mike guy wrote:If you like to change coffees throughout the day or make a decaf here and there I can't really recommend single dosing enough. I won't go back to a hopper. Being able to store different coffees in the freezer and make what I'm feeling like, or keep bright single origins for me and comfort flavors for my wife is a game changer.

A good grinder that is made for this workflow will make you less interested in your equipment and more interested in the coffee beans again. I find the traits that are most important to this process is being able to adjust with consistency. With my older grinders, I could write down the grind setting and come back to it and it still needed a minor tweak here or there to dial back in. With a monolith conical I can write down a setting, come back to that coffee weeks later straight from the freezer and it's perfectly dialed in as I had it before.

r7 wrote:I'm no expert, but some grinders are suited only for single dosing (like the Kafatek Monolith), other commercial grinders like the legendary Mahlkonig K30 are great with a hopper full of beans, but probably not well suited for single dosing, especially if you are changing coffees frequently. Commerical grade grinders will vary also in how much ground coffee they retain when you switch between beans. Others, like the Sette 270 can do either well, have low retention, but it is not a heavy duty commercial grade machine.

bzb wrote:I've been using the Ceado e37s for about a year now, and have no complaints. Not much clumping, it grinds consistently and isn't as raucously loud as some others. Swapping beans can be a PITA, but it's certainly doable. I bought the smaller hopper, and it works great for me. The grind adjustment is continuous (not stepped), and gets a lot of play around here, as I'm not very good at dialing in a dose - I waste a lotta coffee that way LOL . . . I don't think you can go wrong with the Ceado.

I've got no experience with the K60, sorry. Someone else will pipe up before too long.

pharding wrote:What about leaving the Synchronika on? Does it hurt to leave it on overnight every night?

bzb wrote:Heh Heh, I'll thank you now, if the li'l doodad works. I've heard, or seen, that some wemo have problems relating to overheating? My machine is on a line conditioner, and uses 1800W -- is this wemo rated for that? No issues regarding heat buildup, or is UL-rated?

Thanks for the suggestion.

bzb

JayBeck wrote:https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Enabled-Am ... ET1P5FDT7R

Thank me later. You can do anything you'd ever want from a timer standpoint with this switch and the app (auto off, turn on at different times throughout the week, turn on via the app when you know you are on your way home for a random drink, etc).