KRUPS Flat Burr Coffee Grinder Electric, 18 Adjustable Grind Settings, 2-20 Cups per Grind, Single Touch, Coffee Bean and Spice Grinder, Stainless Steel, Black

I purchased this Krups GX450 coffee grinder after having purchased the Krups 5 cup coffee maker. I was so impressed with the coffee maker that I decided I would try a Krups coffee grinder. I have had a little coffee grinder in the past and I found it somewhat annoying to use. It was too loud, too messy, too inconsistent (no options to specify the courseness of the grind, etc.) So I saw this Krups grinder on Amazon and bought it using the like new option. This saved me some considerable money on the price. (I’ve had great success with that option with other purchases from Amazon.) The device did come in the Krups box, but it looked like it had been somewhat repackaged. It was clean and looked like new. The only weird thing is, they had a hand Xeroxed instruction manual for the smaller older model in the box, rather than the one that goes with this model. I wound up having to dig deep on the Krups website to find a downloadable version of the manual for this new device. Also, strangely on Krups‘s site, they don’t even feature this new grinder on the American website. So having used the device for a few days, I must say it’s fantastic. It works super well. It’s not deafeningly loud, and it does an excellent job of grinding the coffee to the courseness that you choose. I would say the design of this unit is greatly superior to the other model they make that is smaller. Interestingly, I have yet to see any reviews on this actual unit in Amazon that pertain to this new model. Just a word of advice if you get this machine, the method to remove the bean hopper from the machine to clean it or clear it out is not very obvious. What you need to do is rotate the whole hopper counterclockwise many times until the hopper begins to unscrew from the bottom of the unit I had to do a lot of experimentation before I figured that out. And that is not clearly indicated in the instructions at all. Overall, I highly recommend this unit. It works very well and looks great with the Krups coffee maker.

Love it! Had this a couple years already, it's going strong with zero issues. It is Genuinely Quiet, as advertised, and grinds evenly. Interesting to note that, even though there is no obvious LED display, if you leave it plugged in, it does draw 6 Watts of power. We use ours only about 2-3 mins/day; it makes sense to unplug for the other 23+ hours to conserve a little bit of electricity. My old Krups grinder (>30 years old and also going strong, just noiser) draws zero power if left plugged in. I've only experienced great quality from this company!

I've been using this grinder since October 2022, and it's still going strong. I chose it because it was under $100 and had excellent reviews, and it hasn't disappointed. I primarily use it for dark roast beans, and the grind settings work well for my percolators, moka pot, V60, and Aeropress. While it occasionally gums up with impacted grinds, it's fairly easy to unclog—though a bit messy. The static in the container is manageable, but a better solution to prevent it would be appreciated. The measurements on the front are handy, though I usually weigh my beans before grinding. Adjusting the grind gauge can be a little tricky, but it gets the job done. I also like the kill-switch safety features that stop the grinder if the lid is open or the container isn't properly inserted. The biggest downside is the noise—it's extremely loud. People often comment on it when they're nearby. That said, it performs significantly better than a blade grinder, and for the price, it’s a solid option that suits my needs.

I have owned and used a few different brands of burr grinders which came in at various price points. This one is the only one I have owned which delivers visibly different levels of coarseness. This is important since I use cafetières ("french presses") for my coffee. These require a coarse ground coffee. Given this came in at the lower mid-range price point, that's a plus. I also like that it delivers the amount by cup size, which usually happens to be a European cup (so, two cups is about a 250ml/8oz cup). Again, this is useful if you use a cafetière since they usually are sized by volume. Bottom line for me is that this is a good value for the money from a reputable manufacturer.

