I’m enjoying the DF64! It was slightly inconsistent at first but gives me 18g every time now. Nice finish, sturdy, and quick grinder. A little loud but doesn’t bother me.
They look amazing. Will install them next week. I will try a blind taste test to compare before and after.
The first thing my wife said, when I unpacked this grinder, was that it looks like an Easter Island stone figure, a moai, tilted forward. With its coffee chute nose and the little hands holding the dosing cup. I agree, and I will absolutely glue googly eyes to its face, and watch them jiggle, as it grinds my coffee.
A single-dose grinder is the most understated kitchen appliance you can own. It's a metal cylinder, with an on/off switch. There's no display, and other than the grind adjustment, which is accomplished by turning the top section against the base, there's nothing you can do with it, other than pouring beans into the top, and watching fine coffee dust come out of the chute.
The DF54 does do this one thing very well. It works without much noise (much quieter than the conical burrs of my old Breville Barista), it achieves excellent fineness and consistency, and it retains almost no ground coffee in its inner works.
I enjoy it. Its heft and the nicely machined top exudes quality. Like the moai of Easter Island, I think it will be around for a long time.
I got an espresso machine for Christmas. Love the machine but I only had an old grinder, noisy and a pain to get the right grind. My grandson told me about this grinder so I looked into it. Had to wait a bit for the (V4). Really glad I did! This grinder is awesome, and does a great job with my espresso shots. Its a lot quieter than I thought it would be too. Well worth the wait and I highly recommend the DF54 (V4)!
Thanks Chris for your immediate response to my order! DF65 is the best, it’s remarkably noise free and the build quality is exceotional! Highly recommend!
Just what this grinder needed. Just find out where your zero point is and set this adjustable ring to that location. Now you truly know the point NOT to dial beyond. It is a sturdy piece of metal (not 3D printed) and looks like it is an original part of the grinder.
Super sturdy chunk of metal and performs better than the standard, plastic cup (that is more prone to static).
I'm in love with this grinder! I ordered the unit with the Red Titanium burrs, the 54mm dosing cup and the black, metal dial indicator. I find the unit is relatively quiet (for a grinder). It has not produced much static at all (as I think previous generations might have). The metal dial indicator is quality (not plastic/3d printed) and I like the fact that I now have a true zero point. The dosing cup is also a high quality, sturdy chuck of metal with lid.
Something to note. I have a white, quartz countertop and the black, flat cushioned feet rubbed off on the countertop and took some elbow grease to remove. I solved this by ordering some 5/8" Clear Self-Adhesive Polyurethane Bumper Pads from Amazon that fit PERFECTLY into the indentation used for the exiting pads.
There is also a 3/D printed accessory (sold on Etsy) that lets you grind directly into a 54mm portafilter, which just saves you from having to transfer grounds from the dosing cup to the portafilter.
Overall - extremely pleased with the purchase and with the DF Grinder accessories. Shipping was also fast for me.
So far, I’m very pleased with my new Grindr, it looks to be very well built Iand it’s got some heft to it which gives a feeling that this grinder. should last for some time, I have read reviews that this Grindr is prone to jamming have not had any issues of this yet? I think it’s more to do with user error before putting Coffey beans in. You must turn on the grinder and slowly pour the coffee beans in to be ground, I have done that and never had any issues with it at all, I would recommend this grinder to anyone who is on a budget that wants a good coffee grinder,
I use a 6 cup mocha pot and I weigh off 30g of Coffey beans and turn on the grinder and slowly feed the grinder coffee beans I have never once been disappointed so far with this grinder,
My grinder is open box grinder has all the same warranty as brand-new, never been used before grinder, so if you’re on a budget, I would highly recommend purchasing an open box grinder,
Next year this time, I could give you a better review of the grinder, so far the open box DF 54 has exceeded my expectations for what I paid for a a flat burr grinder
With the new dosing cup, there’s no more spillage. And it looks great with my black grinder. Easy to order and fast delivery. All good stuff!
DF54 grinds with excellent precision and consistency and the result is the amazing coffee like never before. We love it. Thank you very much!
I received the unit aand the box had a big dent in it, however, thanks to the extra padding. The grinder remained untouched. Thanks to the upgraded titanium burrs the first grind to my latest grind has been perfect! As a beginner barista I feel like I’ve jumped to the front of the line with this grinder. Highly recommend- five stars.
After installing it, I noticed it rubs a bit against the number display plate.
I shimmed it up about 1-2mm, & tighten the set-screw. It has worked flawlessly since.
DP
I've been hand grinding for several years, I just replaced both my espresso, & filter grinders a few months ago.
But espressos are getting so tedious!
I decided to finally buy an electric grinder.
I pretty much knew what I wanted, DF64, or DF83.
I decided on the DF64 due to lack of counter space. But really would've rather had the DF83.
The grinder has been so nice! Just a few seconds for an espresso!
Thank you very much, I am really glad I finally decided on a DF grinder!
DP
Works great for medium dark roast so far. I'm doing RDT, slow feeding just in case
Nice grinder, I’m liking the single dose grinder. It’s very clean, no grounds all over my counter. So far no retention. Seems to work well with medium roast espresso beans.
First time I tried to use it, it clogged and only about 1/4 of the beans came through. I have it in pieces now trying to clean it to see if that works.
Nice little addition, we use the plastic cup that came with it for measuring the beans and the metal cup for the grinded beans, nice machined lid fits perfect
So quiet that my wife didn’t know she had to turn it off and ran it for 4hrs straight. It got a little warm but still working great
I get perfect grinds every time. Two issues that kept me from giving 5 stars: 1) The grind-size wheel is very difficult to turn; and 2) the actual grinding process is fairly slow compared to other grinders. But, all in all, I’m extremely happy with the product.
