Russell Hobbs 10934 - classic grinder

Bought a coffee grinder about a year ago.Classic grinder on photo

Russel Hobbs 10934. It is so terrible that I feel I dont want to use it. The opening where the coffee is spilling out into the container, is so small and it cloggs up after every batch. I have had 2 other coffee grinders and they were perfect - it was other makes.

The manufactureres should try and grind coffee and then see what happens.

Grounded coffee is like powder so it cloggs up in the small little

opening. Opening to small where coffee comes out. Very bad design.

Before starting to review an appliance like this you need to know

what the intended use is. If you want a grinder for espresso the Russell Hobbs 10934 - classic grinder is most likley not your machine.

for filter however, since it is a burr grinder(one of the few cheap)

it does produce a fairly even grind quality, but the down side is that to get espesso grind quality it has to be very stable and no parts can "flex"

And this one does not do that.

my unit also came witha small sticker that looked like it hade been put there as a correction due to quality deficiencies "do not operate for more than 100sec"

sure enough, after a year it broke,

would I buy one again? don t think so, even though the machine did what it was suppose to while it worked, the sticker tells me that the quality, even for the budget price just is not there.

This Russell Hobbs 10934 - classic grinder is a cheap machine, A coarse grind from a not particularly sturdy feeling machine. I recieved this as a gift, tried it for about 2 mins, then cleaned it and packaged it up for return. I know that may make me sound ungrateful, but it really isn't of any use for espresso.

It doesn't go fine enough. I'd say it would be ok for filter coffee on finest, but if you want to use it for espresso, forget it!

You get what you pay for - this Russell Hobbs 10934 is a cheap and nasty machine and the results are par for the course.Very badly designed, inconsistent grind, insufficient adjustment (see amazon tip), very poor motor.Using fresh dark oily coffee beans (as you should) really shows this machine up. Ground coffee gets wedged in the chute and requires excavating after every use.The hopper for the ground coffee is poorly designed and decanting will involve spillage every time!As a back-up for occasional use then it's just ok but as partner to a serious espresso machine it's a waste of time

I got this Russell Hobbs 10934 - Classic as a bit of an experiment in finding a cheap coffee grinder. The Amazon reviews have details on how to tweak it to get a finer grind, which I followed (although not before checking that the finest grind at factory setting is nowhere NEAR fine enough for espresso). The tweaking is quite easy, but there is no way of knowing when the burrs are touching, which is unnerving.

The operation is fairly quiet, but you'd hear it from the next door room. The look of the thing is very nice. The design is OK, apart from the ejection chute for the ground coffee, which is (inexplicably) horizontal and so gets a pile of coffee stuck in it after every grind.

Both before and after tweaking, the grind size was inconsistent. When left on at the plug, the transformer in the base of the machine heats up the coffee beans in the hopper, which is very bad for freshness. During grinding, the beans get surprisingly hot (I noticed no difference between the heat in the ground beans from this and from my old blade grinder).

My opinion is that it's been interesting to have. And for £20, it's not really that much of a problem to have to upgrade after a couple of months' use, but I would have gone for a Gaggia MM if I'd known this wasn't going to work as a medium-term solution. If you don't need very fine grinds (as a guide, the finest factory setting is about the size I use in my cafetiere), this is an OK cheap solution and a big step up from comparably-priced blade grinders, but don't get it for espresso-making.

A really good coffee grinder can cost an arm and a leg so on price alone this Russell Hobbs 10934 - classic grinder caught my eye - Amazon.co.uk £19.97 - it looks very impressive too!

It took about two weeks to arrive after purchasing the item due to something about it being only available directly from the manufacturer. After opening a smaller than anticipated box, I found it very easy to assemble. Infact it's just a case of simply connecting the bean container and ground coffee collector to the appliance - I didn't even need to study instruction manual that is, incidentally, clear, thankfully short and concise. Prior to switching on, however, I referred to the manual for instructions regarding grind settings and how to adjust them to achieve a fine or course grind as there are many grind size options available.

The unit also has additional settings that you can adjust to correspond with the amount of coffee beans added to the container governing the length of time the unit will be grinding. Personally I prefer to set this to maximum allowed (setting No.6) and then just switch the unit off when the last of the beans have been ground.

When the grinding is underway, the wonderful aroma of ground coffee fills the air until you are left with a container of freshly ground coffee. The only draw back, having retrieved the ground coffee, is cleaning the unit. Coffee goes stale very quickly and so as to not taint future grinds with remnants of the last batch, making sure the unit is clean is important. This can be quite messy and intricate. Included with the item is a measuring spoon with a handle that is designed to aid this process. The exit point on the unit can get messy so this tool is useful for clearing this area - I have found that an old toothbrush is very effective for this task.

N.B Remember to switch the unit off at the mains prior to cleaning!

Priced at around £20 this unit won't grind to coffee geek standard by any means, but with a stainless steel finish and classic design, it looks the dog's dinner between my coffee maker and espresso machine.