K.I.S.S when it comes to grinders

#1: Post by **cai42** » March 14th, 2009, 1:04 pm

Greetings,

Mazzer= 2 controls. On-off switch and one adjustable metal ring.
New kid on the block= 7 assorted buttons and levers.

Why is more better?

Cliff

#2: Post by **Bluecold** » March 14th, 2009, 2:01 pm

Men like levers and buttons and mechanical stuff. Preferably noisy things with lots of bolts and steel and smoke that don't try to blend in with other stuff. Compare for instance a macbook pro (girly) and the Thinkpad W700DS (manly).

#3: Post by **ddr** » March 14th, 2009, 5:00 pm

I am glad you were wrong on both the computer and grinder Bluecold. Mac's and Mazzer's are both manly.

#4: Post by **Bluecold** » March 14th, 2009, 7:18 pm

At least my post contained argumentation.
Also, i never said mazzers weren't manly. Mazzers are made for grinding coffee, and coffee is manly. Also, mazzers score man-points with sheer power.

March 14th, 2009, 7:25 pm

PC's are for fart huffers and macs get you laid.

jon

#6: Post by **Bluecold** » March 14th, 2009, 7:32 pm

Thanks Jon for the support in stating that girls like macs.

#7: Post by **tribe3** » March 14th, 2009, 7:39 pm

Or how a Mazzer vs Baratza grinders turned into a PC vs Mac thread

Mac Pro is manly.

#8: Post by **bgn** » March 14th, 2009, 7:44 pm

What is "new kid on the block"? The Vario? I have a mazzer mini and I like it. But I should not have watched the Mahlkonig (sp?) video on their Vario and K-30. Very, very cool. Tempts me to plan a family vacation around the Bay area.

#9: Post by HB » March 14th, 2009, 8:17 pm

cai42 wrote:Mazzer= 2 controls. On-off switch and one adjustable metal ring.
New kid on the block= 7 assorted buttons and levers.

Why is more better?

More is sometimes better, sometimes it's just different.

In terms of market segmentation, the new kid on the block was clearly designed with home enthusiasts in mind. Mazzer designed the Mini as a cafe secondary grinder; years later, home enthusiasts discovered it worked better than the typical consumer grinder. It would be interesting to see what Mazzer would create today if they started with a blank sheet of paper and home enthusiasts in mind. I bet their grinder would have the Baratza Vario's form factor, less buttons, and more metal. And probably 2x the price.

#10: Post by **shadowfax** » March 15th, 2009, 1:08 am

HB wrote:It would be interesting to see what Mazzer would create today if they started with a blank sheet of paper and home enthusiasts in mind. I bet their grinder would have the Baratza Vario's form factor, less buttons, and more metal. And probably 2x the price.

. . .

How did you know?

All the way down to the "double your money" part. It's like you're a psychic!

On Macs: When it comes to computers, it doesn't get any more manly than Unix. And Mac OS X is Unix 03 certified; It doesn't get much more real than that. Underneath all the silly hipster T-Shirt one finds the six-pack of the software world. The manliest thing on a PC is running Linux. The next best thing is a PuTtY ssh session to a Linux machine. That is all.*

* Please take this in jest. I meant it in good fun. Mostly.