If you haven't, hit the like and subscribe! Can't emphasize how much it helps me. Thank you for watching! Let me know your thoughts on this grinder below.

I appreciate when reviewers talk about possible specifics bias, it gives the impression of real transparency. Great job.

You would be one of those professors at university who actually teach you with their own practical experience and it‘s heck of a lot interesting and entertaining! Love the format and the production quality as well, keep it up Lance.

New setup looks great man! Can see your production value evolution over the last few years both in your presentation and the audio/video quality. Keep it up, and thanks!

That's a lot of information, a lot of details and i love it! Your Studio look amazing with this light... It's really unique.

Dude. I love this production SOO much. Production value has gone up sooooo high. Your production quality is astronomical now. Your ability to control your speech cadence, accuracy and precision is the best period. Hats off to you good sir

Lance’s one take skill is amazing! The amount of detail you provide is so useful and therapeutic to listen to.

I really like the more “cinematic” style of the video and the whole review give such a good overview I love it :)

Once again, the thoroughness, the depth and clarity of information you present in your review, are awesome! And appreciated. So much expertise and thoughtfulness in your commentary. 🤘You rock.

Love the new studio, and the content as always, Lance 👍

solid review again Lance, thanks!

Thanks Lance. Great video as usual.

Amazing lance where your channels come from and where it is and heading, great work and content 👍

Love me some meaty coffee Love how big your channel has gotten! New studio looking great! Looking forward to what's next!

Great video! I just got a great deal on a Niche to go along w/ my Urbanic 070s so I was nervous from the still photo. Glad to see I still made the right choice. I couldn’t help but notice (and it’s likely just the editing) but the SD40 didn’t appear to get any WDT while the Niche appeared to have in the video. Again I assume both were treated the same and it was just editing, but after doing a bunch of testing at a friends coffee shop w/ my DE1, I have a heightened awareness of maintaining the same puck prep.😅

Whoo whee I love the new channel aesthetics dude.

Looks like you've got the studio dialed in now. Like the lighting and camera work 👍

Thank you, man, this is so good, thanks for what you do!

Napoleon Dynamite vibes at 18:45 Love the video Lance I’m always looking for something new to potentially recommend!

Your studio looks like a spaceship and it's awesome

Love your new studio

new studio and video gear looks GREAT

I'm not here for the actual review, but to look at the details and LED light strips in this spaceship style studio. Really cool!

Amazing comparison! Would love to have the same comparison but with the new burrs on SK40/SD40 V2

The new studio is looking great!

Just wanted to say I am also hoping for a DF64e review!! Love your content and Latte Art videos!

Enjoyed the review! Funny enough have had the opposite experience with Light/Dark roast on my Niche. I couldn’t pull a decent shot from a dark roast to save my life but all my light to medium roasts thus far have been wonderful. Always interesting to see folks different experiences.

Thank you Lance. 🙏🏻

Your De Niro was spot on. :D

The SD40 is also sold here in my country (Malaysia), but under different brand names and is quite affordable (~$150 w/ titanium burrs) so i was kinda sceptical about purchasing it right before i found this video. thanks for the helpful insight and review, will pick this up as an upgrade for my Timemore C3.

Great video, Lance. Has anyone put a motor speed controller in front of their grinder to allow one to control RPM?

Hi Lance, I was wondering how you'd compare both this and the niche with a higher end hand grinder, particularly the 1z K-Plus since that seems to be the crowd favorite. Thanks for the videos!

Hey Lance! I see you mentioned the Breville Smart Grinder Pro, and it would be nice to hear your thoughts on that as a cheap entry level dual purpose grinder. There's very few reviews of it! Thanks for the detailed comparison you made on this and other videos

2 comments. The first is when are you releasing your brewing ASMR album? Fantastic sound work on that! The second is your explanation of the undulating style from conical burrs was excellent, it made so much sense

Loved the eyebrows !

Don’t want to disappoint Daddy Hoff bro I was ABSOLUTELY WEAK IN THE KNEES WHEN HE LAUGHED AFTER THAT

Hi Lance! Great new setup and great video, love your explanations. Im looking to upgrade my Timemore C2, I don't care about hand or electric grinder, do you think this could be an upgrade for me? Or need to look to other alternatives for only pour over? Thanks in advance!

