James is absolutely right in pointing out that not all Twists have problems, so by no means would my experience be yours. Most likely it wouldn't be. But I just wanted to let you know my experience so I should expand on this a little further

More specifically, my issues centred around two things; 1) having the trigger 'sticking' after a shot pull, therefore expending all the gas and 2) slow leaks even when the trigger did correct itself, using the recommended sized canister.

I contacted Mypressi who admirably admitted that they had some quality control issues around the Twists, particularly on certain batches manufactured before Christmas. This may well be on UK batches only - which I suspect you may also be sourcing from given where you are based. However their response and promised resolution has impressed me, and I would have no hesitation recommending the Twist. I would just wait a while, or at least ensure that the initial QC issues have been cleared if you wanted to get one now.

That surely puts things into perspective (that it relates to variable canister length as well as batch variances), thanks.

One other thing to consider,

The people that make the twist have heard and solved this problem with a free upgrade that has a bit of extra padding in the base of the pressure cartage holder that fixes the dimensioning specific problem.

OFC this would do nothing for the sticking trigger. But that is thankfully a problem that I have not run into.

They will send this on request if you happen to use the slightly shorter carts.

I would think that is a non-issue at this point.

-Cecil

orwa wrote:What you say on the grinder is totally correct yet you scare the sh** out of me when you keep the kitchen aid in your list of equipment, cause this either means that you are simply patriotic or that, ehm, that you can tolerate the intolerable. Yet the Doge Conico is an intriguing choice.

I am using Kitchen Aid for French Press.

But here another scary note: "I have paid less for mypressi+Doge than for Tea+KitchenAid."

orwa wrote:Haha

I think it is indeed the right thing to start with the grinder, and then move to the extraction device. I have been trying to locate a good used manual grinder on eBay. I was surprised that clean, used PeDe grinders can easily sell for as much as 40 dollars, which I thought was too much. Note that these are the grinders with clean burrs, cause there is no way that I am going to buy a manual grinder without looking into its burrs. Few sellers seemingly were confident enough to show the state of the burrs... Others either emphasized the antique value of the grinder or declared that the "mechanism was somewhat worn".

With the Hario Skerton at under $40 on Sweetmarias - I can't see any point in going to a used grinder. Conical ceramic burrs, nice build quality and good results - that's plenty. I will mention that, ergonomically I find it to be quite comfortable in my hands and easy to use. In contrast, two lady friends who tried it much prefer the little Zass grinders with a wooden box that can go between your knees. I can actually use the Hario comfortably between my knees and find the Zass with its tiny wooden grounds collection box to be too messy. Their preference may be aesthetic though they say it's all about functionality and fit.