DF54 (V4.1) Coffee Grinder

Banger of a grinder

The term 'banger' was used in the UK to mean "really excellent pop song" back in the early 2000's. Well, this is it. Changed the flavor completely over the Zwiling used to have. Cleans well with a couple of pumpety-pumps on the top, with limited accumulation. The wood on top is an afterthought. The plastic cup is clingy without RDT (why they didn't do a metal 54mm cup, I don't know). But then even the Beatles' Revolver has Yellow Submarine on it. It's still a near-perfect album.

Great product but...

It arrived in great shape but I find that when I rotate the dial to change the grinder settings, the burrs chirp a little. It sounds exactly like when the YouTubers who demonstrate how to determine where the “0” mark is by moving the dial all the way counter clockwise to where the upper and lower burrs begin to meet. I did rotate the dial all the way to the “0” mark and I heard the expected chirp. It is when I am in the 50’s and 60’s when I hear the chirping again. I don’t think it is good for the burrs but I can’t understand why they would chirp when they should be some distance apart for the courser grind setting. Is this normal? Are the burrs becoming dull when this happens?

Why did I wait so long?

This is a grand machine. The dialing scale allows for very small adjustments but with a significant difference in the ground results.