This grinder works ok overall, but has some design defects that reduce convenience in using it. With the hopper located in the back of the grinder, this will be against the wall usually and this makes it hard to get the beans in without spilling some, especially if you have cabinets above it. I often spill a couple beans when loading it. Contributing to this problem is the location of the cleaning brush--in an upright piece that is right in the middle of the hopper where you want to dump in the beans, so you'll probably have some beans bounce out off the top of the brush and land on your counter when you add them to the hopper unless you're really careful in adding them. (See my fix below.) Also, the receptacle where the ground coffee is shot into is too big for anything smaller than a man's hand. This makes it cumbersome to pull out, and to handle when you want to pour the ground coffee into whatever you're going to use to brew it (I use a pour over cone). For this reason it's also hard to get all the ground coffee into the cone (or would be harder even into a French press or Aeropress) without a bit of it falling onto your counter. I have to clean a bit up every morning. As for the mechanics of grinding, setting grind fineness, and time of grinding, it works ok. I probably wouldn't have bought it if I'd known these small problems, but it's past the return deadline so I will have to keep it. And my Fix: I figured this out after writing the review above. To eliminate the poor positioning of the cleaning brush storage piece, I just cut it off slightly above the upper grinding portion and removed the cut piece. You'll have to put this with its enclosed brush elsewhere. To do this I used a hack saw to saw through the three vertical plastic pieces that hold up the upper portion of the piece (see photo of the two pieces after cutting). I don't see how this would affect function in any way, including grinding, but it will allow free dumping of beans into the hopper making the grinder easier to use. It also should not affect removing and putting back the upper grind mechanism--you can still get a good grip on it using the three remaining cut vertical support pieces. I'll try it tomorrow morning for the first time, and if I find anything about it that adversely affects function, I'll update this review. The promised "tomorrow morning" update: I used it this morning as usual, incorporating my "fix" suggested above, and it ground the coffee normally. The only (small) addition to my evaluation of this fix is that it makes removing and reinserting the vertical piece (that you have cut) that holds the brush, a little harder. But if you follow the directions for doing this (fine setting, turn clockwise to remove, and coarse setting, turn counterclockwise to reinsert) it is very doable. The good news though is that the modification was a big improvement in convenience with no decline in grinding performance. For the first time I was able to add the beans easily with no risk of some bouncing out off the top of the vertical brush holder piece, or the need to enter a meditative state before adding the beans. Experiment successful. I'll update if anything changes as time goes on.

Works well for the price. No complaints after 3 years. Don't loose the little plastic lid! that goes over the coffee clear plastic receptacle "bucket" - that little $4 piece of plastic can't be ordered from Amazon, comes from France and with the tariffs they wanted $47 to ship it to the USA ($4 for the part and $43 for international import duty and domestic shipping). The grinder won't work without it. Krups customer service was very accommodating in canceling that lid order. c'est la vie

Replacing a 20 year old unit from them with this. Scared me at first...put in the beans, heard noise and nothing seemed to be happening...then COFFEE!!! It works well on my 3 Sisters coffee beans but have not tried it grinding my spices. I am scared that this guy won't handle nutmeg, though.

