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Unfortunately, I prefer to alternate the varieties of coffee I use so there is absolutely no advantage in pouring a half pound in at a time. I recently purchased the Cuisinart DBM-8 grinder after my Krups grinder failed after 1 year. So far the Cuisinart is holding up quite well to twice daily use but there are a couple of minor details that could use a bit of improvement.First, Cusinart touts the fact that the bin will hold up to a half pound of beans. This fact also made it a bit tricky to correctly estimate the amount of beans needed for a single pot. ( Perhaps adding some sort of measurement indicators on the bin would help).Second, the bin holding the ground beans is extremely difficult to slide back in, a flaw the Krups had as well.
So relatively light duty. My wife bought me this grinder for Father's Day 2009. I've sent an email to Cuisinart customer service via their website.total radio silence. The motor burned out by December. Only used it on weekends to grind our breakfast coffee which was coarse ground. Next stop for me.a Baratza Maestro. Don't waste your time or money on a Cuisinart grinder.
I was looking for a grinder to take the place of a horrible Black and Decker model we bought about 6 months ago and saw this. Grind is very even and the fact that I don't have to refill it every day is awesome. We had one of the original Cuisinart grinders and loved it (a victim of my friends clumsiness). I love this so far; looks far more expensive than it's price tag, and goes well with the Cuisinart stainless steel coffee maker we recently purchased. Unlike other reviewers I have found that you CAN get to the burr grinder mechanism simply by unscrewing the entire hopper by grabbing the black grind selector ring and turn to coarse and keep turning to unscrew - then you can clean the grinding mechanism. All in all I think it's an awesome value option over grinders that cost at least twice as much and do the exact same thing.
Easy to use, easy to clean, and easy to change grind settings.If you need a burr grinder for home, just get this one and enjoy.
It worked fine. I made sure that I wasn't doing anything stupid. I bought this grinder a little over two years ago. However, it did what I wanted it to. I couldn't have it repaired or anything. I agree with the other reviewer who commented on the static build up. I did everything I could to make sure there wasn't anything stuck inside.
To my surprise they called my on my house phone. I bought it for the sole purpose of grinding beans for espresso (using the fine setting). Finally I emailed the company off their own web site. I couldn't do anything with that grinder without getting grounds EVERYWHERE. It was easy to clean and easy to maintain.About a month ago, I noticed that my grounds were not coming out fine anymore. The representative said that since the item only had an eighteen month warranty, I was pretty much out a coffee grinder. I was just out.
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