PROS: This unit feels pretty sturdy and is nicely designed if you have to keep it on the counter. It's easy to use! Once set, it's one button for fresh ground beans. And, for my purpose (mostly drip and French Press) it grinds the coffee nicely.CONS: It's not tiny (but that's the trade off for being able to keep beans at the ready). It's not quiet, but it's grinding coffee, so I don't know how quiet I'm meant to expect it to be? And it's a little messy, which, after reading reviews for a bunch of these types of machines, may be unavoidable.TIP: After grinding, a few taps to the side of the machine knocks more loose grounds into the catcher, minimizing mess left on the base and counter.

Great design and product quality, simple and efficient, very easy to use and set up.The use of glass for anti-static properties is very smart and makes a real difference.Did not find the noise level to be a big issue, however I only grind small amounts for pour over use. Also the sound quality in use is not high pitched or brittle.Quality and consistency of the grind is very good and easy to calibrate.The variety of colour choice is also a plus feature, and the small size is perfect.Would buy this again and recommend it to friends. Will see how well it lasts, but the build quality is solid.

I bought this grinder in late 2017. It's done a great job up until a few weeks ago. All of a sudden, it started to grind much more finer than I wanted. I use a French press and now the grinds are too fine for the double mesh. Bodum service wasn't very helpful. They asked me to take pictures and then said it would have to be warranty coverage. Obviously, I am past the 1 year warranty mark. My advice is to get something better quality.

7 years later... It finally died! It was an "honorable death", after years of loyal duty in a household where fresh ground beans are "a must". What did we buy this time?*Same grinder! But black this time. Not sure if they have changed the burr style (size, angle, whatever...) - it seems to grind faster than the old one, but maybe it was just age...=================Wow, what can I say?History:Having used C*******t coffee grinders for many years, it was time to replace the C*******t. That was the second C*******t we have worn out, the bearings in the motors gave up with screaming sound effects. The C*******t also had all the "features" we did NOT like: a VERY static electricity prone hopper, which "helped" distribute the ground coffee all over the kitchen. A sound volume that almost required hearing protection. It was impossible to clean properly... also, the grinding mechanism is disk/burr, and it tended to overheat the beans - being oily French roast, things got stuck and tasted awful on occasion.Back to our new grinder:Looking high and low for a new one, most grinders that "seemed OK" and had good ratings were in the multi-hundred-dollar price range. Clearly not for me.Found this at the last minute, before I ordered a C******o. Why did I not know about Bodum's coffee grinder before? I know their coffee presses and glass-ware... but did not know they made grinders.This grinder exceeds all our expectations of a coffee grinder, and it is stylish as well!It just does everything right, I think:It really is a conical burr grinder!The grinder runs slow, so not to heat the ground coffee.It has a glass hopper that is not prone to static electricity - at least not in any significant way. The hopper can be emptied straight into the filter without beans flying all over. That alone makes me happy.The hopper seals well to the body of the grinder so no ground coffee escapes.It comes apart easily for access to the grinding mechanism - it can be cleaned! Without resorting to tooth-picks, Q-tips and compressed air.It is quiet - for a grinder.Stylish - we got the red grinder. Color splash on the counter! Why is everything else black/white/stainless?Getting to the coffee - how did the coffee taste? We set it for the recommended size for a drip/paper filter brew. The beans we use are very oily, being a French roast, but they came out beautifully, no "gooping" up of the grinder.First brew: we think the coffee tastes superior to what we have been used to: more coffee flavor and less bitter. Guessing that the large conical burr mechanism treats the beans much better than the disk/burr grinder did.Would I recommend this? Absolutely! Price point? Excellent value.I have attached some pictures to show the conical burr grinder mechanism.Have to stop writing now and get a refill of coffee!

