marlodmb wrote:That's the whole reason I bought the espro tamper

The other good thing is that the base is really high and straight, it helps tell you how flat your tamp is...

That all said, some would say that you almost can't tamp too hard as long as it's level. Meaning press till the tamper stops. Some argue for almost no tamp...

Welcome to esrpresso!

To each his own...