Cuprajake If looks and features are important, then this looks great. I always thought the most important part of a grinder was the burrs. Does anyone know whose they are using? I al slightly surprised to see them using 64mm though

The grinder looks very nice indeed. Acaia quality I’m sure. But I’m not sure I understand the benefit of “grind by weight” as it applies to the grinder/scale combination. I presume it means that the grinder stops grinding once the goal weight is in the tumbler that sits on top of the scale. But that means I either have to tip beans very slowly into the hopper towards the end of the grind or that there may be a few beans that it means that remain in the grinder after the goal weight has been achieved. If that’s the case then I think it messes up my workflow compared to simply weighing the beans beforehand.

dfk41 Mazzer Super Jolly burrs and is compatible with SSP burrs.

Weber orbit

limelight

More info from their website on availability and cost.

tompoland

limelight “summer 2022”. I sometimes think manufacturers still believe that the earth is flat.

FadedFrontiers

limelight is it just me or is that RRP actually quite surprisingly low?

I mean one of their scales costs ⅙ of this and Weber’s new portafilter is ¼ of the price, not to mention their other grinders too.

limelight

Looks like they are also trying for ‘infinite’ grind profiles via RPM adjustment in their app

hornbyben

It’s certainly a good looking grinder.

Stevebee

Why is Weber in the title of this thread or am I missing something?

tompoland

Stevebee it’s really an Acaia Orbit and Weber are not selling it but they were consulted on the initial design. Acaia and Weber have “collaborated” (I think they mean “consulted”) before with the Weber Bean Counter and it sounds like Weber consulted Acaia over electrics for the EG-1.

Cuprajake

Weber make it

Stevebee

Cuprajake So I was missing something:-)

Cuprajake

dutchy101

So the usp is that it’s a single dose grinder that stops grinding at the desired weight? The same result as any other decent single dose grinder when you weigh the beans that you put in. So it saves you the hassle of weighing in your beans but at the expense of overdosing and leaving beans in the grinder that won’t be ground when the grinder stops?

To overcome this obstacle, you can simply weigh the beans before you put them into the grinder.

CafeNoir

dutchy101 Is this not a little Pythonesque in its pointlessness for a single dose grinder?

Cuprajake

i think its good that people try to innovate, but all im hearing about grinders esp with variable speed is they stall, so whats the point,

JahLaza

Cuprajake so whats the point,

Marketing. vulnerable souls with spare cash in an ever increasing market. ultimately leading to an increasing chance of selling more obscure ‘revolutionary ideas’ and of course to make lots of cash at the end of all that 😂😂 not a bit cynical this morning am I ☺️Just make me a good coffee please!

Petre

InfamousTuba

There is a hopper in development for the grinder.

Should be interesting in how it stacks up with the lagom p64, currently, it is slightly cheaper with a slightly less powerful motor. But if the alignment is good out of the box (which they are aiming towards) and it has better availability than the p64 it could be interesting as an alternative

hthec

Steve Rhinehart decribes the GbW aspect as more of a bonus. It certainly functions without it, how well remains to be seen. And they certainly haven’t slapped on a pretentious premium price due to this feature, unlike many Weber products. As someone pointed out above, it’s cheaper than a p64. If its performance and out-of-the-box quality is anywhere near the p64 I’ll certainly be interested and would delay upgrading my grinder for it (since it’s not released outside USA at first). If Acaia’s scales are anything to go by, this should be promising

Cuprajake

And there’s me havit owned a pair of acaia scales thinking there well over priced 🤣

Regardless this won’t be available till 2023, if we are going off current supplies

hthec

Cuprajake well they are overpriced. Hence my surprise that this looks pretty reasonably priced assuming p64 level of quality. Or did the p64 inflate my expectations for grinder pricing…

Cuprajake

I’d not call the p64 ‘cheap’ are they not £1600 lol

I’d be interested to try something of that burr size against my major just to see if larger burrs do make a difference

hthec

Cuprajake I’d not call the p64 ‘cheap’ are they not £1600 lol

that’s a bit on the high end… Direct from option-o, which would be how I would buy the p64 if I were to, it’s 1600 usd with SSP MP burrs. Not cheap by any means but taking it as a standard for a top-end 64mm flat burr grinder, the Acaia compares favourably. Assuming the performance matches of course. The alternative for me would be a DF64 which would require a lot of modding and some compromises in alignment.