I love my new grinder, I have been experimenting with different beans and the coffee tastes fresh and delicious. I do notice, however, that there have been a few times that the grinder will whine as if something is stuck, when that happens it does not make the proper amount of coffee. Not ever using a burr grinder before I am not sure why this happens or even if it should. Once I remove the upper burr and remove any partial beans, it will work fine, but I wonder why I would need to remove the upper burr after each and every use in order for this to operate properly.

Krups GVX1-14 Burr Grinder , Black

I bought this grinder to replace an old (25 years old!) Waring burr grinder. Was concerned about the height, but at just 10 1/2" high, it fits nicely in my coffee cabinet. Rubber feet keep the machine firmly in place when grinding, and the noise is not unusually loud for a burr grinder. Seventeen settings assure a perfect, even grind from coarse to powder fine. The unit is easy to clean and a small brush is provided for removing excess ground coffee from the hopper. My only complaint is that the burr must be removed and cleaned frequently, and this was a little tricky for arthritic fingers. Grinder can be set to grind for 2 to 12 cups of coffee. Has an illuminated off/on bean hopper light. Safety feature: grinder will not operate unless hopper and lid are in place. A good-looking, well-engineered, superior grinder and well worth the money.

I have read the other reviews and I must say that I don't want to make an Espresso or some French Grind. I am from Texas and we ain't crazy about French anything!! I do love a good cup of Eight O' Clock coffee in the morning. I grind up some of that and slap it into my Bunn coffee maker and presto, the best cup of coffee in the world. I don't really make an issue of the cleanup 'cause if your too stupid to set the grinder in the sink and then tap it until all the grinds come off the machine you shouldn't own one anyway! Just a wipe down with a wet cloth and your done. This grinder is consistent and if you need a part you just go to the web site and order it. Dirt cheap! If you want a fancy $200.00 grinder then get one but this one is simple and you ain't got to be an genius to operate the thing.

Despite the reviews, I bought this in January 2008. I grind about 2 pounds a month--freshly roasted Kona beans. I bought it because the grower in Kona had disparaged the "whirlybird" Krups chopper I'd used for 10 years. The Krups grinder worked OK at first. Then it began being harder and harder to start...lots of fiddling with the lid and parts. Today, 6 months after we ordered ot, it stopped working altogether. If I can find the warranty info I might return it. Ground the rest of the pound with my trusty whirlybird chopper. DO NOT BUY THIS!!!!

I was able to get a decent grind for my cone-filter machine from this unit, but trying to obtain a coarser grind for French press brewing proved impossible. I called Krups' product support line, who confirmed the range of grind adjustment was very limited. Hmmmm... Krups are aware of this limitation yet continue to market the product as being suitable for a wide range of brewing methods - I invite anyone who shares my frustration with this to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

Like many others, I had to tap or shake the unit often to encourage all the beans to fall into the grinding mechanism. Finely-ground coffee always caked up around the exit port, so I was frequently tapping or banging to try to shake that loose as well.

My unit stopped working altogether last week, about 14 months after I bought it. I suspect the interlock switch that senses whether the hopper lid is in place is kaput. (Maybe all that tapping and banging wasn't very good for the machine?) I won't be taking or sending it anywhere for service, nor replacing it with the same model. I'd try to fix it but I can't figure out how to get the darned case open.

Back to the KitchenAid blade grinder for now. It works.

This grinder is $50.00 worth of junk. The push button used to start the grinder fell down inside the machine after less than 12 months of use. Looks like that happened to someone else as well. The beans do not fall into the grinder like they should and you have to stand by and shake it periodically. Bed Bath and Beyond no longer carries this grinder...I wonder why.

This is a terrible grinder, or at least the one they shipped to me is. From day one I noticed that it would not grind the beans in a continuous manner; the beans wouldn't fall down into the grinding area so it would be grinding air even though there were plenty of beans in there. You can get around that by shaking the grinder gently while it is grinding. But then it stopped working altogether, then it worked one more time and now it comes on sometimes when you push the button but does not grind. The grinding mechanism is 100% plastic, I expected it to be metal.

I also have a coffee maker from Krups that has a broken LED display so you cannot set the automatic timer, and the water meter was broken on that from day one. The grinder was a gift but I would NEVER purchase another Krups product.

