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£937.47 for the conical version, plus £95.25 carriage plus vat and import duties comes t about £2280. That is a gig gamble as it will be worthless if it has problems. I just guesstimated figures but agree am £1000 out!
Knock off Chinese grinders
DavecUK They always play in a price window, that, especially 3 years ago once the first DF was launched, was not so difficult to take the risk, but at such price tag, i would like to have a closer look before to only think to buy it.
Where are Kafatek grinders made?
Is there a chance with some of these ‘knockoffs’ that they’re actually just the exact same grinders just without the branding applied?
La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos
Ikawa Roaster
HarveyMushman No, Kafatek are made in Seattle by Denis Basaric.
HarveyMushman this would be very serious
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Right, not suggesting it’s happening and clearly not with products made in the US but just wondered if there are cases like the supermarket own brand foods sometimes made by the same factories making branded goods etc.
La Marzocco Linea Mini - Mazzer Philos
Ikawa Roaster
dfk41 £937.47 for the conical version, plus £95.25 carriage plus vat and import duties comes t about £2280. That is a gig gamble as it will be worthless if it has problems
About £1315 actually
to put that in to perspective, thats what i paid for my Craig Lyn HG-1 Prime, with import duties etc
Genuine purchase of the genuine product
This isn’t a moan as I don’t think I will ever sell the prime (Key is still for sale BTW)
The service from Craig Lyn was second to none.
Id be really interested to hear from anyone regarding the flat burr grinder on Davids original post here.
Is it called Lucky store for a reason? who will be the Lucky party, us or the store!!
I wonder also if Denis will be taking legal action as they are clearly suggesting its a Kafatek, which to us it obviously is not.
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Do you have a link please to Daves DF64 review … not seen that one yet……
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
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Take your pick… 👍
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Thank you.
(I forgot there was life before YouTube 🥰)
Will have a read….. Interesting to see how it compared to my df-83.
Unfortunately that was pants 🫠
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
MediumRoastSteam Is the review for a DF grinder or just a.n. other Chinese one?
dfk41 - Errr…. Did you click the link? That’s Dave’s review page. As far as I know, that’s the first DF64 (Or Solo 64mm as marketed by BB).
Yes it was. I bought the grinder after seeing the review
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Do you have df64 as well as t64?
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
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Yeah. I put Mazzer burrs in the DF64. It was and still is a great grinder, but the bellows/ mess was getting annoying, so the T64 turned my head. At the price point and with the SSP burrs and following Dave’s review I thought it was too good an offer to miss.
I was going to sell the DF64 on, but it will make a nice housewarming gift to a friend who has just built his new house
Sounds good, mess his new house up. Rofl. ☕🥰
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.
Hahaha. They will be doing filter rather than espresso so might not need to be as vigorous on the bellows as I was
4 months later
Did anyone here purchase one of the chinese Kafatek copies or has anyone seen a genuine review.
Would be interesting to see just how many corners were cut and how bad the machining quality and tolerances are in comparison to how we know the genuine product is made.
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.