The direct competition for the Fellow Opus are the Baratza Encore ESP, the Breville Sensible Grinder Professional, and the Turin SK40 (and SD40). I might additionally come with the Timemore Chestnut C3 ESP Professional guide grinder within the comparability. All of those grinders (save for the C3) are in the similar value level, however the Turin SK40 is extra of an coffee number one grinder (the SD40, providing much less granular regulate over the grind settings is a real multipurpose, unmarried dosing grinder).
For extra comparability’s sake for our Complete Overview, we’ll additionally see how the Opus festivals towards the Lagom Mini, which is among the highest conical burr grinders I’ve ever used.
Turin SD40 Grinder
The nearest competitor, on paper, is the Turin SD40. This may be a unmarried dose grinder, with just right torque, equivalent burrs measurement, and quite a lot of grind changes from close to Turkish to press pot. They’re additionally the similar value. What’s attention-grabbing between the 2 is how no-frills the SD40 is, however it has a large number of red meat and steel. The Fellow Opus has extra bells and whistles, together with the micro modify machine and an ionizer (the SD40 does now not have one), however it’s all plastic.
Baratza Encore ESP
Many reviewers are evaluating the Baratza Encore ESP to the Fellow Opus. I think many are lacking the mark of their comparisons regardless that. Baratza has an extended historical past making client grinders they usually do rather well at it. Fellow’s nonetheless new to the grinder sport, and this must be a attention for longer term possession.
The Baratza may be a convertible machine, going from unmarried dose (by means of an not obligatory unmarried dose hopper, however you’ll simply measure for your beans to the usual hopper) to a complete bag, on call for grinder. It comes with each a grinds bin and a dosing cup. It’s missing the Opus’ timer modes, however Baratza hit a house run with the grind variety machine having two distinct adjustment spaces: part for nice tuning coffee, and part for all different brew strategies. It undoubtedly provides extra granularity in coffee nice tuning than the Opus.
However, the Encore ESP does now not have an ionizer, and keeps extra espresso than the Opus. A variety of tradeoffs around the two merchandise.
Breville Sensible Grinder Professional
Without a doubt now not a unmarried dose grinder, and you understand what? That’s ok. In truth, I’ll tackle call for (ie, complete bag) grinders over unmarried dose in any multipurpose grinder I personal.
The Breville Sensible Grinder Professional is clearly much more “sensible” than the Fellow Opus in the case of controls, interface, timers, grind variety signs, the works. It additionally comes with each a grinds bin and dosing forks for grinding at once into portafilters. There’s additionally a gazillion colors to be had.
The burr set within the Sensible Grinder Professional remains to be the legacy Breville burrset (it hasn’t migrated to Baratza’s M2 Etzinger burrs but) however that burrset is ok. The Opus “Burly Burr” has the prospective to be higher. Each have an excessively equivalent burr chamber design and mechanism for nice tuning the burr settings. The SGP isn’t a directly trail grinder just like the Opus is, so it could actually retain a large number of grinds. It laso does now not have an ionizer.
Timemore C3 ESP Professional
Killer grinder for round $110. Drawback is, it has no motor. You’re the motor. However I firmly imagine its output, from Turkish (sure it does a right kind turkish grind) to pour over might be extra uniform and higher than the Opus. I can look ahead to the Complete Overview to determine if I’m confirmed incorrect or now not.
The C3 ESP Professional is a unmarried dose grinder (natch), with a folding care for design and a actually cast really feel to all the bundle. The whole lot in regards to the grinder feels top rate. There is not any ionizer after all, however it doesn’t want one: static isn’t a topic the all steel C3 sequence. The grinder can get advantages regardless that from the lightest of RDT, which you must by no means do on a ionizer or plasma coil provided electrical grinder.
