pot. Surprise, it was too strong - - - we had to add 2 more cups of water to make it palatable. After trial and error, we found a 5 cup grind makes a perfect 6 cup carafe. We can only deduce that this grinder produces a more efficient, accurate and clean grind, with less waste. At $15/lb for coffee, the fact that this grinder is saving us money this way, is a nice surprise too. Cons: my only peeve, is that the bean reservoir is quite small and needs to be refilled about every other time. I guess this keeps the beans fresh, but not having to refill it as often would be nice. - others have complained about the static burst of grinds that make a mess. Unfortunately, that's what you get with plastic - there's no way around that. It seems to lessen this problem if you 1) wait a minute after grinding before opening and scooping, and 2) give the grinder a couple taps on the side before removing container. ** update October 2016 * * yes, we've had this a couple of years now and it's still going strong until . . . about a month ago, I noticed that the coffee would not feed automatically. I'd push the start button and it would begin grinding, then just whirr when the beans didn't fall into the grinder. I figured since it was probably time to buy a new grinder, there'd be no harm in my fiddling with this to see if I could "fix" it. The first thing I did was empty the beans and give the reserve bin a good wiping down - - no luck. The second thing I did was remove the center feeding core (just twist left to unlock). Wow - - - the packed and caked coffee in that core was astonishing. The oils from the beans combined with the fine grind created caked-on clumps that I had to scrape and flake off using a toothpick. It's no wonder the beans weren't feeding through! I gave it a good cleaning, washed and dried well, replaced it and it's again working perfectly like new.

UPDATE (November 1, 2016) This unit failed in April 2015. The grind adjustment knob wouldn't budge and beans stopped feeding through. I purchased this model https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AR7SY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 soon after and it works great and doesn't have the annoying static problem. ------------------------------ We wanted a burr grinder that would not take up counter space. This sturdy grinder takes up not much more space that our blade grinder (you know the ones designed for grinding spices?) and produces much more uniform ground coffee. If you're reading these reviews, you may have seen a few complaints about the adjustment knobs. I guess the manufacturer has addressed this because mine are very sturdy and firm. I also saw several complaints about static but I think it may be in the way they are handling the container that receives the grinds. Yes it's made of smoky looking plastic (looks good and is quite well made actually!) and plastic quite often has a static problem. Here's what I discovered; when you remove the container, don't open its cover. This container comes out looking like a little box with only one square opening that the grounds were fed into. Keep the container closed and just turn it so the opening is facing your coffee filter and then tap the grounds out. Opening the lid is what creates the static discharge and then it is hard to keep the grounds coffee from spraying out a bit. Sure, there may be a few grounds left attached to the walls of that plastic box but don't worry about it. Daily use will still only leave a small coating of grounds inside so the amount of grounds you tap into your coffee maker will still average out. We love this thing and we don't regret buying it. I just make sure I top up the beans in the evening and in the morning, I just press the button. It grinds a fixed amount of coffee while I go about getting my coffee maker ready. By the time I have my water and coffee filter ready, I just pop that little plastic box out of the grinder and tap the freshly ground coffee in!

This is a nice coffee grinder at a reasonable price. I like that it's compact in size, fairly quiet, convenient to use, and is less messy that our previous blade type grinder. It's also easy to fine-tune the amount of coffee and the degree of fineness - and once you've got it set to your liking you just push the button and wait about 10 seconds for it to finish grinding. The consistency of the grind is probably not quite as good as the much more expensive premium units (so it may not be the best choice for making espresso) but is much better than any blade grinder I've ever used, and very good for making drip coffee which is what we mainly drink. Note that we haven't had this grinder for very long, so the jury's still out on durability. (We had a DeLonghi drip coffee maker awhile ago and it went kaput in about a year - may have just been a bad unit though and admittedly we didn't try sending it back but instead just bought a different coffee maker, a Krups model that so far works very well). Overall I think the DeLonghi Grinder is a well designed product which I'd recommend.

My Cuisinart burr grinder died after 4-5 years of daily use, and while I was impressed by how long it lasted, I figured that I should do some comparison shopping, which is how I ended up with this DeLonghi. Both the DeLonghi and the Cuisinart are on the budget end for burr grinders; you could easily pay twice or three times the prices for higher end models. The DeLonghi trumped the Cuisinart because of its quieter operation (still not quiet, though -- grinding hard beans is always noisy), its slightly better ability to grind from fine to coarse, and its styling. Pros, compared to the Cuisinart: quieter operation; better contained bin; better range of grinds (coarse is coarser, albeit with fine grounds included); more compact design; smoke-colored plastic so the clinging grinds aren't as visible; slightly shorter grind time; emptying grounds is not quite as messy. Cons, compared to the Cuisinart: measure knob is harder to turn than the sliding switch on the Cuisinart; whole bean bin does not hold many beans -- only about enough for 10 measures (or 16-20 cups, depending on how much you use.) The DeLonghi lid makes it look like it can hold as much, but there's a max line about even with the grinder body. Both machines grind according to coffee measuring cup instead of cup size, so if you want to brew 6 cups of coffee and use the traditional amount, you would set the dial to 3. For those of us who like our coffee stronger, we would adjust up accordingly. I like my DeLonghi better than my old Cuisinart, although it is still a budget burr grinder (not to be confused with an inferior blade grinder.) Maybe someday I'll upgrade, but, for now, I'm a happy coffee drinker. -- Debbie Lee Wesselmann

I've had this product before and I knew what I was buying right off the bet. An overall good quality, medium professional range grinder, with an easy interface, which is comfortable to operate and doesn't take too much space on your kitchen. I got what I asked for, but as soon as I unpacked the box I noticed that the original packaging has seen some days - it was bent up and untaped. The item inside has also been clearly handled before. It was clean but scratches from prior use remained on the sides of the device, and one of the detachable pieces had a poorly mended crack on it, visible in the pictures. Disappointing, especially since I paid full price for a "new" device.

10 plus years and it’s still working. It does what it’s supposed to do, consistent grind to my choice of particle size.