It is not worth spending the money on something you have to send to the landfill after 25 uses.

Shop another brand!

The grinder works well for the kind of coffee I like to drink (regular). The burr grinder will not burn the beans and the settings are easy to learn.

The hopper is poorly designed and the machine runs frequently without getting any beans fed into the grinder. The collector is poorly positioned, awkward to empty and messy.

I would not buy this product and am seriously considering getting something else.

I think a funnel shaped hopper would be much better and something that is grounded would have less static electricity making less of a mess.

Two of these grinders have failed for us, and Krups has refused to give us a refund. The first grinder worked OK for less than 6 months, then failed completely under very light and responsible use. The replacement machine would never grind a fine grind. We returned it and asked for a refund. It was refused. This company will not stand behind its product.

I have owned the Krups GVX2 burr grinder for about six months, grinding about three ounces of coffee beans per day. I agree with other reviewers that it is noisy, but I expect that from a coffee grinder. I agree that the self-feeding mechanism is poor, and I have to keep gently shaking the grinder to get the beans to feed through. The receptacle for the ground coffee is a bit hard to get in and out, and usually results in some spilt grounds when it suddenly pulls out. However, I considered all these as minor inconveniences, because it does make a very fine grind and gave all the appearances of lasting forever. Yesterday I would have given it 4 stars.

Today, the light comes on, but the grinder doesn't work at all. I am mechanically minded, but see no obvious fix.

$60 for a six month life is not a worthwhile investment.

I bought this grinder because I wanted the ability to control the grind of my coffee better since I brew drip coffee during the week and french press on the weekends. I also thought having a bean hopper would be useful. I like the design and construction of this grinder and I have no complaints about the way it grinds coffee (although I wish the bean hopper were bigger), BUT I'm going to get rid of it as soon as I can because the static electricity is such a problem. I can't open the container where the grounds go without the static immediately throwing grounds all over my counter. I'm tired of my counters being constantly covered in a thin film of ground coffee. I'm done with it and this is going to the thrift store as soon as I find a suitable replacement.

First machine purchased was returned when all setting gave talcum powder grind coffee. The second machine broke three months out of warranty when the cool looking blue button you push to turn on the machine just flat out collasped into the inside of the machine. On closer inspection, the button is held in place by a weak piece of plastic that broke off. No, I will not buy another one. They look good but are failure prone. There are better choices.

We only grind and needed a second grinder for regular coffee. The krupps is quieter and very stylish. Holds a 1/4 pound of coffee. I was hoping it would hold more. Also the clinging of coffee to the side of the canister due to moisture or static is no better or worse than others. Overall a great purchase and would purchase another.

There are no redeeming features to this Krups coffee grinder. The coarse/fine setting makes no difference in the ground coffee. The timing device, which is supposed to regulate the amount of ground coffee produced, is absurd. Setting to 12 cups (the max) causes the container to overfill. Frequently the hopper won't allow the beans to feed. It's noisy. However, the worst aspect of this device is that every plastic part is full of static electricity or some such thing, that the ground coffee sticks to the plastic, and then flies all over your kitchen. Half of the grounds do NOT end up where you want them. The unit is also rather large. Don't waste your money on this.

I have owned a few grinders in the past, (Braun KSM2 blade & Cuisinart DBM-8 burr) and I had high hopes for this model. Being the Krups brand with German engineering, I purchased this model from Macys November 2007 after donating my Cuisinart to my workplace. I used the Braun for a long time until I started researching "the perfect cup of coffee." I wanted my coffee to taste as good as if not better than 7-Eleven or Starbucks. So a burr grinder would get me closer. The Cuisinart was an impulse buy because burr grinders at the time were hard to find.
Style and Design: One of the strongest features of this model. It is small and very accommodating to my stainless steel kitchen and impresses upon a quality build. The levers on the side and front are sort of a quirky but elegant in design. I thought I had purchased the Mercedes E -Class of coffee grinders until the early novelty wore off.
Performance: One day I began to notice that this grinder produced a lot of dust. Still I wanted to believe that this was a great quality grinder and dealt with it. The dust will cling to the plastic due to static, but it can be tolerated, it's just a little "messy" that you have to clean up from time to time. Next was the bean hopper when loaded and grinding beans. Since it supposed to be automatic I learned that you have to keep a close eye on this as it grind beans. It will jam and the beans will not go through the grinder. I would have to tap the base several times to get the beans to flow through the grinder. This was very annoying but hey, I can still live with this. Another problem was with grind consistency. After daily use there were usually large clumps of coffee that I had to shake or break loose. It could be static but the grind wasn't consistent.
Reliability & Everyday Use: When I was using the Cuisinart I was excited and happy to make coffee however with this model, it became tedious and unpleasant. It did produce decent tasting coffee most of the time but you must pay attention to details and it is not easy to get the perfect cup of coffee, even if you repeated the exact steps. You had to pray that the Krups would not jam. I never had this problem with the Cuisinart. The ON/Off button is interlocked with the bean hopper and now I am troubleshooting to figure out why the unit will not turn on. This model is recommended if you make coffee every day.