My immediate supervisor loves theirs. After watching this video, a barcloth is always covering the switch. 😂 She also keeps a tee ball bat and shovel handy in case it acts weird. We got an identical used one from Joe. Sushpishouz 😉 .

Dude thanks so much for this video!

Last time he pats the hopper like a happy boy. Now his eyebrows are doing the same maniacal glee. Stupid comment aside, thanks Lance. I definitely want one, but then I realize my JXPro would be lonely collecting dust in the corner of my cabinet.

Love this! Buying this! Wait. Should i buy this or the urbanic flat burr with titanium burrs? Help! I have zero clue what i am doing!

For those in Australia, this company is known as Coffee Tech, however the SD40 doesn't seem to be available for us.

Ive got one over in Thailand, works well for me for Flair58, only complaint is that make sure you clean the gear well, I almost sealed mine shut permanently 😅 Im not sure the tape hack would work as turning too tight might seal it forever 😅

Excellent thx! Small critic, when you analyse the cup pls keep it the same side you present the grinder. ...mayne cause english is my 2nd language? :)

Genius with teflon tape. I do that with my portafilter handles 😜

Unbelievably detailed video. I just subscribed, you’re my new reference! Would you consider reviewing the new df-64e? I’m considering it right now to replace my Mignon Tradizione (like the facile, all manual with 50mm burrs). Thanks!

I think the SD40 will be my first grinder...... Seems like a good starting grinder

Thanks for the insight! Will this be a good step up or "upgrade" from the grinder that comes with the Breville Barista Express? Needless to say, I'll be using this primarily for espresso.

Once I saw how easy it was to remove the grind setting click lock thingy, I began to suspect the discrepancy between the dial markings and clicks to be a deliberate design decision. The click lock would be for those not needing/wanting precise setting adjustment but wanting a simple UX/UI of “this is good enough for me,” set it and forget it. For those wanting more precise control simply have to remove the click lock thingy and they would be able to make use of the relatively fine indicators on the dial.

Thank you so much for this. I was researching the Lagom Mini and was waiting for more reviews on the new burrs... but now... still stuck on the Niche and Lagom Mini

The 'stache is on point.

How would you compare the SD40 to the Option O Lagom Mini now that you've used both?

Hi Lance, great video. I was curious to see your thoughts on the sd40 vs the df64e/p and normal df64? I'm looking to move out of my hand grinder the knock aergrind and I like medium and light roasts and I'll mainly use it for espressos and lattes with my breville bambino plus. Thank you so much!

lovely background lights!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

So, if I'm understanding correctly, this grinder is better for espresso and not filter?

Great Review!! I got this grinder and while I have nothing to compare it to, in isolation, it works well for me. Your review hit all the negative points i have noticed myself; I get fair bit of retention and sometimes i have to pound the machine (after belowing) and bunch of grinds will still come out; the markings are trash as Im not sure why they provide all those markings when it clicks at random markings, sometimes in-between major markings and its hard to tell where the arrow is even pointing; I find that i wish there were finer adjustments espeically between ~3-4 which is where there is only one click and every bean ive had dials in around that position and not enough minor adjustments. (Although the tape hack you noted might fix that!!) That said, within its quirks and limitations, I can get it dialed in ok and then it performs fairly consistently for a specific batch of beans. Any chance you can provide some video or tutorial on hacks to lower RPMs?

You do a really good De Niro face hahaha

If you take the silicone pad off and clean the glue residue off with goo gone, the dosing cup will stick stronger with the magnet. Also it looks better lol.

Hi Lance, How does this compare to df64 in Espresso? Thinking of something to pair with a breville Bambino (non-plus) that I'm planning to buy. I will be exclusively using it for espresso milk drinks like latte and flat whites

Any chance of a follow up review (shorter, if need be) for their stepless SK40?

Is this worth upgrading from the built in grinder on the barista touch?

Excellent review like your other single dose grinder reviews. Is your argument on the conical burr grinders on 20:15 valid for hand grinders like Comandante, 1zpresso etc? And could you please tell which espresso machine you use for the test? (It is difficult to identify from this video) Thank you very much.

