GEEPASConical Burr Coffee Grinder, Adjustable Electric Coffee Grinder with 15 Precise Grind Settings – 350g Capacity, Burr Mill for Drip Percolator French Press American & Turkish Coffee Maker

Bought this along with my first espresso machine. Chose it because it had good reviews and was one of the cheapest electric grinders. Been very impressed with apparently build quality and performance. Easy to use and great companion appliance for espresso machine.Likes- price, feels sturdy, easy to use, easily controlled grind size, grind duration control a nice feature, coarse grind for cafetière and fine grind for espressoDislikes- only one the grind container fits into the machine by displacing a flexible rubber seal, as a consequence it takes quite a bit of force to install and remove the container, to get round this I grind the coffee without the lid on the container

I use it almost every day for several cups of coffee. At setting '6' it grinds the coffee just right for re-usable tassimo pods. I don't fill the hopper, only putting in what i need (i think coffee beans stays fresher in a sealed container) but not letting the burrs 'run dry'. I do clean the burrs after every 500g bag of coffee. The ground coffee holder is difficult to get in with the lid on, but i just use it without the lid.

After much deliberation, and a failed attempt to buy the Gaggia MD15, I decided to buy the Geepas grinder which at the time was £50 cheaper. When it arrived I noticed that the overall design is very similar to the Gaggia. The controls, mechanism, and even the instruction manual are very similar. I later found out the design is common across a number of makes.I used the finest ground for a pressurised filter for my Delonghi Dedica, but the grind was not fine enough, and a bit irregular. I fitted a Gaggia MD 15 shim and can now get a fine enough grind with a No 3 setting on the grinder.The machine is efficient, fast, and reasonably quiet. It also looks well made. I am delighted with the purchase

Overall a good machine, easy to use and to clean. Instructions are too vague! Seems well made and sturdy.On the finest grind setting though it doesn't grind fine enough for Espresso coffee to bring out the full strength and flavour, but is OK for Cafetiere, Percolator and Filter coffee.

Easy to use, with all the options you would expect

This coffee grinder does grind the beans to a consistent quality, but I've knocked off a couple of stars because it's a bit tricky to use. In particular, placing the grounds container on the machine and removing it requires some force to engage/disengage from the rubber sealing ring under the burrs and I have my doubts as to how long the rubber sealer will last, given the friction/stress between it and the top of the container lid. That could have easily been improved by only having the raised lip (around the edge of the base) at the sides and rear, instead of all the way round, thereby allowing the container to be pushed into position without it being raised up due to the raised lip. The other thing that is not as easy as it sounds is trying to prevent the grounds from ending up stuck to the outside of the machine or on the worktop as they are statically charged (particularly with finer grind sizes as the particles are smaller and lighter, so are more prone to end up where you wouldn't want them to be). My workaround for that is to leave the grounds in the machine's container for about 30 minutes or so, before attempting to transfer them to another container, but sometimes extra grounds fall out from the burrs when removing the container, so if I remember, I usually rock or tap the machine a few times with my hand to try to shake out any remaining gounds, before attempting to remove the container. Overall then, a bit of a faff and I'm not 100% sure whether all this fuss is worth it. I may decide to send it back and just buy ready-ground coffee beans, but the jury is still out at the moment.

This product is identical to Gaggia RI8123/01 Coffee Grinder MD15 which was more than double the price when I purchased this. If you look up the instruction manual on google it is far better than the one supplied. My neighbor has the Gaggia and everything except the name is identical we even swapped the burrs over to confirm this. So well worth buying. I have found that Decaffeinated beans are more gooey than normal beans when grinding but this is also the case when using my old hand grinder. For info the grind size knob on the side settings are 1 is very Fine 15 is Very Coarse not .very well explained in the leaflet.

Arrived yesterday, followed all instructions and it didn't work. Pressed the start button, starts blinking but grinder didn't begin. Now having to try sort out a refund. Rubbish!