It is a little noisy, but it is not intolerable or obnoxious. Way quieter than my previous krups grinder.

Center grinding cup is removable and is dishwasher safe. Much better and more efficient than a mortar and pestle. Comes with a 3 year warranty.

Overall this grinds coffee beans and spices. After reading other reviews decided to try grinding peppercorns for general use.

This grinder is too noise than i expected. Not worth the price.

It's constructed well and simple to use. It is very user friendly. If these are features you are interested in, this unit is worth some serious consideration.

The video i made has a clip of my older cuisinart dcg-20bkn coffee bar coffee grinder. This grinder works great.

It has five different grind settings, from fine to coarse. These are automated cycles. You need to set both of those, although you may have to fiddle with it to get the grind you really want. Five grind coarseness settings.

Getting it on and fully locked is a bit tricky. And, finally, operation is relatively straightforward. Plugged it in,put coffee beans and pushed the button.

The "chamber cleaning system" is all wrong. It majorly impedes getting the grounds out of the grinder, and it impedes cleaning the chamber. Despite the claim that it has the capacity for grinding enough for 12 cups of coffee, i need to fill this thing...  Read More