Best hand-grinder under £200?
@Ernie1 I swear we are mirroring each other I am currently loving the X54 and I am going to buy a hand grinder for similar reasons and to allow a rotation to start alongside a staple in the X54.
My shortlist from research if this helps has got it down to 3, I am leaning personally to the C40 due to the community side and I only really drink filter/pourover/aeropress at the moment.
Comandante C40 MK4 pros - great community recipes, burrs give great flavour profiles in filter, easy to replicate grind size. Cons hard to source in the uk in the colour choice you may want. Glass bottom while strengthened could be broken in some circumstances.
1zpresso JX Pro pros - cheaper than C40, great espresso results Cons - Smaller grind size but generally people love it who have it
Kinu Pros - Design and build quality (all metal), big size and good grind experience on all roast types. Cons Expensive! Though you can now get versions of the Kinu in your price range with the same burrs but more plastic.
Note// a mention needs to go out to Feldgrind too lots of people rate these too I just had to make a decision and these are my choices.
Thanks! Yeah seems like we are in a similar position, really good to hear your thoughts.
I’m going to go with the Commandante. I agree it’s not easy to get all the colour ways here. Thankfully none of the options quite match the Bianca walnut so I might just go with whatever is in stock.
Thanks for the help everyone, I shall report back when it arrives!
Great helpful thread, have ordered a 1zpresso jx pro, as (having reflected on my workflows / competence!) I think that’s going to be just right for me for the occasional trials of different beans without needing a costlier upgrade / addition to vvv small kitchen space, and keeping my Specialita (which I am happy with). Thanks everyone for experience shares!
Ernie1 I’m going to go with the Commandante. I agree it’s not easy to get all the colour ways here. Thankfully none of the options quite match the Bianca walnut so I might just go with whatever is in stock.
Good choice! I got mine from Foundry, looks like they have black, American cherry, blue and red in stock:
Ernie1 Don’t forget to ask them if they give discounts to members of this forum…after all we are now the busiest UK coffee forum by quite a large margin!
Ahhh no! Too late! I ordered from the big A as it was £235 and arrives tomorrow. I got the American cherry finish.
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In fact, anyone buying anything (beans, machines, accessories)in the UK should ask the same thing…if you don’t ask you won’t get.
Do you give any discounts to member of https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com
They can only say no…..if they stop and think though, we are getting larger and busier and higher up in the search rankings, by asking there are 2 unsaid messages to the smart retailer.
I would like to see if you offer a discount as a member of a busy UK coffee forum, If I’m asking you, I am asking other people as well and I may buy from one of them if they offer a discount.
By giving a discount, I am likely to mentioning you, the product and the price favourably to other members, who may choose you, your product etc.. over the competition
Although the forum itself is non-commercial, and we don’t have advertisers, the more members that ask for a discount, might make things work to the benefit of all members.
LMSC Owned the Feld 2 couple of years, plus Aergrind and recently bought a J-Max which is a flasher rendition of the JX-Pro.
Can’t really go wrong with the 1ZPresso units IMHO, they are built by a firm of engineers and the build quality is very good, an absolute joy to my finicky little soul to use. Really fine adjustment on J-Max, totally ok on mate’s JX-Pro too. I still love my Feld2, but it’s had its fair share of minor QC issues which I fixed myself because let’s just say the MBK customer service is legendarily Pythonesque
It arrived!
First impressions… possibly the best packaging and presentation of any product I’ve ever bought.
It’s incredibly well made.
Very very impressed with the grind quality. 26 clicks in a V60, fantastic.
Thanks again for the recommendations.
Ernie1 First impressions… possibly the best packaging and presentation of any product I’ve ever bought.
Hahah, I agree 100% with this - I remember wishing I had filmed the unboxing, not to make some fancy YouTube review but just so I could relive that moment! I love it when a company think so much about their product and the user experience that they look after every little aspect from the moment it arrives with you to first use.
For anyone looking lower-end I just bought a Timemore C2 to try with my Moka pot instead of a blade grinder. For the price of around £60 I’m impressed so far, but then I’m coming from a different starting point.
I was going to jump straight for something like a mignon manuale or specialita, but I’m glad I went this way now. I was expecting it to be really hard work after reading so many people say they wouldn’t want to hand grind, but it was easy.
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DavecUK In fact, anyone buying anything (beans, machines, accessories)in the UK should ask the same thing…if you don’t ask you won’t get.
Do you give any discounts to member of https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com
They can only say no…..if they stop and think though, we are getting larger and busier and higher up in the search rankings, by asking there are 2 unsaid messages to the smart retailer.
I would like to see if you offer a discount as a member of a busy UK coffee forum, If I’m asking you, I am asking other people as well and I may buy from one of them if they offer a discount.
By giving a discount, I am likely to mentioning you, the product and the price favourably to other members, who may choose you, your product etc.. over the competition
Although the forum itself is non-commercial, and we don’t have advertisers, the more members that ask for a discount, might make things work to the benefit of all members.
I had a good chat with Foundry about their beans, the roast level and the positive reviews our forum members have about their coffee. I don’t know who the gentleman was. I should have asked. He was friendly, helpful and polite.
- He asked a lot of questions on how I identify the roast level and the roasting process, which I answered to the best of my knowledge. He said people seldom call and talk about coffee roasting, and the roast level in as much detail as I did. He was glad I had called.
- He refused to be drawn in calling out the roasts. He said they call them as medium roasts if there is a query as people purely go by the colour of the beans, which is he said is not correct.
- But, he picked out Rocko Mountain and Columbian Diofanor Ruiz on the lighter roast side.
- On the discount for forum members, he asked what forum is this. I gave him the name, the number of members, how busy the forum is, etc., and a potential market for sales. While he appreciated we had asked, he politely said no discount as a company policy. Perhaps, he might have a re-think if a few more were to call and ask.
LMSC While he appreciated we had asked, he politely said no discount as a company policy for any one of any size. Perhaps, he might have a re-think if a few more were to call and ask.
That’s a very interesting response from Foundry!