Baratza Vario with Forte Portaholder - Page 5

January 20th, 2015, 12:04 pm

The Vario now ships with a cast portaholder like the Forte. It is available with two different fork sizes; 56 mm and 65 mm. My grinder came with 65 mm which is too long for my Grimac La Uno with an E61 portafilter. Contact support@baratza.com to get the correct size.

#42: Post by **JDolezal** » January 22nd, 2015, 12:01 am

jamie@morgans.ca wrote:The Vario now ships with a cast portaholder like the Forte. It is available with two different fork sizes; 56 mm and 65 mm. My grinder came with 65 mm which is too long for my Grimac La Uno with an E61 portafilter. Contact support@baratza.com to get the correct size.

This happened to me as well, and this thread was the only evidence I could find that two fork sizes even existed. I wonder what Baratza's thinking is behind randomly giving out different sized forks..?

February 18th, 2015, 4:22 pm

Attempting to adjust the 65mm to hold the naked PF caused the fork to protrude far enough that it was impossible to insert the Portaholder into the grinder.

I just came across this post, and now I am curious I just got my Vario 2 weeks ago, I have been using the portaholder and container because it is so messy. So I saw this today and attempted to ajust the fork but then the bar at the top is too high to fit in the grinder, I included a picture (if it works), I am wondering if I have one with the 65mm holder?

Oh I am using it with my Breville DB 58mm

This is as high as I could get the forks adjusted.

#44: Post by **JDolezal** » February 18th, 2015, 4:31 pm

It looks like you have the larger/longer fork. Just send baratza support an email and they'll mail you the smaller version, no questions asked.

#45: Post by **Séb** » February 18th, 2015, 9:35 pm

I use an aluminium funnel from OE and it works perfectly with my Forte and hold itself too.

#46: Post by **SonVolt** » March 25th, 2015, 9:19 pm

So glad I found this thread! I was getting frustrated trying to raise the forks to fit my Profitec's portafilters only to not be able to snap the portalholder back in place. I sent Baratza an email - I hope they're still sending out the smaller forks.

#47: Post by **neutro** » March 26th, 2015, 2:32 pm

Ok so you can actually adjust the height of the fork?

Slowly catching up here

... And if it doesn't go up enough (which is likely since I have a Profitec too) there is a shorter one available through Baratza support?

(My counter *is* a mess alright)

March 27th, 2015, 10:06 am

Yep. I emailed Bartza about it and they're shipping me the smaller forks free. Great customer service.

#49: Post by **Gig103** » March 30th, 2015, 2:14 pm

This looks like a great addition to the Vario. Crazy that on page 1, it was a $15 add-on, and now it's $45. I'm not saying that it isn't sturdy and worth it, but that gap is a game changer... prior it was the same as an OE funnel!