Grab yourself a bargain, currently being sold in white for under 40 (black: < 80). One criticism I've read: turns off after 40 minutes, I simply push the button to restart another 40 mins - no different from previous machine (different make). Also has a timer so you can wake-up to hot coffee

This is my 5th or 6th coffee bean grinder I’ve owned & performs as expected for the price.
In our house we have our coffee to expresso standard, so the beans have to be ground to that standard, it achieved this.
I’ve seen other reviews about the grind not being fine enough for expresso, not in my experience. I’ve shown others that bean quality is paramount to achieve espresso standard grinds. Cheap beans shatter, making cheap tasting coffee – no taste or crema.
I’ve worn out previous grinders & I’ve given up buying “premier” machine’s as the replacement burr grinders cost more than a new economy priced machine.
Therefore I use one & replace when required. You can buy 4 or 5 reasonable price machines for the cost of 1 premier model & they all do the job.
In my experience, all grinders produce some dust regardless of the grind required, but more so with espresso.
This model works for me – would I buy it again ? It all depends on whats available on the market at the time.

The grinder works really well and produces great ground coffee for my French press. But I agree with many other reviewers that the collector should have been made with some kind of anti-static plastic, or glass. Tipping the ground coffee out makes a mess as the grounds stick to the sides and top and go everywhere. I would have given it five stars but for that.

Bought this to use with an ordinary filter coffee machine & hand pouring filter drip and can’t be happier with the outcome. I didn’t need a grinder to get espresso grinds, and this is just what I needed. I grind 1 serving beans, wait a minute before taking the container out, out of fear of the much talked static, but I don’t really see the issue? I open the container over the sink but never really see any powder falling. Grinds seem uniform, and coffee has intense aroma. Coffee making is much more fun and feels luxurious. Very pleased with this.

Grinding does not make thin tasting coffee beans produce richer bodied coffee, but it does release more aromas, well, at least to me. I can get away with purchasing slightly cheaper beans and come away with decent tasting coffee! and if I can afford top notch beans?? Well, I’m looking forward to finding out!!

It’s a bit pricier than I would normally look at spending on a coffee maker, but I trust the Cuisinart brand (I have several other Cuisinart kitchen appliances).
We had our cheapy coffee maker for at least 10 years before it conked out, so I got this because I trust the brand, and it was on Amazon 5-pay. Setting it up was easy enough, but you do need paper filters – these are cheap, can be composted, gardens love coffee grounds, slugs don’t. There’s a basket that at least one of the reviewers thought was a filter, but it’s not a filter. Not using a filter (either reusable plastic or paper) means the grounds will get into the carafe and/or get stuck in the nozzle. I just used the plastic filter from the old coffee maker, and put the paper filter inside that.
If you’re used to instant or cafetire (French press) coffee, this isn’t going to be as hot as that because it’s at the right temperature for coffee (85C, not boiling).
One scoop per cup means one scoop of coffee for each measure on the water tank. Please don’t make the mistake of using a mug thinking that’s a cup – you’ll get watery and sour coffee. Coffee cups are actually quite small, so a standard mug is at least two cups in coffee measuring terms.
When the machine beeps to say it’s finished, that just means it’s finished dispensing water. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ready for you to pull out the carafe. Water will still be filtering through the grounds for a little while, so you might want to wait a minute or two before pulling out the carafe.
Always run at least one cycle through with just water before you make coffee, just to get rid of production dust or any plasticky taste. I don’t like to put the removable parts in the dishwasher too often, because it seems to strip the machine of the oils that make coffee taste good and less acidic, and you can end up with coffee tasting of dishwasher rinse aid.

Bought this to replace my DeLonghi KG79 which passed away after many years of faithful service. I coarse grind beans for use in a cafetire (French press) and this grinder does this wonderfully well. It is dead easy to use and clean compared to my previous machine. My missus occasionally grinds for espresso in an Italian stovetop coffee maker and highly rates the grinder too.

The only downside is that some of the buttons/sliders feel a tad flimsy and the machine emits a higher-pitched noise than my previous one which can be irritating.

All this being said, if you’re concerned about noise when grinding coffee then you should just get a manual grinder and enjoy the exercise.

Recommended for any and all coffee lovers.

For the price, you can’t really go wrong unless you want to use this for a fine espresso grind. However, if you’ve spent thousands on a decent coffee machine, you’re hopefully not going to skimp on getting yourself a decent grinder, are you? In my humble opinion, and I’m no coffee expert, I’d say this does the job for everything except espresso. My reason for getting this was to get a slightly better grind compared to the one I was getting with my Gaggia Brera’s internal grinder. And for this, it has worked perfectly. It’s noisy, messy and static is a bit of a problem as others have commented but, that aside, it works exactly as described and has enough settings to find the level of grind suitable for whatever you’re grinding coffee for (except espresso). However, if you’re willing to invalidate your warranty, there is a simple mod you can make (look on youtube) to it to improve the fine grind setting and this has worked for me to achieve a grind, good enough for espresso. How much additional strain this will put on the grinder, only time will tell. All in all, you get what you pay for and this is a great little, cheap, reliable, entry level grinder.