The grinder got hand delivered yesterday, really nice seller.
Story is, the seller gave the neighbor access to his property.
By doing this, the neighbor gained full easy access to his own property.
Seems very generous to get a free high end coffee machine and grinder as thanks just by doing that.
It is, but seller has a 100 acre property which then allowed the neighbor access to his 600 acre property

Lets just say the seller did not give me an impression that he was in need of cash.
Anyway, onto the grinder.
The Mazzer is a lot more solid than the Compak, but surprisingly not a whole lot bigger. Without the grind tray it actually has a little bit smaller footprint.
While taking it apart for a full clean, I found that some of the screws are in fact nuts and bolts, and unscrewing the portafilter holder dropped the nuts inside the case. Trying to take off the bottom i found that that the small screws I was unscrewing was in fact more nuts and bolts! Of course, now they joined the others rattling inside the case.
Turns out the funny torx screw was the base plate holder but I needed to break off the nib in the centre of the screw.
It is faster than the compak. Maybe around 10-11 sec for 20g
It is 'messier' than the compak.
The grinds are fluffier with no clumps but because of that they fall out of the basket easier and may miss the tray.
Hopper and throat has ridges where beans hang onto the side and dont fall to their impending doom.
Adjustment collar is better where there is no play at all. (easy to compensate on the compak)
The fluffiness is very evident though.
As an example, I was using scottie tools number 5 to sweep out on the Compak to get 20g. Now I to do a flat sweep to get 20g (both on a 20g VST).
I did the doser sweep mod and nozzle mod while cleaning.
Still some small grinds end up on top the doser exit cover but the sweep mod sweeps everything on the bottom.
I also think that what you dont see, you dont worry about.
You can see right down the chute for the Mazzer where it is semi hidden in the Compak.
In the Compak, i never cleared the chute, i just purged. But in the Mazzer, because its right there, you have this big urge to sweep out the chute.
If anything, the Compak probably retains more in the chute than the Mazzer.
Its a 2006 model, and the burrs and carrier were clean. Burrs seem to still have a sharpish edge but I will probably replace down the line with fresh ones.
Dosing process takes slightly longer now. I now purge, thwack out the old grinds, then again grind and then thwack out into the basket. It requires a fair few thwacks to get it all out.
Before I just purged and then started dosing.
Not commenting on taste yet as Im still playing around, but I do have new found appreciation on the Compak based purely on taste.
At the moment they are on par with each other.
Wife appeal, big loss so far

A few unpleasant comments about the room it takes and the large hopper size. Have ordered a mini mini hopper from Talk Coffee.
Sam




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