I just got this and used it for the first time, so this is only my first impression. I'll try to come back and update this review after some more time and usage. I'll list a few weirdnesses/problems, from my first use: 1. I selected 7 on the number-of-cups dial, as a cautious first try, to grind a batch of beans for making cold brew in an 8-cup French press. I poured in way more than enough beans in the intake hopper, or so I thought (I put in 2 very heaping tablespoons of beans per "cup"), and pressed the On button, assuming it would grind 7 cups' worth of beans and stop with some still left in the hopper. I was surprised that it went through all the beans I'd put in the hopper, and was still going, when I had to shut it off because the hopper was empty. This was way way more than what I usually use, to make a fairly strong batch of cold brew in my 8-cup French press (typically I use maybe 2 level-not-heaping tablespoons of beans per "cup). The grounds filled the French press more than halfway, just with the grounds, before adding any water! and this was with the # cups set to 7 not even 8, and with having shut it off after it ran out of beans to grind. So something seems way off, in its idea of how much per "cup" on its the number-of-cups dial? I scooped out half of the grounds from the French press, to approximate how much I usually use to make a reasonable batch of "8 cups" of cold brew. So I guess I'll have to set the number of cups way down to something like half (maybe 4?), on the grinder, of the number of cups given on the side of the French press, next time (i.e. 8)? [edited: used it again and set the number of cups to 6. This produced only a little more than I wanted, for the cold brew in the 8-cup French press (I scooped out the extra, enough to make a decently strong batch of hot brew in a separate 2-cup French press I have). Next time I'll try setting it to 4 or 5 cups, and see if that matches my expectations, for how much I put in the 8-cup French press for a reasonably strong batch of cold crew.] 2. I set the coarseness to something near the maximum, as shown in the instructions, past #10 and into the "swoosh" icon, since I'm making cold brew. When I ran the grinder, most of the output was satisfactorily coarse, but there was some fine powder, stuck to the side of the output container. Not too much fine powder, just a few clumps, but still disappointing; when I use a manual burr grinder on a coarse setting, I don't get any fine powder like this. [edited: see uploaded photo of the output bin, showing some unwanted/unexpected very fine powder caked together near the top, above the expected/wanted coarse grind below] 3. The instructions are a little confusing. At first I wasn't sure about the "removable upper burr", if it was needed or not, or if was optional, since it could be removed like the brush that's stuck in it? the instructions don't say you need the upper burr to be in place. Only at the end, in the "Maintenance" section, does it mention this upper burr, where it says to remove it for cleaning (so I guessed that meant you DO need it in place for grinding, if it expects you to remove it for cleaning). 4. Cleanup is a little difficult, with the fine powder stuck to everything, even though I'd used the coarsest setting so I didn't expect any such fine powder at all. My previous grinding experience, for reference: as I mentioned, nowadays I'm making cold brew, in a French press. Years ago (when I was using an Aeropress which wants finer grinds) I inherited an electric blade grinder, which can only produce very fine grind since it keeps slicing the same beans/grinds over and over. So once I began using the French press, and especially once I started making cold brew in it, I bought a manual ceramic burr grinder, a Kyocera (same as a Hario?) and used that for a while, OK but output is uneven, and there's no lid, so it's prone to spilling beans while I'm grinding, especially since sometimes it gets stuck on a bean in its craw and the handle jerks out of my hand, thereby rocking the whole thing so that some beans spill out. Then I got a Hario ceramic burr grinder, the high end super upgraded model with improved ceramic burr mechanism for more even output (?) and a lid to prevent beans from spilling out. Used that for a couple of years, until the ceramic burr got stuck on some beans and broke, the whole ceramic burr block split in half! Went back to the Kyocera for a while, again with no lid and uneven output. Then decided to try this electric Krupps burr grinder as a treat.

It doesn’t get your coffee fine enough at all Super disappointed as I did a lot of research My view , just buy powder unless you live next to a coffee plantation . As powder and beans are packed the same into sealed containers and the powder saves all the mess and roaches that follow even a micro coffee ground left over after grinding

This is my second Krups grinder in about 10 years. The last one broke due to a tiny piece of plastic breaking off on the inside, which was regrettable because it was still working up until that point. Works great. If you are grinding for a KCUP Keurig machine, make sure it’s set for the finest grind.

Muy bien.

Works well. It’s loud, so I make sure to grind coffee at night so I don’t wake the ‘sleeping in’ family in the morning. Next time I will try a quiet grinder.

Compré este producto luego de leer varias de las reseñas y específicamente para moler café muy fino para espresso. Me decidí pese a los comentarios negativos, porque no encontré algún producto perfecto o a ese precio. Muele muy bien el café para el espresso, pero para mi gusto hay que utilizar la posición más fina. Yo suelo no variar mucho la medida de tazas, y pongo específicamente la cantidad de grano que quiero moler, así que no noté lo que comentaban que no molía de manera uniforme luego de cambiar el número de tazas. En cada molienda, sale cierta cantidad super fina de café, sin importar el grueso de grano que se seleccione. Es algo con lo que puedo vivir, pero es un punto a mencionar. Me encanta como queda el grano troceado para la prensa francesa y el café para la cafetera de filtro. Es realmente muy diferente a los molinos de de aspas y es menos complicado de obtener el molido que quieres ya que conoces el aparato. Finalmente, no me pareció ruidoso, hace el ruido que pudiera esperarse del proceso de molido, y tampoco tuve problema de estática como por ahí comentó alguien.