I admire the build quality and precision that my Lev-Tamp has. My only complaint is how the coffee powder collects in and around that top leveling plate and eventually on the shaft itself. It's not the easiest to clean. My little rocket blower is useful in keeping ahead of any collected residue, after learning the hard way, setting the Lev-Tamp aside for a bit and using another tamper, when I came back to it, the spring and piston action was actually stuck just from a small amount of old stale coffee powder. It's easier now to just blast it out every other day or so, to prevent that.

But getting back on topic with this thread, I've noted the last few days that I'm really quite happy with the output of my Mono-Con as a filter grinder too. My R120 is out on loan to a friend, so I figured I might as well put the Mono-Con to the test. In my case, simply setting the indicator at the large bean logo on the left side gives me an excellent filter grind. Switching back and forth is too easy to ignore. I made a sparkling cup of Juan Pena's (Ecuadoran) Typica and I marveled at it's flavor separation and clarity.