Over all, its been an effective grinder. I have had no problems turning coffee bend into coffee or espresso grinds. The problems are with some of it's prolly thought out controls.- when's it's not on, the power light blinks and can light up an entire kitchen- machine does not remember grind trimmed when powered off- have to excessively slam machine to get out last gram of coffee from hopperDidn't even last six months before it suddenly stopped working. Wouldn't recommend. grind also of questionable qualityIt’s a little loud, but not egregiously so, and it grinds the beans quickly and evenly. You won’t find anything better for the price.Looks like a nice sleek package but it doesn't work that well. Most annoying is that the power light never stops flashing while left and standby mode requiring the unit to be left unplugged. The motor is not especially strong but it did grind adequately.Well made machine. Grinds great and has so many different kind of grinds a available. Wonderful size so it sits right along side to our expresso machine.This was a Christmas gift to me from my husband and we make 3-4 coffees a day for the two of us. This worked great for about 3 months and then it started to clog constantly, no matter how good you clean it. Spend the extra money to get one that's actually going to last and be worth your money, don't waste your money here.I LOVE this grinder. For the price, it's amazing. Powerful and tons of grind settings. The espresso holder is amazing. It's a little loud, but worth it.