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I have a df64 Gen 1 with ssp for espresso, and a 078 timemore for pour oven I find it extremely worth it not to change grinds all the time. Wife and I sometimes want different types of coffee
I started my journey with one, but ALL the options mentioned here are much much better. The motor struggles on most all non dark beans. It did die and I did replace it and moved on to the DF series. I saw one or two DF54 chute get clogged and that reminded me of my DF64 Gen1 morning clogs. Those WERE BAD mornnings...really bad. It seems as if ther DF54 has served may well, but I have not personally used. I gifted a Shardor 64 to a girlfriend I gave the Smart Grinder Pro to. She loves it, but is also very happy with the Temp Duo (gifted free) as well. Decisions. Good luck.
I have the DF64 v1 with SSP multi modal burrs and it was great with my Silvia and now with my Robot. But I have another grinder for pourover so I can’t speak to that.
Depends on your budget, I use a DF64 with SSP multimodal burrs but I’d be happy with the DF54 as well. So much value for the dollar.
We have a cafelat robot and a df64 grinder and an Xbloom studio. A little more than $1000 but that combination makes amazing espresso or really good pour over depending on what you’re feeling like
I purchased my DF64 gen1 from Alibaba back when there wasn't a US distributor yet. Process was fine and I got my grinder pretty quick. No input on the "Eureka" dupes.
The DF64 with SSP burrs, to me. Is one of the best bang for the buck grinders out there at the $600 range. But of course, u gotta be ok with the downsides...
2nd hand df64 v1s. Especially if you find one with SSP burrs.
Depending on where you are, sorry but Zerno. If they cost the same I'd go with that. I was also hard-core considering a DF83V, only thing that kept me from it was the QC issues DF has. It's kind of a lottery if it works out for you. Plus I had a terrible experience with DF64 gen1. So I vouched for probably worse coffee, less features, smaller burrs, but I know for a fact it comes super aligned from factory, I don't need to tinker, and I won't have to replace the on/off button and it'll probably outlive me. Oh and since the DF doesn't come with the equivalent of the I200D burrs from factory, would probably have wanted some SSPs for it too.
I have the DF64 gen 1 and still love it. Great for espresso and pour over and able to significantly upgrade the burrs if/when you want to down the road.
You are mistaken. They had static issues with the gen 1 but that was years ago. The gen 2 current version are superb grinders that fixed earlier issues.
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