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Saeco MC2002 Burr Coffee Espresso Grinder in Black

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Have owned one of these grinders for three years now, and must say that it has been entirely satisfactory. It is finely adjustable, with 15 marked settings, and half settings between. It grinds finely enough for espresso making purposes, and beyond. Beans ground at setting 1 will almost certainly choke any espresso maker out there... depending on beans and humidity, 2.5 or 3 on the dial is perfect.

I'm less a fan of the grounds hopper that collects the ground coffee... In fact I've retired mine and replaced it with a "bar type" doser that takes the grounds and portions them out when you pull a lever. The only other complaint I have with this grinder is the static electricity it generates... you can feel the hairs on your arm standing on end when you are reachinf for the off switch... but it does nobody any harm, so a petty complaint.

I've had this grinder for several years. It grinds well - consistant, very wide range of grind sizes. It does, however, make a complete mess of things. As another reviewer says, this machine creates a LOT of static. Grounds go everywhere when removed from the bin. The lid of the bin is also poorly designed. I have to hold the lid down to keep coffee coming out of the grinder from escaping under the lid and spraying my counter. Mine needs some maitenence and rather than fix it, I've decided to try the KitchenAid pro grinder.

Lowest setting produces a very fine powder grind for the price. A bit noisy but it's not on all that long. Spits a very little of the ground coffee out around the edges while grinding. Bean inlet needs periodic cleaning/scraping if using an oily bean. All in all a good value for the price. I would buy it again.

I own what appears to be the same grinder but mine is branded Estro.
In 10 years of regular use the only serious problems I have had are:
- a bin that broke ($25 to replace)
- the need to disassemble and thoroughly clean the grinder fairly often.
So - it's durable ... but it's messy and it is very noisy! I can't use it in the kitchen, I have a dedicated table in the basement where it is easier to clean up after I grind enough coffee to last about a week. Lately I have noticed that disassembly is needed more often and some of the plastic parts of the machine are showing serious erosion. When I say disassembly I mean a real screwdriver job right into the interior of the grinder followed by removal of a lot of messy residue and oily coffee gunk.

After reading a lot of reviews I am leaning toward a slow-turning model that will probably cost me more than twice as much but hopefully will not be banished to the basement.

In summary, this is a good high-speed burr grinder that has worked for a long time for me but it's noisy, messy and needs frequent cleaning of its internal mechanism.