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HomeMr. Coffee IDS77 Electric Coffee Grinder with Chamber Maid Cleaning System, Black |
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 Best Overall Features & Overall Vaule For The Money Mar 04, 2010
After doing my usual diligence and research, I decided on this unit and I'm absolutely pleased with my choice! I've had this unit since Christmas-time and wanted to put it thru it's normal paces before submitting any type of review. This until does it all, does it very well and all at a price that is among the lowest out there for any coffee grinder - certainly less than some of the other real crap models I've looked at and far less than any of the high-end brands at triple the price. Here's why the IDS77 is so good: 1) your grind is always consistent each time, as you simply press the buttons for the amt. of cups you want to brew and then set the grind to either "fine" for Espresso, "Med." for virtually all of the most common, popular drip style coffee makers, or "coarse" if you happen to have a percolator type model coffee maker...that easy! After you've set that, simply press and hold the grind button on the top and when it stops - Bada-Bing... you're done!! So, you'll always get a really consistent & precise grind each time. And you really can't screw the process up too bad, unless you're a complete dumba$$ or decide for some reason to start/stop/restart the grinding process. But why would you do that, when this unit makes it so shamelessly easy?? 2) The "chambermaid" feature does an outstanding job at helping to wipe about 99% of the ground coffee out of the chamber, normally just leaving a fine dusting of coffee in the chamber cup - far better than other grinders I have used that would leave about 1/16"-1/8" of compacted ground coffee on the bottom of the grinding cup. 3) Both the grinding chamber cup and the top twist off easily from the unit, so you can both fill it and empty it out with a few taps and twists into your coffee maker - all away from the grinding base; which is a really nice, convenient feature, that also allows for easy periodic sink cleaning. Most of the other units don't have this feature. The unit is also somewhat quieter than most other units when grinding. And one final note to mention is that the 3 ft. power cord is wound up inside the bottom of the unit, with just about 1 ft. extended when you first take it out of the box. So, simply unwind what you need to reach the electrical outlet and you can always wind it back up inside the unit when you're done. I think you'll be very happy with this unit; especially at this price point! PS - you can always try this unit out before buying it, as WMT & TGT both carry it in their stores for about the same price. Just save your receipt and return the one you get from AMZN back to the store ; ) !!
 Mr. Coffee Grinder Mar 03, 2010
I would like to give a more complete review of this grinder but I can't because it only lasted for two grinds. From these two grinds I can tell you that it performed as advertised. The coffee was ground according to the settings I used and the unit was very easy to use and to clean afterwards. However, it seems to me that the thermal breaker they are using is much too sensitive to heat. When this unit stopped working on just the second grind there was no discernable heat from the unit and the beans did not bind the blades. I guess for the money it could have been a good little grinder but considering how long it lasted I don't think I would waste my money on another one. Oh, yes, and to resolve the issue you cannot just contact customer service to send it back for repair/replacement like you can do with almost any other on-line vendor, you have to locate a local repair center and make arrangements with them for repairs which usually means taking it in to them. In my case that would have meant a 45 minute drive. The cost of gas alone makes that a ridiculous solution. If Mr. Coffee really wants to be helpful regarding this low quality item they could at least modernize their return process so that you can just send it back to them or their service center directly and not have to go through a "local" repair center.
Broken after 3rd time Mar 01, 2010
Plain and simple, product broke after the third time of usage. I followed instructions carefully and still it broke. Major disappointment.
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 broke after 9 months of light use Feb 27, 2010
Bought this at walmart, but as it broke after only 9 months i figured i'd put a warning out. The grind selector buttons are supposed to select the grind coarseness-fineness and quantity being ground. After 9 months of using only on saturday and sunday, the equivalent of only 77 uses, the buttons no longer change the setting - it is stuck on a setting i don't use - cuts off too soon. now i have to run it until it stops and run it some more counting the seconds in my head. outside this problem it works well enough, for a blade grinder.
Does the job Feb 21, 2010
Great for the price. My only negative is that some of the parts feel a little cheap, and might break over time. However it does what it is supposed to. I got this one because I wanted to be able to freshly grind beans for my french press and needed the option to make them coarse. This grinder does that perfectly! Stop reading and buy it so you can enjoy fresh coffee too.
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