Yes, I use this daily for filter and batch. Retention ranges 95% of the time from 1 - 2.5g, banging on the top, using the lid as a bellow and tapping the collection cup on the bottom of the chute gets everything else out. It is a faff when it's a busy rush, probably ok for home use. Juat don't know why they've left a flapper off.
Hi, I’m glad it’s only 200 so what it’s not all metal. I want to enjoy coffee and espresso and not go broke doing it. Actually, I wish fellow would release a cheaper espresso machine like the Breville Bambino which is fabulous.
Used one for a while at an office setup. My $0.02: run. don't look back. Get the K6.
As for the Rocky, I wrote about it a while ago:
> It is a grinder of a bygone era; a miniature of antediluvian commercial/cafe grinders for home use. Hopper based, optional doser, tiny, fine-y burrs meant for dark, roasty beans rich in body and bitter as heartbreak. It is barely adjustable, with hilariously coarse steps meant for the pre-scientific alchemy of dosing by eye, tamping by feel, and pulling by luck.
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> Also, some genius put the adjustment screw directly in the grind path. WTF. They really gave no shits about dialing in because after a while, you just can't.
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> The inability to grind effectively for different (lighter) roast levels, the disregard for maintainability, the noise, the retention, the static, the noise -- all of these can be yours for an eye-watering $400-500. Yeah, you can do much better for your dollar these days.
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> (no i am not bitter why do you ask)
If you can stretch your budget: Fellow Opus 2 (not the original). I believe it's already released, for a raunchy $200
For a little less: Shardor 64mm -- somtimes on sale for ~$149. This is a proper 64mm grinder with decent stock burrs. It's a plastic-bodied copy of the venerable Mazzer Super Jolly, with a decently machined burr chamber, and a properly balanced chute/exit path (with an ionizer, no less). It punches way above its weight and you can upgrade to the plethora of cheap-n-cheerful 64mm burrs.
Welp... the knob just broke when I went to adjust it again just now... will have to submit a ticket because it doesn't go back in and I cannot adjust my grind setting at all. This didn't last a day.
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I think mine was defective. When it was working the shot I pulled tasted great. I’m waiting for Fellows to get back to me and hoping to get a replacement soon.
The fellow opus 2 is pretty quiet. Better get you can dose up what you need - hit the button and flee the room for a second.
I would suggest noise cancelling buds or headphones though they do work miracles
Boulder_Brock