This is a waste of $60.00 - it says it has fine - course and it actually pulverizes the beans at every setting and KRUPS wants me to send it back at my expense - now that is a company that does not stand behind their product...no more KRUPS for me

I don't consider myself a connoisseur, but I do like coffee and I like good coffee. I thought I was drinking good coffee, but with this grinder it went up about three notches on my scale. So much better than my old blade grinder! I get my coffee from Gevalia, which is pretty good stuff, but using this grinder with their whole beans is so much better than I imagined it could be. It's like a whole new gamut of flavors have been opened up to me. Love it. Love it. Love it.

We have had ours for about a year or so. A few months after we started using it, it would stop grinding inexplicably, half way through a batch. You'd have to fiddle with it, bang it, and plead with it to get it working again. Finally this morning, it just quit completely, and won't grind at all. Substandard design/workmanship.

Avoid this one, it has the feel of something that the manufacturer intended to be disposable / obsolescent.

I have this krupps burr grinder.. Set to the finest grind it is still too course for espresso. I have ended up buying another grinder that works right.. So if your an espresso lover this will not work well ..unless of course you re-grind three to four time to get it fine enough.

I received this grinder as a free promotion when I bought a Krups coffee maker. On the plus-side, it lasted longer than the coffee maker, but only by a few months. Both were dead after 18-months. The grinder worked well before it died, although the static-related discharge of coffee grinds gets old after awhile. I am looking at buying the all glass and steel Kitchen Aide in an attempt to get away from the static issue.

We did a lot of research before buying a burr grinder. Affordable options are limited, but we chose the Krupps grinder because we generally trust the brand and the grinder's smaller footprint is more counter friendly. That said: AVOID! AVOID! The grinder never worked well and burned out and stopped after just a couple of months. Marketing mendacity!

The grinder doesn't efficiently feed beans to the burrs, meaning you can't start it and walk away. You must stand right by it, vigilantly, to keep it from winding out. We tried dry coffee beans and oily coffee beans, but neither improved the feed failure.

Also, the little bin that holds the coffee grounds gathers static, so a lot of particles stick to the sides instead of dumping into your waiting filter, the way God intended. This is a frustration and creates a mess.

Still, I guess we could have lived with those issues if, a mere two months after purchase, the grinder motor didn't start bogging. Now, it'll only run at about half speed and sounds like it's just waiting to catch fire. We don't use diamond-plated coffee beans or anything exotic that would create undue drag on the burrs, so this short life-span seems an inherent flaw in the device.

Bottom line: BAD VALUE. We could've bought three blade grinders for the price of the Krupps, and the blades would've lasted longer. Moreover, the famed---fabled, rather, taste improvement of burr-ground coffee was not significant. It did smell better, but I couldn't say the actual coffee taste improved noticeably.

This coffee grinder gets the job done. It has all of the basic functions needed for a regular coffee maker, but it may not be good enough for expresso machines. The finest grind setting does not appear to be fine enough for optimal extraction, but it would work.

The major design flaw of this machine is the how the coffee grinds fall into the holding container. Instead of falling in from the top, it shoots in from the side -- creating some extra cleanup when the container is removed.

