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BoldJava

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HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« on: September 16, 2013, 03:21:16 PM »

Use at check out, "free-shipping-hb."

Here is their grinder: 
http://hg-one.com/

About $925.  Anyone waded into the water with one yet?

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 04:17:17 PM »
I have been toying with it lately. It seems like a good way to single dose but the wdt steps in the prep still don't make it perfect.i would love a grinder that I can grind right into the basket, level, tamp and pull with a single dosing mode.

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 04:50:16 PM »
Oh wow, free shipping on a $900 plus item. How big of them.

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 04:55:36 PM »
Oh wow, free shipping on a $900 plus item. How big of them.

Are you always such a negative guy?

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 05:01:33 PM »
Ah've got me one them hand grinders for expresser, and even attached me a new fangled ee-lektric motor combobulator to it pulled from a used motor vee-hickle.

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 07:45:08 PM »
Ah've got me one them hand grinders for expresser, and even attached me a new fangled ee-lektric motor combobulator to it pulled from a used motor vee-hickle.

Is that you??

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2013, 08:30:06 PM »

...  Anyone waded into the water with one yet?

Use one for 8 month now - couldn't be happier. Very solid performer.
I applied 3M mounting tape to the bottom perimeter for semi-permanent installation on a marble counter. That gives me single-hand operation.
This grinder does require some break-in. It started at 60-65 revolution for a 18g dose back in January, now it's down to 20-24 revolution for a 16g dose with significant reduction in effort. Taste profile does improve quite a bit as well.
WDT or stirring grounds is unavoidable with HG-One. I grind into basket with a funnel (similar to OE funnel), then stir using a small cocktail whisk.
Static - had two occurrences with Guat only at earlier stages.
Dialing in/adjustment - piece of cake; retention - zero; clean-up/maintenance - non existent (nothing to clean or maintain)

(Paired with Londinium...)

jano

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2013, 05:02:37 PM »
I have been toying with it lately. It seems like a good way to single dose but the wdt steps in the prep still don't make it perfect.i would love a grinder that I can grind right into the basket, level, tamp and pull with a single dosing mode.

I have been grinding into the tumbler, stick a whisk in there and circle it 2-3 times, put it over the pf, remove the doohickey, shake, tamp.  It's not a big deal. 

This morning, just for laughs, ground directly into the pf, shook to level, tamped, and had a decent shot -- two months ago, that would've squirted me in the eye and stained my shirt from the spritzing, so it took some use before I could do it, 5-10 pounds or so.

The TiN coated burrs are quite easy to turn.  However, it takes more than a few turns to get through 16-18g (60-80 revs or so).  The first couple weeks it was well over 100.  Got old real quick.  Thank goodness for electricity.

Sssshhhhh... don't let the Grindmonster know I have one, it might eat me.

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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2013, 05:20:18 PM »
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Sssshhhhh... don't let the Grindmonster know I have one, it might eat me.


Sort of like the wood chipper in Fargo.  One body piece at a time (warning, not for the squeemish):

Wood Chipper Scene Fargo
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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2013, 05:47:59 PM »
Is this related to the grinders that were made by that Audio company? The name escapes me but they were super expensive...
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Re: HG One Grinder, Free Shipping for now...
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2013, 05:53:26 PM »
Versa Lab?
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