I’m glad your research seems to match what I found above! Also glad you like the SK40, it’s been a nice little conical for me.

It’s mostly plastic, and if you live in dry environment probably lots of static.

I wish he had compared these to the Smart Grinder Pro. It's in the same price bracket and grind range. The SGP is a long-standing baseline for high-quality, low-cost, entry-level espresso in a multi-use brew method grinder. The only complaints I've ever heard about it is that the grinds tend to get a bit clumpy due to some static and the expected mess that ensues.

If it works, no need to mess with the shims! The ESP range is just a decal, so I would not fret. Are you using a pressurized basket? ESP is a nice grinder!

And your right, the ESP is surprisingly clumpy for a grinder That make some pretty descent coffee.

@@portakeeper I'm using a bottomless portafilter with an unpressurized basket on Bambino Plus. My First budget setup which I am enjoying. 18 grams in, 30 seconds ~ 40 grams out . Like you said it works so i haven't messed with it haha just limited if I have to go more coarse.

It will be slower for adjustments but will probably be my preference. If your focused on drip I’d go SD then ESP

Most single dose can do about 30g, a lot of people will just grind twice. Since they are single dose grinders, just gotta work around if you choose these smaller grinders. Usually worth it for n my opinion if you are doing a large drip machine

Not easy to answer. Trial and error, dial It in. Will be different for different machines, brew methods and beans

@@portakeeper what's a good size to start. I'm a complete newbie and don't even have the sk40 yet. It's arriving this week. Breville bambino machine

I’d have to time it, it just seemed to take forever. Probably 10 seconds but don’t quote me

@@portakeeper I'm not sure if I got that across correctly. I meant, if you pull a shot of say 18 in and 36 out in 30 seconds and then grind one click coarser are we talking a 25 second shot time or a gusher. Just curious how much adjustability it really has. I have a hand grinder that has 16-micron adjustments and if I go one click finer or coarser, I am talking like 7-8 seconds difference in shot time, too much, imo. The exact time isn't important. I am just curious if you have one setting to dial in with or more. Because sometimes a 30 second shot tastes good and sometimes a 25 or even 35 second shot tastes good but if the steps are too big it becomes difficult to dial in by taste. Thanks.

@@kitcraft9516 got ya, I was thinking grind time. If your really doing espresso I’d do the SK personally. There were times where 1 click did little to nothing, and then different beans it made a bigger difference. Maybe 4-5 seconds. Depends on the day, the beans; the freshness. Ultimately, I don’t remember many times in my testing where it was that big of a deal, I’d probably go 1 setting less and be perfectly happy. Conical has a fairly wide distribution so it was not hard to dial

@@portakeeper Thanks. Yeah, I know what you mean. Some days I swear the weather changes my shots. The humidity, I mean. I might get a 4 second difference with 1 click today but a 6 second difference tomorrow. Anyway, I think I'll just go with the SK as you suggest. Because the more I can narrow that number down the better. And at the price it's hard not to give it a try! Again, thank you!

It’s a stutter

@@portakeeper lol you say "espresso" correctly 100 times in this video, and the dude latches onto the one time you BARELY have a stutter (and still pronounce it correctly). People are goofy