I purchased this about a week ago and have used it a dozen times or so, in conjunction with my Aeropress (the virtues of which I have extolled in a previous review). I had previously used an electric blade grinder to grind my coffee and it never produced very consistent grinds. After looking at the dozen or so manual burr grinders on Amazon in this price range, I settled on this one. The reviews seemed good, maybe a few fewer reports of failures, and a handful fewer "I was given this for free and it's great" reviews (which are poisoning Amazon incidentally).This grinder does a very decent job so far. The grinds are even and the setup is easily adjustable; you just pull the top half off and twist a knob. To load with beans, you make sure the top and bottom half are together, then take the lid off the top half. You load your beans, replace the lid, than place the handle on the hex bit. Then, rotate the handle to grind. It's finished when you can't feel any courseness when turning.The pluses:- inexpensive- consistent grinds- simple operation- compact- good construction, fits together well- handsomeThe cons:- The nature of a manual grinder is that it takes some elbow grease. When you're shopping for one, you think, "No big deal, I'll save a hundred bucks and just put in the work. Easy." But after about the first minute of hand grinding at 0600, you start to question your decision. It's not a huge deal, but it is a bit irritating sometimes. This is not a 'con' to this specific product, just to the use of manual grinders in general.I'm of the opinion that this is one of the better manual grinders on Amazon at this price range, according to other reviews and experience with this model. It seems like the you'd be well supported by the seller based on being contacted by them a couple of times since purchase.Certainly for the price, this is an easy win, even if it only lasts you a year or so.