Do you want a grinder that the beans get clogged when grinding and needs to be tapped or shook 1 out of 10 times you use it? Get this grinder!!
Do you want a grinder that has a power button that is warm to the touch when it is NOT in use? Get this grinder!!
Do you want a grinder generates lots of static so that the grounds stick to the inside of the hopper and get everywhere when you tray and empty it? Get this grinder!!

As others have said, you need to follow directions to the letter with this product. I don't find that too tedious, but it does make the machine very finicky. I do have to shake it at least once during grinding even 4 cups of beans so the beans will fall down and grind appropriately.

What bothers me the most, and what has my husband singing praises, is the super-fine grind. The beans are reduced to a fine powder, literally. Even at the coursest setting, the grind is far too fine for any other use besides espresso, and even then, you will get an awful bitter taste from the freshest, sweetest beans if you use any other setting but the coursest. We use super-fresh beans from Coffee Fool, who packages and ships their beans straight off the line. Even the best coffee will taste bitter with too fine a grind.

My husband loves it, because along with the fine grind comes increased caffeine content, but personally I'd prefer the moderate caffeine levels with superior taste.

I noticed that the review for this product varies greatly from 1 start to 4 or 5 stars. After using this product for about 3 weeks now, i have noticed it's shortcomings as well as the positive aspects. Most of the gripes ppl have mentioned here sounds like it's related to the expectation that when you pay $60 for a burr grinder, it's supposed to behave like a $200 grinder and u just push the button and it works exactly like they expect it. I, on the other hand know that for $60 bucks, your not likely to get a perfect grinder, but hope to have a grinder that grinds consistenly and the right size as being the number 1 priority. My opinion comes from also using a $200 Agaggia grinder here at work for 2 years and a GE grinder $40 at Walmart for 1 day (lol horrifying). Comparatively speaking, this grinder is not dead yet and still performs atleast at a $60 value.

Pros:
This grinder grinds probably 97% consistency when it comes to the grind size. I have ground anywhere from super finest setting (like powder dust, likely to be good enough for espresso) to medium grind. The variations are very finely controlled and the medium grind does ground to a medium (drip size) grind. I have not tried anything courser because i use drip only. I personally prefer 1 notch finer then the medium. It gives you about 15 or 20 notches of finess control on a dial. The unit is very quiet compared to the tree grinding sound of the Agaggia, and grinds it at a fast pace. It comes with convenient finess and cups control. Selecting cups also is very nice because it gives u many notches of control from 2 cups to i think 12 cups (maybe 8, can't remember) in 1/2 cup notches. The unit takes up a very small footprint on the counter top, the size of a smal 4 cup coffee maker. It's very elegant looking and has a fancy blue light on the button when turned on. The motor seems to be able to hand the grind without slowing down. Nice container to pull the grind out and a lid on the hopper to keep the beans in fresh condition.

Cons:
The ground container, made of plastic does build up alot of static and the ground will stick all along the sides. Ppl complained about the AMPG when pulling out the container, but if you pull it out slowly, you will get almost no spill on to counter. When i first pulled out the container at normal speed, it did make a bit of drop mess but i dont have that problem anymore. Take the container over to a sink, tap the top and sides and slowly take the lid off the container and put it aside in sink. then pour the grind into the coffee maker slowly, gently tapping it. The key to not making any mess is to do it at 1/2 speed that you might normally do. if you rush, u will likely make some mess. Remember, gently... push the container back in gently and your done. The other problem i was initially having was that the beans would not drop into the grinder and would just whirl as pple have mentioned below. This was easily resolved by putting only about an 1" of beans. Do not fill to max. The beans need to move around as it grinds in order to slip down into the grinder. By having max filled, your beans can't move well as it grinds and may stop going down. I've been using it now for 3 weeks without having the problem of beans not going down. The lid has a safety mechanism to prevent grinding if lid is pulled. I think this can be annoying because you can't open it while grinding to readjust if the bean stops going down. One guy mentioned warming or hot to touch issue even when the grinder is not grinding. This is somewhat true. If you touch the around around the button on the front, it is warm to the touch. This tells me that it's consuming electricity (wasting energy) for something. To alleviate this problem, i bought a $3 on/off switch from Walmart and use it to turn it on and off. I think the motor is just tad weak since i hear it slowing down a lil during grinding, whereas Agaggia $200 unit did n't do that.

