Baratza Virtuoso+ vs Fellow Ode Brew Grinder

Honestly, I don't think the Commandante is well priced given the value you get out of it.

I have worked in local high end coffee shops that roast single origin beans for nearly 6 years. Of course, that means we’re using equipment that costs thousands of dollars on a daily basis to grind and brew coffee. I’d been looking for a good coffee grinder for my home that was not ridiculously expensive years now and this one was it. You can get a high quality grind for a single cup of coffee on fresh beans with this thing and you won’t find a more luxury model and feel or outcome for this price

Versatile settings Adjustable times, and pulse mode. Cons- *There is a learning curve for grounds! Everyone has different taste. Plus the pamphlet is pretty off in terms of what ground settings go good with each type of coffee. I think the settings say 8 for Espresso

Let me say, the Ode Brew grinder is the nicest looking item in my kitchen. As my wife and I were looking to replace our old loud, slow, ugly and inconsistant grinder we had differing thoughts at first. I'm a simple guy, I have an industrial Bunn CWTF in my kitchen because it hooks up to the water main and outputs 200 degree water through the pour over and 180 degrees at the spout. You can imagine my wife's thoughts on this honking huge machine in the kitchen already, but it's functionality trumps all complaints

When it comes to grinding beans for coffee makers, pour over AeroPress and everything in between. There's one grinder that we've recommended consisten...

1) Beans keep getting stuck in hopper to auger. It depends on type of bean on how often. But frequent enough that it is getting tiresome at times. 2) Grinds and statistics

For some unknown reason, the coffee produced by the Barataza is a bit more flavorful than my old Breville. Nice crema too.

I wanted the coffee to taste better. I had to shake my old grinder occasionally (not as often as with this grinder) but it stayed on until turned off, not until it detected a no load condition. If I had paid $150 for this grinder, I would be a happy puppy. I would accept some problems

turning the dial up for a long grind to brew 10 cups is easy.. but if I need to reduce the time, it goes backwards by a 10th of a second.

But for larger brews with a few servings, I was never impressed with any of my automated grinders, and hand grinding takes way too much time. I was only content at best with inexpensive automated grinders and disappointed at worst. None of my larger grinders were as good as advertised as long as they were relatively inexpensive compared to well known great grinders. So I had my doubts about investing in the Fellow Ode, because it’s price Point isn’t that much higher than a “good” but cheaply manufactured grinder