Re: Macap M4D/M5D use and care tips....
Its good to hear about the success others are having with this grinder, and I can affirm most of what has been said already - clean, quiet etc. The main benefit for me has been consistency in mass, and therefore the elimination of a variable. I bought a little electronic scale. and for a few weeks was weighing each grind. I got sick of it in the end, becasue the answer was almost always within 0.2g.
At the moment, I have "dose singola" (call me a wally for changing the display language to Italian) set at 4.1sec, and "dose doppia" set at 7.6. Why is the double not "double"? Not sure, but perhaps theres a startup/winddown overhead. Works consisently with my Elektra Leva, which is sensitive to over-dosing. I do call on "dose continua" sometimes - I think the "lie of the beans" sometimes affects things - rarely happens, and only then when the hopper is nearly empty. Perhaps Im imagining that.
I read somewhere that a user set the single on 0.1 sec to clear the chute of stale grinds, and then used the double setting as his sole timed grind. Ive measured the amount of grinds in the chute at <0.3g, which is perhaps not worth wasting a setting on.
Here in inland Tassie theres possibly not as much variation in temperature/humidity as elsewhere. I find adjustments are necessary with different beans, or rather, with different seat-of-pants-popcorn-roasted batches of the same beans. Never more than 0.2 sec either way, or 2 steps. The point is that at least you know the timing with some precision, and can therefore keep a better track of what youve done.
Its good to hear about the success others are having with this grinder, and I can affirm most of what has been said already - clean, quiet etc. The main benefit for me has been consistency in mass, and therefore the elimination of a variable. I bought a little electronic scale. and for a few weeks was weighing each grind. I got sick of it in the end, becasue the answer was almost always within 0.2g.
At the moment, I have "dose singola" (call me a wally for changing the display language to Italian) set at 4.1sec, and "dose doppia" set at 7.6. Why is the double not "double"? Not sure, but perhaps theres a startup/winddown overhead. Works consisently with my Elektra Leva, which is sensitive to over-dosing. I do call on "dose continua" sometimes - I think the "lie of the beans" sometimes affects things - rarely happens, and only then when the hopper is nearly empty. Perhaps Im imagining that.
I read somewhere that a user set the single on 0.1 sec to clear the chute of stale grinds, and then used the double setting as his sole timed grind. Ive measured the amount of grinds in the chute at <0.3g, which is perhaps not worth wasting a setting on.
Here in inland Tassie theres possibly not as much variation in temperature/humidity as elsewhere. I find adjustments are necessary with different beans, or rather, with different seat-of-pants-popcorn-roasted batches of the same beans. Never more than 0.2 sec either way, or 2 steps. The point is that at least you know the timing with some precision, and can therefore keep a better track of what youve done.


. Id suggest that it should be returned for inspection and repair if required.....
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