Niche Zero help

Penance I thought the black collar was upside down initially but you don’t remove that part when disassembling, ignore me!

Penance The static on the niche is a nightmare.

Can you please describe what the issue is?

Penance I wouldn’t grind into PF personally. Any grinder will release grinds once static dissipates, leave the cup there and it will catch them. Clack the lid a couple of times to shake them loose & discard before the next grind.

I guess it’s possible but I doubt the Specialita has much better dose consistency.

Penance Unless the dose consistency is very much better then the Niche (unlikely) those Specialita grinds are still somewhere, likely snagged up in the grinder until nest dose and you just don’t see them.

If you have measurements that say different, I’m happy to be wrong.

Of course, not being able to see them might make you happier, but I’m wondering if you had a super tidy grinder that you thought was great, why change?

I haven’t used the specialita, but for the niche I tend to find static depends on environmental factors. Most of the time it isn’t really an issue, but occasionally a fair bit sticks inside the dosing cup. I find if you just tap the cup on the bench it’ll drop the grinds to the bottom and you can pour them in (or use the brush if really high static). Some beans seem worse than others for this, but it can come and go with the same bean, which makes me wonder if humidity plays a part.

Like others have said, if you leave to dosing cup under the spout it’ll catch anything that drops out later so there isn’t much mess.

I have a vague memory that it was worse for static when I first got it too, and it got better as the burrs bedded in.

hornbyben My experience was the same. Had a fair bit of static initially when I got the Niche but see very little now unless I grind coarse for filter. No worse off than the Specialita imo. I still have both grinders and use the Niche for espresso and the Specialita for filter. Occasionally use the Niche also for filter but never the other way round anymore as I find dialling in the Specialita for espresso a little hit and miss.

Penance Yes static has reduced over time but I can’t say whether that’s because of burrs being seasoned or some other factor. I think within 2-3 months of use it was noticeably better. I do dose into the cup rather than the portafilter. Any grounds stuck to the sides of the cup are dislodged when I stir the grounds with a chopstick before inverting into the PF.

I’ve own a niche for 3 years. For me, there’s no static issues, whether I use the cup or the PF with a dosing ring. I mean, yes, there are grinds which cling on to the funnel/cup, but a quick tap dissipates that. There’s no mess as such. I don’t see coffee grinds jumping out left right and centre as I used to see with the Kinu M68!

Maybe just need to season the burrs?

Penance
I’ll PM you. Happy to set up a time for a FaceTime or WhatsAp chat. It will take too much keying time to address all. Bottom line: my initial NZ teething pains are receding and I am enjoying the grinder. I am still testing and tweaking, but I am confident that I will get there. This is a Titan class grinder for a very reasonable price. Stick with it!

It’s a brand new grinder. The burrs need to be seasoned. Till then you will get static.

It was designed to dose into the cup.

Use the cup it’s about 15 seconds longer tipping the cup into your pf.

The specilita used to clog around the clump breaker when I had one.