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Title: The inevitability of change
Review: This is my third La Pavonia Burr Grinder over the past 20 years or so. I have mixed feelings about this one. While there are some really nice improvements in the design e.g. better feed hopper and reduced noise, the overall quality of the materials used in production appear to be inferior to what was used to build earlier models. Specifically, the most likely components to break ie. the hopper lid and the removeable coffee bin are made of a very light plastic polymer that appears to be fragile. I believe that this grinder will have a much shorter lifecycle than its predecessors.Post Script: This grinder self-distructed in July 2010. The electrical motor just quit. The useful life on this grinder was very short as expected. I replaced it with a Black & Decker Burr grinder that is far superior in design and overall product quality at about half the price.
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