Overall, the problems are minor and can be gotten around with proper usage or minor workarounds. I would definitely pay $60 for it, since it gives me about 25% in improved coffee taste over using my Krups blade grinder i have been using for decades. I have been using 8 O'Clock coffee on it and it's a low quality Arabica bean with very little oil. Grinding a more oily bean from Starbucks or others premium brands may impose problems, but that's just a guess. Important thing is, i can taste the difference, it no longer has that slight metallic taste from the blade grind and makes drinking even lower quality beans taste reasonably good. I've also tried GE burr grinder and that was a nightmare and was a useless piece of junk. I returned it the first day and was not worth even $1. If you are a picky coffee drinker and have been using blade grinder, you should definitely switch to burr for only $60.

When it grinds, it's great. But shortly after we got it, we started having problems getting it to start grinding. The problem is apparently that pieces of coffee beans easily get stuck near the switch mechanism. We are constantly having to dig them out with the brush supplied with the unit. Currently, there's something that's stuck in there that we're having trouble getting out and, in order to get the grinder to start, it's necessary to apply massitve pressure to push the cover down and activate the switch. I can't push down hard enough to get it to run; my husband has to do it.

But when it grinds, it does a really good job.....

I recently ordered this and have now used it for enough weeks to evaluate it. I'm very happy with the grind of this for Level 2 (extremely fine for my Krups espresso machine) and the only complaint I have is an occasional whirring of the burrs with no ground coffee occurring....this seems to be as much operator error as anything else. The more I've used it the more I'm delighted with its results.

really good machine, just the lid of the coffee tank is not really user friendly, fall really easly in the coffee. otherwise, it is perfect.

Everything was fine until my step daughter opened the package and found the item to be white. Since everything in her kitchen was black this was a catastrophy. I gave her the keys to my car and she went to four coffee shops and finally changed it for a black one. I don't want her to go through that again.
George Butcher

I like to use bold, dark roast oily type espresso beans or flavored beans, which are also very oily. When I bought this machine, I wasn't thinking about that. When looking at other brands here on Amazon, I read reviews where those machines clogged up on oily beans. I panicked, then decided to give it a test run with oily beans right from the start to see how it performed. Here are my observations on first use:

I set the fineness level to about 11 o'clock, then put in enough beans for 6 cups of coffee and pushed the on/off button. The on/off button is rather stiff, so requires some pressure. As I watched the ground beans fall into the collector bin I realized I might just have it set too fine for my Braun Thermal Carafe and permanent filter (both of which work great), but decided to see how much escaped the filter anyway. The grind appeared to be very even with very little dust. As I poked the ground beans with my finger I did discover one piece of chaff (lighter in color than the actual beans) which was slightly larger than the rest of the grind. This may or may not make a difference when making espresso shots, but if I can see it, then it can be removed and it was only one piece.

The sound the machine made as it started up was not very noisy to me...my vacuum cleaner (dyson canister) is much louder. It sounded like it was grinding beans at very high speed, but it wasn't as it took a minute to grind that small amount of beans. Those oily beans did not clog up the machine, at least not on first use. I will report later on larger amounts and how it does over time.

After grinding, I tapped the machine to make sure all the ground beans fell into the collector bin (I read reviews on other machines where static cling made them stick to everything, especially the oilier beans). Very little fell into the collector. Next I took the top of the CERAMIC (I think I prefer this type of grinder to the stainless steel type as I really didn't want any metal pieces grinding off and falling into the grounds) burr grinder off to see what was left down there. I discovered about 6 unground beans, but very little else. I simply dumped that back into my airtight canister of beans. I had no idea how many beans to put into the grinder for 6 cups, so guessed fairly accurately. Then I inspected the burr grinder itself for imbedded grounds and found next to nothing! Impressive! What I brushed off of the top piece of the burr grinder into the sink couldn't be measured and barely seen. I brushed the bottom burr grinder to the center, but didn't see much. After dumping my fresh grind into the coffee filter, I made sure the collector was completely empty. I had to tap it once or twice to get everything out, but there was very little static cling. I hope this doesn't build up over time. Then I brushed out around, but not inside, the hole in the machine where the coffee falls through into the collector. Very little landed on the counter and the hole wasn't plugged at all. All-in-all, what grind landed on the counter could be wiped with one swipe of my dishcloth with no grounds remaining on the counter. Apparently this machine practically cleans itself, but just to be sure, I replaced the collector and hopper lid and set it for the lowest amount of beans it would grind and pushed the on/off button again. Voila!! What came out couldn't be measured! 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. The on/off button is a very handy feature that is missing on most grinders in this price range.

