I can't speak for the youtube versions. The grinders Dan and I received several months ago (I call them Beta versions in the review) had a loud and vibration prone motor noise. This revised grinder has a quiet motor. However, the grinding noises are still fairly high. This is the case with all single dosing grinders used without a lid

This looks interesting. My Behmor is about 15 years old as well, replaced the motor, board, and afterburner. Anyone with experience of this Skywalker?

Update about my grinder: Weber offered to pick it up back to inspection about 2.5 weeks ago. Even though I expected Weber to offer an exchange one-by-one with a new grinder, they didn't offer it and I accepted. They received it last Thursday, and I was under the impression they will easily fix the alignment issue ASAP to make sure

Perhaps the sort of aficionado who will shell out $365 for a coffee brewer is the sort who wants to pick their own grinder?

I'm glad they didn't as I would suddenly make it of no interest, many of us already have. Also it's better for them to sell you two pieces of equipment than one

So I gave up trying to fix my bes920 and went out and bought a brand new machine today. I must be cursed because this new machine is gurgling too. As soon as you press either the 1 or 2 cup buttons, you hear gurgling for several seconds before a steady flow of water starts coming out fron the brew

Seeing them up close sitting out in the open in the trier scoop under good light gives you a more accurate impression of their color and surface texture compared to watching them behind a thick piece of glass swirling by in a dark drum... At least that's what I think. YMMV

Rotary pumps can be loud too, but a different kind of sound less irritating than a vibe pump. Mine is silent mostly because my pump is done like commercial machines... Which means it is away from the machine, and under the kitchen sink, with the softener. It's also buried by a bunch of junk my wife keeps under there, but

Can you explain what it means to use the finest setting on the Kony? The threaded grind adjustment collar may have a stop screw inserted from the top that is keeping it from going fine enough. If it does, you'll need to loosen that screw and adjust the grinder finer. Cheers! - Jake

Watch the containers on the shelf. Near San Francisco I've found both the "good" and "not so good" sources intermingled on the same shelf. I used CG for a while, then shifted to distilled from Whole Foods at $0.49 / gallon using one-gallon glass jugs with polyseal caps. With 1000 ppm concentrates for GH and KH I can custom mix