Hario, Transparent Black Mini Mill Plus | Compact & Adjustable Hand Coffee Grinder with Ceramic Burrs, Plastic,24g

I've used this grinder everyday, pretty much, for over 3 years. It's robust, strong and grinds really well. It's easy to set up, clean and to adjust the grind size. It doesn't take up a lot of room and it easy to take apart and out back together. There have been occasional beans that have been tough to grind and so a little hard work, but I would say that has been more to do with the beans than the grinder. 99% of the time it grinds really easily. An absolute essential for those who love coffee from coffee beans. Such good value.

Received this 2/3 days ago and so fa have used it 3 times, all on the fine setting to prepare my regular espresso (which is why I bought this item). I also use an electric coffee grinder, aminly for use in a drip filter or large and small cafetieres, but it is not so good for espresso, so have until now bought ready-ground espresso coffee, so once my current stock is reduced I will probably mainly use the manual grinder instead. It was easy to set up and pretty easy to use - the minor exercise when turning the handle is probably good for me anyway. The espresso grind is very consistent and produces excellent espresso grind coffee which works well in my small moka espesso pot, I also have a larger espresso moka pot for occasional use when guests call and will probably continue to use ready-ground for that, but for individual use the manual grinder is excellent. It seems pretty sturdily built so am very hopeful it will last quite a long time.

This is my first foray into coffee hand-grinders so I caveat this review by saying I don't have much to compare it with. I went for this model as I was weary of some of the super-cheap ones (thin metal, stripped threads, etc) but did't want to risk spending a fortune on something fancy and then decide that a manual grinder wasn't for me. This one seemed a good compromise and Hario kit has always worked well for me in the past.First impressions are pretty good. It is fairly weighty and sits on the counter securely and things like the metal for the crank handle are of a good thickness. The shape of the handle and the lid means that you can 'hang' it from the side for storage but it doesn't attach in anyway so no good for transport.The glass at the bottom is essentially a thick walled jam jar. In fact, so much so it has nearly accidentally gone out with the recycling more than once! The rubber on the bottom stops it sliding around when grinding however it is the loosest of fits - basically supports its own weight but is more than happy to slide off.Issues I have in use:Due to the design the collar that you grip when grinding is pretty large in diameter - provides a decent forearm exercise first thing in the morning which isn't always what you want when you just need coffee.The glass fits into the rubber 'foot' with a ball-and-socket type feel meaning the whole unit rolls about in use. Combine that with the point above and things can feel like harder work than they should be.The grind is very easy to adjust (hold handle whilst rotating the bottom of the grind unit). However, it is both stepped and unmarked. The steps can be annoying if, like me, you find the ideal is between two steps as there aren't many of them. Being unmarked makes it very hard to jump around multiple settings (unless you do things like 'all the way right before 3 clicks left' etc). I tend to use a variety of brew methods but it is annoying enough to chop and change the settings that this now lives on one setting, which leaves it feeling underutilised (really don't want to own a brace of grinders all locked in to one setting each!).All in all, this is a decent machine which I don't regret buying and would overall recommend, but just a few usability issues keep it back from being perfect.

I bought this grinder because I was seriously temped to buy a REALLY GREAT grinder. I had my sights set on the Aergrind made by Knock - but at £125 I couldn't justify it considering I wasn't even sure if I would use it as much as my ideal inner budding coffee nerd thought I might. As a compromise I picked this grinder up because it had decent ratings by coffee nerds and was in a much more affordable price range at nearly £100 cheaper.This was a good move it turns out, because while I like to think I'm the sort of person who will freshly grind my coffee every morning for my cuppa - it turns out.. I'd rather have it NOW than Fantastic. The fantastic can wait till i'm awake enough to full appreciate it. So.. I find I'm using it a few times a week when I want a really nice cup of coffee to enjoy, and for £32 - I can justify that. So.. the Hario has become my 'entry-level' coffee grinder, until such a time that I fall off the deep end and cough up £125 for a really amazing one. And as an entry level grinder - it's great.. I love it. it's easy, not messy, haven't smashed my fingers yet.. looks good in the cupboard.criticism - The sticky bar code - others have mentioned it. it took me ages to get it off - I don't know what kind of double strong super-glue epoxy gorilla adhesive they're using but it looks like crap, and it took me hours of soaking, scraping and using isopropyl alcohol to finally get it off without damaging the plastic.

Bought this based on a few review videos for budget hand grinders and it did not disappoint. The coffee it makes is really nice and its easy to use. The feel of it is good and it does not feel "cheap" even though it is all plastic. The adjustable grinding mechanism works well and the ground beans are all roughly the same grain size. I use a normal moka pot to make my coffee and a full hopper of beans makes around 2 full pots. The bottom of the grinder which holds the ground coffee is just large enough for one full hopper of beans. I usually grind the coffee freshly before I use it and it takes around 3-4min to grind one full moka pot worth of beans. Only small annoyance, which you will probably get with any other hand grinder, is that when you unscrew the bottom, some ground coffee comes out of the grinding mechanism in the top and makes a bit of a mess on your worktop.