Now I'm sitting here enjoying my second cup of deliciously fresh ground and brewed coffee. I inspected the bottom of my cup for sediment and found very little, so the grind setting was okay for my permanent filter and my first impression of very little dust was indeed accurate. I even took a flashlight to the bottom of the thermal carafe to see how much sediment was there and what I saw was livable. I think I can eliminate all or most of the dust by setting it to just a slightly coarser grind. I had read somewhere that grinding the beans too fine for a drip machine and permanent filter combo can produce a bitter taste, but I haven't found this to be the case at all, but then again I do buy decent quality beans, unlike my hubby who would buy the cheapest beans out there, is happy with Yuban pre-ground out of the can and drinks it so weak it tastes like slightly flavored hot water. To each his own! That's why we have 2 coffeemakers in the house (my beloved Braun Thermal and a Cuisinart that is so slow to brew it's rediculous...that "thing" takes a full 17 minutes to brew a full pot!).

To end this review, I am, so far, happy with this purchase and its' performance and minimal mess. I did not experience any grounds flying around due to static cling and what remained in the grinder was livable to say the least. This machine is very decent for the dollars spent...at least so far. Someday perhaps I will upgrade to a Mini Mazzer (although I do not like the idea of a doser dictating how much grounds I will use, also comes with its own set of cons and also has a stainless burr grinder) or the Rancilio w/o doser (also with stainless burr grinder). The only downside was getting the grounds measured for my coffee filter, but this is a common problem on any machine. It will definitely take some further experimenting with getting the right amount of beans in the hopper to begin with, then I won't have to measure into a scoop after it's ground. Definitely would recommend this one to anyone who doesn't want to spend big $$ on a coffee grinder.

I've used this grinder for 4 or 5 months and I'm pretty well fed up with it. I had the cheaper Krups (great product) for years, but I thought it would be nice to have a grinder that measures the proper amount of beans to grind automatically. When it works, it works well, but it is unreliable. Beans get stuck in the burr and the machine continues to run, but it isn't grinding. Shaking usually gets it going again, but not always, and the measurement is off, so I'm back to guesswork or a measuring cup to determine how much coffee to use. Beans get stuck at least half of the time. I clean the burr regularly--more than I think I should have to if the machine is supposed to be convenient to use. It is also messy--tends to spill ground coffee when removing the container, then dumps more coffee out of the grinder on to the cabinet--I put a paper towel under it before each use and still end up wiping off the cabinet. If I had it to do over, I'd spend a little more cash and get a better unit. I do not recommend this one.

I've been using this grinder for about a year, and it's finally broken and I'll replace it. The power button gave out, is broken inside the housing. Although it was serviceable enough, I wouldn't recommend it:
- coffee grinds too finely at even the coarsest setting
- coffee beans jam constantly, need to be shaken loose
- powder enters the bin at the rear instead of top, falls down and makes a mess
- dial indicator for quantity to grind is not at all helpful (especially since the coffee is jammed so frequently)

Works ok but occasionally jams or bean feed stops. For the price it's not bad.

Received this grinder as a gift. It works way better than my previous blade grinder and the grounds are of consistent size. Calibrating the grind wheel when setting it up is important to ensure the grind settings are to your liking and work with the selection doohicky. It tends to grind on the finer side so just dial back a bit. I use this with a bialetta and a drip machine. Both require different grind size and always come out as desired. Drawbacks- cup selector is way to generous with grind amount, again dial it back...other wise this economic grinder outperforms my blade machine in performance and taste. I'm a grad student and typically grind twice daily. I have recently been using it to make Cafe de olla (trad. mex. coffee) on the stovetop and the results are amazing. Only four out of five as i have no experience with other burr grinders. who cares, it works great without breaking the bank.