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Lelit espresso grinder (PL043, PL053): buyer beware!

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  • #16
    Many years ago, I was the proud owner of a coffee grinder, one of those devices with rotating blades, the idea being you put your beans in the top, positioned the plastic top, and let it run until you thought it had done it's job, a very basic machine.

    At that stage I owned a couple of horses, I had heard soy beans were a good fodder supplement, however they needed to be crushed, thought to myself the coffee grinder should be up to the task, WRONG, loaded the soy beans, started off OK then a rattling noise gave me the the clue something was amiss, the beans had ripped both arms off the shaft, my coffee grinder had gone to god, the inexperience of youth.

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    • #17
      Lelit Pl 43

      I have had trouble with the same grinder. Its the first grinder I have owned, so perhaps I am also a moron. (No sarcasm intended). Mine has been back to be repaired once already and i had to pay for the courier both ways.

      So could someone tell me, what does "choking" mean?
      Am I failing to care for my blender? There is nothing in the instructions about this.

      In my frustration, I have now taken the lelit apart, but really don't have the time to repair it myself, if I can work out how to do it, so I am off to buy myself another one from somewhere.
      I wont be buying another lelit either. It really hard to adjust and makes such a mess on my bench.
      Robyn.

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      • #18
        Hello Robyn,

        I suspect that if you had to pay a courier both ways, there was nothing wrong with the grinder as a warranty repair would cover freight in at least one direction.

        My thoughts are that the tradie is blaming the tools. You're on a learning curve and a little tuition from someone who understands the process would most likely go a long way.

        Good luck as you learn.

        Chris

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        • #19
          My first grinder was PL053.
          Definitely not made of 'flimsy' plastic, or much plastic at all. Very solid and 'old school' build quality throughout.
          All replaceable parts, easy to assemble/disassemble, everything had a fairly good quality feel.
          Very good price point for good burrs and stepless adjustment.

          Having said that I also had problems within 2 months, it clogged up with old grinds & stopped, and required a new pusher arm piece which might have broken before, causing the jam, or after, because of the jam.
          After that I was much more careful with the cleaning out, however it still jammed fairly frequently, and later I had to replace a 2nd part which broke despite my best efforts.
          I ended up leaving the chute screw out as it was a PITA to operate and it required the chute removed for cleaning often.
          I believe the coffee path & transmission design isn't really perfect.

          Current grinder - no such problems, bit of regular pipe cleaner work and she's been happy for years. So that says to me that the Lelit could be better.

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