Ernie1 Isn’t that where the Niche is made?
Think what Jake means is that those are designed in China. I’m not sure “designed” is the right word here, as if they do have a design team, they don’t quite understand what single dose is. For me, the biggest example is the chute screen. It’s now the fourth iteration of the df64 and it seems that they go from some sort of “slightly annoying problem” to “a very annoying one” - to the point the latest chute screen is double up and useless, according to reviews. It just increase retention and regrinding rather than actually fix the issue of retention. So the first thing people do is they open the grinder up and remove one of them, half cut the other or just buy a new chute+screen combo from Etsy. That I honestly don’t understand what goes on with the “design” team. If the community has been feedbacking and modding the df64 since V1, with readily available mods, why can’t they take the feedback and make the grinder as such, from the factory? I’d rather buy something that works out of the box rather than mod it.
Contrast that with the Niche which has a thoughtful and methodical design behind it (note: I don’t really care where it’s designed or made) to the point that Martin would not even contemplate releasing the product until he and his team are happy the product is viable and functional up to the high standards set. And that I applaud.