I have owned this product for 2 days now and it looks like a solid piece of equipment. I have ground coffee for both French Press and Espresso (used in Aeropress), so both sides of the spectrum and the grind size seems to be accurate and consistent. The burr grinder is made of solid metal and not plastic and the grounds jar is glass.My real problem is the manual says not to run the grinder more than the maximum time of 20 seconds, without letting the grinder rest 5 minutes.Having read the reviews of this complaint and those dismissing it I decided to take a chance and purchase this. What I think the reviews lacked when talking about this shortcoming is actual examples of what it can grind in that 20 seconds.On the finest setting with 2 scoops of beans and the timer set to its max of 20 seconds, the grinder only ground 3/4 of those 2 scoops. So you have to wait 5 minutes to finish off the rest of the 2 scoops. On the maximum grind size setting with 4 scoops of coffee beans, it will just barely finish the grind, but there will be a few unground beans left in the burrs. So what does this mean for those that use a drip coffee setup? On the medium grind setting, it will not finish 4 scoops of coffee used to make 8 cups. So me personally, I will ignore the manufacture warning and simple start the grind process again to finish. When it breaks I will throw it away and buy something else.Lastly this thing is messy, there is always grounds left in the grinding chamber and you have to literally smack the grinder on the side quite a few times to clear it out before removing the jar. Even then grounds spill out all over the place. Having not owned an electric burr grinder before, I could not say if this is normal or not.So while I really like the grinder design, build quality and consistent grind, it fails to do what it needs to do for me, which is grind a reasonable amount of coffee in a reasonable amount of time.***EDIT*** Grinder Makes the Coffee Burnt TastingI purchased this grinder along with a French press as I had been using drip and an Aeropress along with a Cozyna Ceramic Burr Manual Coffee Grinder. Using the manual grinder, Aeropress and my own roasted beans, I made the most delicious cup of coffee. For the water I would use the drip coffee maker which put out water between 168 ~ 170 deg.I found that the coffee has tasted bitter and burnt since using the new grinder. I had been using the same beans freshly ground and to the same grind size as the manual. I was using a new variable temp kettle and tried the coffee @ 170, 195 and 205 deg with still the same results. The beans that I use made a very distinctly buttery smell when ground. Testing side by side the grinds out of the Bodum smelled burnt. I then tested the same coffee from my manual grinder and the Bodum in the Aeropress using water temp of 170 deg. The coffee out of the manual grinder / Aeropress tasted as it always has, fantastic. The coffee out of the Bodum tasted bitter and burnt. I am not sure why it tasted different, the only thing I can see being different is that the burrs on the Bodum are sharp steel and still blade like, using speed to grind the bean as much as its burrs, whereas the manual grinder are ceramic and dull using pressure to grind at a much slower RPM.

I bought this as a companion for my Bodum French Press. I am a happy camper. It makes perfect grind every time, is reasonably quiet, looks funky in a usual Danish way, and I was able to take another step toward being a coffee snob for under $100.Only caveat is the 20 second timer. It makes enough grind for an "8-10 cup" french press(3-4 mugs in north america). Then you are supposed to let it cool down for five minutes. So this is a "couples" grinder, not for a family and certainly not for entertaining or coffee house duty. THAT SAID, read on...After owning this grinder for almost two years, it is my experience that the five minute "cool down" after 20 seconds of grinding is not a deal breaker after all. I regularly run the machine a second and third cycle with only a minute of rest and the motor has suffered no ill effect. My wife didn't even know about this and apparently has cycled the daylights out of it a few times while filling a small tupperware with grid! If this unit ever did fail, I'd buy another.FIVE YEAR UPDATE (this review was originally written in 2012): We continue to use our Bodum Bistro grinder regularly for our morning coffee. Sometimes I run it for three or four cycles in a row even though you're supposed to give it a rest after each 20 second run. Increased to five stars.

First some things about me so you have context for the review:1. Started out with a blade grinder for years as I didn't know better2. Graduated a few years ago to a very entry level burr grinder (Black and Decker about $40)3. Buy Starbucks beans (Cafe Verona)4. Drip brew and occasionally french press5. Never drink espressoFor me, the next step up was, after reading a lot of reviews here and elsewhere, a choice between the Bodem Bistro and the Capresso 560 or 565. Ultimately, if I was willing to spend $140 rather than the $89 for the Bistro I would likely have chosen the 565. The other issue with the 560 and 565 is that they aren't available to order in Canada on Amazon and I would have had to arrange for transport (hello relatives!).What tipped me in favour of the Bistro, all things being relatively equal (in my admittedly limited experience) between the Bistro and the 560, was the glass container for the grind. This was a must after years of dealing with the mess that static cling and plastic have given me. What scared me off a little bit was the 20 second timer and then having to wait 5 minutes before grinding again. I have the grind selected at a couple of notches courser than the default for drip brew and there is JUST enough grinds to produce 6 cups in our coffee maker. Mind you, we enjoy large cups and so this actually translates into only two of our large cups. That's fine for us but may not be enough for others. This "feature" was what had me tempted to spend the extra $50 for the 565.The noise is quite acceptable, certainly much less than the old B&D burr grinder. Grinds are quite consistent and there is very very little static cling (although, to be fair, it is quite humid in Toronto in late June so I will reserve judgement for the dry winter months).Amazon is amazing for their shipping time. I ordered this late Wednesday and had it delivered 36 hours later... for free. That's just hard to beat folks.All in all, I'm very satisfied with the purchase. If you're debating between these models, as I was, grab the Bistro unless you need to grind a lot of beans at once. You won't be disappointed.P.S. The colour selection also helped out when pitching this to my wife ;)