Conical steel burrs, consistent grind, no plastic. Coffee got noticeably better and it lives in a drawer. Sometimes the cheap mechanical option just wins.
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The part that resonates is that the boring version wins. Every shiny shortcut I tried quietly cost me more time than it saved. Have you found any shortcut that actually was worth it?
This matches my experience almost exactly, with one wrinkle: it took me two failed attempts before it stuck. I think the failures were the actual lesson. Did you nail it first try or learn it the hard way?
This held up when I tested it, with the caveat that it works best if you're honest with yourself about the numbers. Self-delusion is the silent killer here. What do you track to keep yourself honest?
This, and the part that gets missed is it only works if you actually track it. Eyeballing it never once worked for me.
Fair pushback, and you're right that it's situational. For my setup it held, but I'd test it small before betting anything real on it.