Hand Grinder for Travel - Poll

JHCCoffee

I’m in the market for a hand grinder for travel, covering a wide range of coffees, producing atleast 36g. Producing good grind quality (I’m now spoiled by my Niche), with good grind speed and ease of grinding (even at espresso settings). Needs to be easy to set (and reset) to a specified grind. And relatively lighter weight and smaller than my current Lido 3 OE.

I’ve read this thread Hand Coffee Grinder and am as confused and undecided as ever. When I bought my Niche, the consensus of opinion was pretty obvious, so it was an easy decision. Not so much with a replacement travel hand grinder.

Time for a poll. 😁

PS I can add a 2nd poll, if I’ve missed a key travel hand grinder. The polls allow a max of 10 choices. Let me know.

JHCCoffee

PS I can add a 2nd poll, if I’ve missed a key travel hand grinder. The polls allow a max of 10 choices. Let me know.

tompoland

JHCCoffee it’s a pretty good spread. I have a Helor 106 hand grinder which houses 71mm Mazzer Robur burrs. That would be nomination if there is another poll but TBH I think your poll is comprehensive enough..

Cuprajake

I’ve only used the 1j pro so that’s what I voted for

thewelshvet

Same here, only ever used the knock feld.

Ernie1

I’ve only used the C40 and a Hario years ago but I’ve traveled with the C40 and it’s ideal. Used it every day for V60 or Moccamaster in the year or so I’ve had it.

I’ve also used it for espresso and whilst it’ll produce a decent cup, it’s an absolute workout and you’ll need the redclix thing for finer adjustment.

It also comes with 2 jars and they’re the perfect size to take a ~30g dose of beans.

Only thing is you say ‘at least 36g’ which is going to be very close to capacity. You might get 40 in there. I typically dose 28-32 for 2 cups of filter and it’s almost full.

MWJB

All the links I see for the UK outlets for Timemore C2 show the stainless, Zassenhaus style burrs. These will absolutely not grind for espresso.

InfamousTuba

tompoland the helor doesn’t really fit under the lighter than the lido 3 OE although it would make much lighter work of espresso than all of the other hand grinders.

The new feld47 has good capacity and the same burrs as the kinu M47, although you can swap to pour over burrs in the kinu. The comandante is a good choice but the adjustment might not be for you. The 1zpresso might be a good choice but I have no idea on the best model because there are so many and I haven’t had hands on with any of them.

If you are only using the grinder for occasional espresso I would still probably go for the comandante, otherwise the feld47 would be easier for espresso.

Another grinder that might end up being a good choice is the mikros one by Heys scientific, but that is still in the prototyping stage

Nightrider_1uk

Only used an original Feld and Aerspeed, so nothing to vote for

PaulL

I took my J-Max to Colombia with double skinned cafetière and family there were really taken with it. It was too expensive and too late to buy them a smaller JX as a gift so I gifted them the J-Max and a prettier double skinned cafetière and ordered a new K-Max which came just after I returned to the UK so all worked out well.

I like the 1zpresso hand grinders especially in the travel case which both of these had.