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Im considering selling the 12 week old rocky doserless for an iberital doser(yep I want a doser) or the cunhil tranquilo
any opinions, I dont like the mess that rocky creates and the steps are too large...
Plus it was silvias cousin so its going...
What price would a 12week old rocky be worth?
The Iberital Challenge is a great "top level domestic" grinder but generally the doser units on any grinders in this price bracket are very very poor, so I prefer (and only sell) the doserless models until you get way over the 550.00 dollar mark where the dosers start to get better.
What I am saying is, I personally would not do the swap you are thinking of making.
WRT the steps on the Rocky. Adjust your technique to suit. I have a rocky at home but no matter what grinder I may be using whether it be at home or at work, my technique is always to grind slightly coarse and tamp hard. I like the result in the cup better that way.
My 7 cents worth: I was persuaded NOT to go for the doser version of the Iberital by the knowledgable coffee people who sell them.
I was told that the doser would not guarantee a uniform dose every time, as this would be influenced by factors such as the weight of grinds in the doser.
Went with the doserless with its neat timer.
But Mrs Robusto is now almost pestering me to get another brand, with a good functioning doser, to leave her kitchen clean of spilt grinds.
I suspect that the only way to leave your kitchen completely free of grinds is to move the coffee gear into another room. Dosers still make a mess, albeit not as much as the doserless.
My decision for replacment grinder based on wanting a doser, and build and not as pricey as a mazzer etc Saw a cunhil tranquillo I think it was for the right price just wasnt sure on either the timer version or the doser both look like they will do the job.
I dont really care about the mess as I clean as I go but Im going to have to trust she who has great ideas brother!!!
Easier to use the better! He is familar with doser versions and since he is leting me drill holes in his kitchen and run power points etc I had to give a bit
Originally posted by Viviane link=1176650577/15#24 date=1185785125
I suspect that the only way to leave your kitchen completely free of grinds is to move the coffee gear into another room. Dosers still make a mess, albeit not as much as the doserless.
My dosered grinder makes very little mess compared to some doserless ones.
Originally posted by robusto link=1176650577/15#27 date=1185795107
The mess thing is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Initially there was absolutely no mess. None.
Then I updosed and updosed until these massive Mr Everest of mountainous grinds grew out of the basket.
Cascading grinds then rolled down the slopes, over the edge, and onto the bench.
Then, the tapping ritual would see the mountain peak join its friends on the bench.
At this point, out would come the damp sponge.....
But more and more, less and less does the sponge come out.
--Robusto
Robusto, I can relate to that entirely. A large paintbrush has become my (and my mazzers) new best friend. Even so, grinds still catch on the odd splash of water, and on my days off I tend to think "Bleh, Ill be doing this again in an hour or so anyway, Ill clean it all up then....."
The Tranquilo is a great little grinder but one of its foibles IS the mess.
It is a far superior grinder to the Challenge and probably on par with the rocky depending on what differences between them may be important to you as an individual.
For those that are not familier it comes in 2 versions,
a) the "timed dose" version (no regular volumetric doser) and the
b) doser (regular volumetric) version.
The dosers fitted to these grinders are in the *bottom end* of the range of commercial grinders. They are streets ahead of the dosers commonly fitted to domestic grinders, but way behind doser units as fitted to good quality Italian full commercial grinders.
Suggest you weigh up the reasons why you want to change, and compare what you have with what you may end up with. From my own experience and for use at home, I dont see any advantage in trading from Rocky to a Tranquilo. All you will end up with is a slightly different method of delivery, & similar or more messiness....says I, the king of coffee mess !!!!!!!!!!!
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