Turin DF64 - Close Look at Features

 

 

 

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hey this is barrett again
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checking out this turin df-64 grinder
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for espresso outlet and i wanted to just
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kind of take a closer look at some of
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the features
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um the power button it's a nice snappy
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power button it's hard to tell because i
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have some lights on
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but it's lit up when it's plugged in and
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it has a nice
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click now
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the one thing that i kind of don't like
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about it is
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when you have your cup in you can tell
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you're kind of having to reach under
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to hit the button i think that's a
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little bit awkward
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now if you're going to dose
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using your portafilter now this
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bottomless portafilter you have
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plenty of room so
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if you're using the dosing cup which i
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actually really like
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it may be a little bit more difficult to
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hit that button
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really hadn't bothered me too much but
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that was one thing that i noticed
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and when i pulled it out of the box
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i noticed it kind of had some scratches
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on the dial
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but let's see
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it's just the protective film
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so
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now it's like it's real glossy it's real
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easy to read i like how
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they have quite a few increments it is a
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stepless grinder
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and it has this little slot in the front
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which
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used to line up for your setting i ran
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it on about 14
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this morning now everyone's beans are
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going to be different
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you should be adjusting beans but i
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started it on about 17
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went to 15 and my third shot on 14 was
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amazing today
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so that might give you a good starting
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point at least
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the bellows fits in the top
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and it's real nice
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and it has this aluminum
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lid and there's actually an o-ring into
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a slot
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and when you're just putting it in the
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bellows it just kind of lays there
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but it does make a nice seal now what
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you can do if you don't want to use the
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bellows
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is it snaps on the top and this is
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actually how it comes out of the box
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what i noticed from using it today is
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you will most definitely want to use the
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bellows because
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i'm pretty sure quite a bit will be
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retained in here if you don't
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but i just left the grinder going gave
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it a couple pumps
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and quite a bit came out my first video
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this morning i did 18
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in and i got 17.9 out
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i did my third one which i didn't record
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i did 18 in and got 18 out so
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it's really i would say quite minimal
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retention i mean you're still going to
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have
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a little bit of crud in there but i'd
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say that's any grinder if you're not
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going to wipe it out and i purposely
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left mine
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a little bit dirty after grinding
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this is using it four times so
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might want to give it a clean every few
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days pretty easy to do
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what else i mean it's a really basic
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grinder
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what i really wasn't sure about is
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i didn't know if this base is plastic or
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not
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and it is actually like cast aluminum
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same with these forks these are cast
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aluminum forks
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and this bezel in the front and the
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chute is cast aluminum
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i thought this might be aluminum with
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plastic over it it's actually
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cast aluminum and
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this top area is aluminum so i mean
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on this whole grinder there's hardly any
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plastic so far
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some rubber on these forks
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you'll have some plastic in your switch
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of course you have
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your rubber which that's to be expected
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and whatever material this is i don't
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know if this is like a high quality
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plastic i don't know
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and for the most part mine was set to
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zero i
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went down about one notches worth
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past zero and that was the burs touching
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don't do this with it running i adjusted
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it
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and just spun it by hand until they
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started touching
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pretty simple i mean there's no time
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error adjustment there's no
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electronics on this thing i mean it's
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pretty easy to use
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i'm sure some people have issues dialing
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it in but i literally had this dialed in
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close enough within two shots this
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morning by my fourth one
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it was it was perfect i mean i wouldn't
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adjust it anymore so
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i'm looking to compare this against i
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have
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the super jolly over here
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and i also not down here have a
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k30 and an atom 75
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so the k30 uses very similar size burrs
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the super jolly uses identical burrs but
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by a different manufacturer these are
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italian mill
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and whoever makes mauser burs they're
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all italian made
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the k30 actually has some aftermarket
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burgers because
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i did get it used i got it pretty beat
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up and i replaced it with some titanium
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they're not ssp but they're really
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similar to ssp burrs
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so if i've been pretty happy with it i
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don't know if it'd be worth
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several hundred dollars extra but i had
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to try it out i've not really used some
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of the ssp style burrs so
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let me know what you think of this
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little grinder if you have one or if
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there's anything else that you'd like to
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know or see about it
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i'll be doing some comparison reviews
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here soon thanks