Eureka Mignon Silenzio vs Eureka Mignon Xl

::::: END UPDATE ::::::: So due to these gripes, I give the machine four stars. If you aren't too OCD about the mess and trapped grounds after each use, you'll be happy with the machine because the complaints are mostly mitigated by other features and/or the incredible price point. And the stepless grind adjustment makes this is an ideal entry level machine with lots of room to grow for someone really interested in learning to dial in shots. This machine is a great value

For the price, fit and finish is poor. I disassembled to clean the burrs and inspect the components due to clogging. Kind of disappointing to see how this unit was assembled with roughly finished parts. Also the grinder dials in easy, but lots of build up in the chute continues to be annoying

The grind dial is labeled 0-5, but that means literally nothing as the dial can go all the way around like ten times. This was my first espresso grinder and I had nobody to teach me, so I had no guidance on grind size. Due to the dial's numbers meaning nothing, I couldn't find a starting point online either. Two months of putting way too fine grinds in, leading to extreme channeling, leading me to spend hundreds on new baskets, expensive calibrated tampers/distributes, and a naked portafilter

Give me a break. Just couldn't win, took me 3 shots to get in range every morning. Nope.

First this a a very nice grinder. Way more quiet than the grinder it replaced and it performs much better as well. The first thing I noticed when getting this out of the package was it's weight. This thing is heavy

I am spending 2 months at my parents' place, but since they don't have any device that could produce anything close to decent coffeewise, I decided to order and try it out. I also ordered a Eureka Mignon XL to replace my old Breville SGP (I will ship it home when my stay ends), and to meet my grinding needs from V60 pour over to Picopresso. My first few shots with it were okay but they improved dramatically as I was getting more familiar with my new grinder.

The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was the fit of the closing tab at the bottom of the feed funnel. My unit has a bad tab that does not seal completely and is very hard to open and close. Not a major inconvenience, I just leave it open. Nevertheless, a grinder of this quality and price should come with a better closing tab

The hopper is functional but does not inspire confidence and my guess is that it will never outlast the rest of the machine. It is made of what feels like thin, brittle plastic and would be easily cracked if the screw that holds it on the machine was over-tightened. The tab that shuts the hopper to allow it to be removed while loaded with beans is a poor design and, in my case, does not completely close the chute. A quality hopper could not significantly increase the cost of this otherwise excellent grinder

Debated between this or the Baratza lineup. What made me settle on this over the Baratza were a few key features based on a video comparison from Seattle Coffee Gear. The first is that it is quieter. Not completely silent, obviously, but much quieter than any blade grinder and audiably quieter than the Baratza

This is a great grinder. I was upgrading from a Baratza Sette 270. The Oro Mignon XL is night and day difference on noise compared to the Sette. It is as quiet or quieter than I even hoped it would be