SHARDOR - Professional 64mm Burr Coffee Grinder

I bought it 2 weeks ago and it is fine but has a lot of retention even with the bellow of the hopper so I want to find just a bellow without a hopper bs it is a single-dose grinder which I prefer.

An update from me, who just got this grinder, it's really good and consistent, way too much bang for the buck

I have an encore esp and I'm being plagued by clumping and retention. I thought of getting a DF54 cause that's all my budget is atm, but thought that that would have been more of a side grade than an upgrade. Plus that grinder also had some clumping and static issues so I decided to not get a grinder till next year, save up for a df65. But then I saw this post, and another, and thought to try this one out. Ordered from Amazon US cause it's not sold on Amazon Canada. Had to pay $15 shipping and $17 customs (USD), for a total of around $157 US which was the cheapest. Waiting patiently for it to arrive!

Hi! Yes! I have been using it and intend to write a review of its quirks and features. DM me if you want a gist of my notes.

I just bought this exact same set up, because my cafe job bought this grinder on a whim when ours broke down and I was decently surprised how it held up in COMMERCIAL use. I was sold enough.

I purchased mine last November when it was on sale for $130. I'm new to espresso and coffee in general, but I had decided on the DF54 as my next grinder. I was getting OK results with my conical burr grinder(also Shardor) before, but I knew it was time to upgrade. Then I found this one and gambled knowing I had the benefit of the long return window due to Christmas shopping. This thing really shouldn't be as good as it is for the price. Take that for what it's worth from a coffee novice. I will say, it makes it very difficult to justify buying a latte at a coffee shop when it's unlikely to be any better than what I'm making at home. It also helps that I buy good coffee from a local roaster. Since buying it, I found a small bellows on Amazon and 3d printed a single does hopper that fit the inlet of the grinder and the bellows. The retention isn't great, but the bellows does a pretty good job. It's rare that my output is more than 0.1g different than my input. I also leveled the top burr using tinfoil shims. It was a marginal improvement, but the increased consistency was noticeable in the shots I pull with it. It is made of plastic, but that doesn't bother me at this price. I'm hopeful that it will hold up, because I am very happy with it and the coffee I make with it.

I have a Chestnut C2 which I use. I'm not a coffee purist, so more often than not when I just want my caffeine fix I'll end up using the automatic grinder, it's good 95% of the time. I have a no name brand, comical burr grinder which has Shardor mentioned on it. It's good for my use case, it doesn't grind fine enough for espresso though. I would assume this uses similar if not better burrs. For 20 bucks I think you'll be fine when compared to something like the IKEA Mettalisk which costs more and is still a manual grinder which is no good.

Its not the bestx but its does the job well, i wouldnt recommend it unles you are on a budget or starting, when i travel to US i Will definitily buy a D54

I've done a detailed review on the shardor one on the sub. You can look it up. Tldr; its good for non espresso usage. Won't make the cut for espresso. Otherwise it's great for the price.