Kitchen & Housewares Black & Decker CBM205 Coffee Bean Mill, Stainless Steel
- Irritating MachineLooks okay. No real problems with Grinding (maybe there are betters out there? I never thought about it). I CAN'T STAND THE GRINDING BUTTON! You have to continuously hold down the button to grind. After using it for about 4 months now, I've had enough. It's a waste of time to stand there for 5 minutes holding the button down while it grinds. It started as a minor irritation, but has culminated to the point where here I am shopping for a new one on Amazon. Don't buy this.
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- Coarse setting is too fineThis grinder works OK, but not great. You have to hold the button down, and even at its coarsest setting it still grinds finer than I'd like for drip coffee. It also produces a lot of powder and coffee dust.
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- Might be from the makers of Italian carsAlthough it's just a B&D product, this mill looks like they used pininfarina for the aesthetics. However, like many fine examples of Italian engineering this mill looks great and that is where the positive features end.
Awkward and frustrating to use, the button must be held down, it blows coffee dust everywhere, it grinds inconsistently and clogs with even slightly oily beans. The receptacle is small, has a cheap and frustrating lid system and is made from a kind of plastic that coffee loves to stick to.
Attractive form and nearly useless function. Much too frustrating to use before you've had your morning coffee!
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- Inconsistent I was surprised to see reviews stating that the grind is too fine. With the one I received, the grind is very coarse even on the finest setting. I want it much finer than this grinder produces. It takes almost twice as much coffee to get a good cup.
Inconsistent grind and DOA product for some folks. This is going back to the store and I won't be getting another one.
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- Avoid this oneThere are three key design errors in this turkey:
1) It makes a mess when you use it. Dust blows right by the seals so you end up cleaning the work area as well as the grinder.
2) The grind is uneven. You buy a burr grinder to get an even grind to get consistent brew results. You may as well buy a less expensive blade grinder if you don't care about consistent grind results.
3) You have to hold the power switch while it grinds. There are plenty of grinders out there that you turn on and they turn themselves off when they're finished. Doesn't sound like much but in the time it takes to grind a brew's worth of beans, you could done everything else necessary to setup a brew. Holding the button effectively doubles the time it takes to setup a brew.
About the only good thing you can say for it is it's pretty.