Great grinder for the price with a couple drawbacks.
This grinder is great for the price, which is very very low. I haven't had any problems with getting a fine enough grind for my coffeemaker (also a Braun) or fitting enough beans into the grinder to make a good cup of coffee. A couple tips:
The grinder seems to be tailored to Braun coffeemakers. If you have a coffeemaker with 6oz cups instead of 5 or one that does 12 cups instead of 10 max you could possibly have capacity issues.
The ground coffee seems to stick to the inside of the grinder body. I solved this by unplugging the entire unit, turning it upside down (with the lid on) and tapping it several times against my counter until all the grounds fell into the lid. I took the lid off then and poured that into the ... Read More
Great Grinder
This is the third Braun Coffee grinder I've owned. One had to be replaced after 20 years of rough service and I have another for camp!
I've owned the Braun KSM2 for 8 years now....
I requested a coffee grinder for my birthday in 2000 and received this model (which is listed 4 or 5 different times on Amazon).
The blades are sharp and have no problem grinding any quality bean. I've also used it to grind flax seeds beautifully, as well as almonds. My daughter dropped the clear plastic upper portion of the grinder in 2003 and a piece broke off, leaving a 'chip' in the plastic cup but we still continued to use it, just carefully pouring the coffee grounds out and avoiding that side.
The grounds, when ground fine (for espresso, etc.) do tend to congregate up around the tiny opening where the power button presses down to start the grind and if clogged, the button won't completely press down. However, ... Read More
excellent
I am glad being amazon customer, service is fast, accurate, reliable and safe. Thank you amazon
Of course Braun product is OK.
not bad
it's a decent grinder, although noisy, but my gripe is the size of the container, particularly the bottom part. I have to fill the top cover with coffee beans, then flip the base upside down and fit it into the cover. After grinding I basically have to do the same thing, flip it, tap soundly on the countertop a few times, and then use the cup to fill the coffeemaker. I preferred the Regal I had prior, but it died of old age.
