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Brush, brush, brush -- and the coffee goes around and sticks to the outside, like dark magic. But wait, there's more: the on/off switch works only intermittently; the coarseness settings are a complete fiction since regardless of which one you use, the cofee always comes out the same; the whole thing must be constantly shaken so that the beans move smoothly into the grinding mechanism, and the timer gauge that is supposed to grind the proper amount of beans for a given amount of coffee is calibrated according to some mythic standard that I have never been able to figure out. My advice: If you can't afford a Pasquini, La Cimbali, Baratza or comparable high-end electric and are not inclined to court RSI with a manual Zassenhaus, stick to a blade grinder for less than $20. Once you master the knack of pulsing as you grind with one of those, it is fairly easy to churn out different degrees of coarseness -- and a far better cup of coffee than with this overpriced thing. from Amazon.com Not recommended. Although it did a good job of grinding the coffee, my Krups grinder stopped working after one year of use, exactly the warranty period. The manual says there is a reset switch but you have to send the unit back to Krups to get it reset! I thought perhaps that it was just poor luck. from Amazon.com A pinch at most. I don't think this miniscule amount would affect even the most persnickety coffeegeek's palette. I had to manually shut the grinder off because nothing else would come out, even with tipping and tapping, so have to assume it was cleaned out. I will know for sure with time. from Amazon.com The fineness adjustment does not seem to make a difference in the ground size. My mom-in-law has begun bringing her blade grinder(also a krups, so you would think they could design an effective burr grinder as well) with her when she visits because it only takes the blade grinder a few seconds to do what takes 5 minutes with this grinder. The user's manual did not provide any help. If I were a coffee addict, using this grinder daily would drive me over the edge. from Amazon.com Check that the assembly is correctly positioned in the body." Then in the second step it repeats how important making certain that these two parts are correctly positioned is. Once I read the directions and made sure that the parts were positioned properly and correctly, the grinder always ground. By the way, just in case the new owner had missed what the manual said; it was all repeated under IMPORTANT (for the third time) on page 4. The next impediment that could have been a show stopper for me dealt with the ground coffee fineness selector. from Amazon.com Then it shut off. Most of the beans were still in the hopper so I pushed the button for it to run again and nothing happened. I read the manual and found out that if the motor stops running then the motor fuse has tripped and the unit must be taken to a service center. In my opinion this unit is a piece of junk and shoud be avoided! from Amazon.com NOT ONCE have I had to disassemble anything. You just hit the grind button again to stop it, jostle it GENTLY back and forth, and hit the grind button again. Of course, you lose the timed grind that is supposed to happen, but I view it as a VERY MINOR inconvenience to have to stand there and manually turn it off when it's done grinding. As for the complaints of size, I think we've pretty much come to a consensus among the reviewers that it's NOT freakishly huge, or whatever that one reviewer said. from Amazon.com I've been using the Krups GVX1 burr grinder for about 3 weeks and have twice had it jam, apparently lacking the torque necessary to grind the toughest beans. In both cases, the grinder was set on the finest grind setting and the grinder turned itself off. To get it working again, I moved the fineness selector lever to the coarsest setting and manually twisted the knob inside the grinder, and pressed the start button. So far, this has allowed me to keep grinding, but one wonders how many times the unit can do this and keep on working. from Amazon.com negatives: loud and messy, leaving coffee grinds all around the grinder after it automatically finishes and when you pull out the holder . from Sears.com there are a few minor negatives, however.some reviews noted the grinder is quiet but i found it was almost as noisy as the little impact grinder i used to use. from Cooking.com

Released	over 3 years ago
Grinding Method	Burr Grinder
Capacity	7.05 oz.
Finesse Settings	17 Settings
Type	Manual Electric
Cleaning	Removable Ground Coffee Container
Controls	On/Off Switch
Depth	3.5 in.
Exterior Color	Black, Chrome
Height	8 in.
MPN	GVX2-12
Material	Stainless Steel Housing
Power	100 Watt
UPC	010942202592
Weight	64.9 lb.
Width	3.5 in.

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