3/12/2017: I originally gave this grinder 4 stars. I have reduced it to 3 based on current usage. I have been using this grinder for french press coffee and after sifting the grounds i have been able to get a pretty decent cup of coffee. I have been ok with this result even when i was losing about 20% of my ground coffee. It was worth it to get that perfect cup. I recently bought a hario v60 and based on other reviews, this grinder is supposed to work better with finer grinds. I used 4 clicks from all the way to the right just where the burs start turning (as soon as the burs can turn, that's my first click). At 4 clicks, I aim to have a salt like texture. I tried this, and for the specific recipe i was using, it the draw time was double the time i expected. Coffee was really bitter. I tried 6 clicks. Coffee was better but still a bit bitter. 6 is a bit too much though.. I use 10 clicks for my french press. Today I did a test to see how inconsistent the grind was and maybe if I sifted, i could improve my coffee taste. I figured, if i lost 20% of my ground coffee, it would be acceptable as it already was with my french press. The sifter I use is a tea infuser... it's a metal mesh and it works great. It passes everything except salt size particles. What's sifted feels really powdery. It was a bit disappointing to see that only 40% of my coffee was left after sifting. Losing 60% of my ground coffee is not acceptable.I either got a bad unit, or I am really picky about how my coffee tastes. Refer to the pictures. I took the grinder apart and noticed a lot of wobble and sometimes you can see the center cone is off center. I noticed that there may be a little part missing which I have emailed Java Presse about. The first time they responded, and sent a replacement grinder which I really appreciated and think it makes them a great company to work with. However, the replacement suffered from what i think it's a missing part. I emailed them about that and got no response. I'll keep testing the grinder a bit more and I will report on my progress. 2/5/2017: I have had this manual grinder for a couple weeks now and I have been debating whether or not to write a review. There are a lot of things that I like about this grinder and a few things I don't which is why I just gave it 4 stars and not 5. However, after much reading about other grinders I am not sure if 4 stars is a fair rating and maybe I should give it a 5. First, I am not an expert on manual grinders or grinders at all for that matter. Prior to getting this grinder I had a blade grinder which I only had for a couple of weeks and probably used twice. I am not a big coffee drinker and I come from an instant coffee world... a few weeks back my wife asked me to get her some coffee which she really likes... so after reading I found out that the best coffee comes from grinding your own beans. I immediately started reading more and somehow I ended up buying the blade grinder... then I read some more and read that a drip coffee machine wouldn't cut it for the best coffee so I settled down with a French Press. I tried the blade grinder for a couple of times but the coffee was a bit inconsistent... after more reading I needed a burr grinder. After much research and since I was on a budget I decided to get this grinder. So the main reason to get this grinder was for my french press. I read a few reviews that this grinder was really good for a French Press. So, after testing this grinder with my French Press I have the following likes and dislikes: Likes: 1. Since I use it for French Press, the grinding time is not too long for about 30 grams of coffee. 30 grams even though I fill up the reservoir all the way to the top. 2. The ground coffee seems very consistent from grind to grind, although not very consistent grinds (explained later as part of my dislikes) 3. When I receive the product, I immediately got a lot of support either from the documentation in the packaging and links to videos on how to set it up, the different grinds, how to clean, disassemble and put it back together. I really liked this because you can immediately tell that the owners have put some thought into the product and their customers. 4. The finish of the product is outstanding and it looks like it's going to last a long time. Dislikes: 1. Even though I can repeat the grinds from grind to grind... a single grind contains a lot of different size pieces, and even a lot of fines...Even though i dislike this from this product, I have read that even more expensive bur grinder suffer from the same issue... Unless I get a commercial bur grinder I may always have this problem with coarse grinds like the French Press. Initially I would grind at its coarsest setting of 18 clicks and then sieve the grinds with a regular household sieve (plastic) and it would remove about 14% of my ground coffee. The coffee was good. After reading some, I decided to grind at 15 clicks and sieve again... this time I ended up removing up to 25% of my ground coffee... this is why a full reservoir of coffee grounds only yielded 30 grams of coffee. The cup of coffee that I got though was the best cup of coffee I've gotten out all my entire setup (fresh coffee, just a few days from roast, french press, kettle with thermometer). 2. I don't like that i have to sieve my coffee, but I've read that even the more expensive burr grinders suffer from this problem... so I don't know if I should fault this grinder for this or not. However, the reason why I gave the 4 stars instead of the 5 stars is because I think this problem could have been minimized if the burr mechanism would be a bit more steady... I have noticed that it wobbles a bit which is why I think why there are so many smaller grinds... maybe for the next generation some kind of fastener from the screw to the bottom of where the ground coffee goes could solve this issue. Again, I am not an expert but I am very picky with the stuff I buy. Overall, I really like this manual grinder... and if in the future I buy another one, I may add a comparison review.