How does this compare with 1Zpresso JX-PRO , sette30 on espresso? Ignore the manual part

Hey Lance! Given that it has a very powerful motor, do you think we can use an external or router speed controller like the one you used on your budget flat burr grinder lineup video? Maybe with a slower RPM, it’ll improve the grind size particle. Helps create lesser fines maybe? 😃 Secondly, what grind setting or how many rotations did u have to do when brewing for a v60? I find that even at setting 16, the grind is still too fine… or could it be the fines making my bed muddy? 😮 Hope to hear your inputs. Thanks for making this video, Lance! Love your new studio by the way! 😍

Have you ever tested the ascaso i-mini? I‘m curious about that grinder!

That black Niche grinder is beautiful… Until I can afford it I’m using the Baratza ESP.

How does the SD40 compare to the Breville smart grinder and the lagom mini?

I find that the primary difference between these two grinders is inherent in the fact that particle distribution is proportional to the diameter of the difference between the grind ratio of the burs over against the… I NEED A ‘BE HAMBELA’ SHIRT!!!

Is that a wooden scale underneath the espresso machine? It has the silver metal plate and buttons, but has wooden like base instead of the plastic silver version that is everywhere on the internet. Where did you find that please? I love the looks 😍

You instantly won a like with the eyebrow dance in the 2 first seconds of the video.

Any plans to look at the Varia VS3? Price-wise it looks too good to be true. very curious about how it turns out.

I apologize if you’ve answered this already, but do you have a link to an RPM controller? I know you mentioned one in the Lagom Mini review too.

At this price point, I'd love a comparison with the DF54, SK40, and Encore ESP!

What grind setting would you do for medium-coarse? I'm trying to get my Moccamaster cup dialed in and struggling with this grinder

So what's the recommended filter grinder? The fellow ode with v2 burrs?

Why porto bro? Thats wild. Sick studio. Dropping LVL50 knowledge like its free!

Do you like it better with the router speed control?

would this work well as a combo grinder, and using it to grind coffee beans for filter coffee also, or only espresso?

Very critical on these two, what's your daily driver grinder?

Is that a Kafmasino One in the background? Did you test it? Is is worth the money?

I want that shirt!

The brows, man... the brows.... only 7 seconds in and I'm smiling :)

How would you rate this vs the lagom mini, for espresso?

This grinder has been a great purchase because someone in the fam has been trying to use my espresso grinder for their decaf coarse grinds and this grinder is easier to use for them 😂 works for me. Yeah. The turn dial with tons of choices 6, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.8, 7 but in reality with the stepped grinder clicker you only have access to 6.2 and 7 like 😳. 😂

Someone at Cafe Martella Singapore did a non invasive dimmer mod/addition on the DF64 to vary or bring down the speed, which should work for this too.

Hello, great video, thank you very much. What would you say is it worth buying this mill or should you save a little more money and get the niche or a similar one, thank you very much in advance

Yeah the high speed is producing finer fines. My usual dose of 22g is impossible with the SD40. I pulled several shots and was super puzzled with that

Can you review the Starseeker Edge grinder? Would be interested to see your opinion

Plz review the upgraded DF64P or E from the same company. They should be closer to end game.

Looking for a good grinder for medium to medium dark roast. Is it Eureka Specialita or a conical burr grinder?

Do you know if these Chinese-made grinders are UL certified? Only ask as I purchased a DF64E from the manufacturer and it literally jumped when I turned it on.

Would a router speed controller work on the motor?

Ok you have me intrigued, this SD40 vs the Lagom Mini

I love that he said the Niche is for those who like chocolatey type espresso. That’s what I like. I really wish it wasn’t so hard & expensive to get the Niche in the US

The Ron Jeremy look is boss

Maybe I missed it, but what grinder would you recommend for filter coffee? The Fellow Ode with upgraded burrs?

Which espresso machine were you using here?

Awesome grinder, but I wouldn’t recommend the stepless mod using thread tape. I tried it and ended up galling the very thin stainless steel threads in the process. Threads became toasted and the grinder was stuck at a fixed setting forever.

What I find is helpful to equalize espresso temperatures a bit more when comparing two different shots side by side, is using a double walled glass just for the first shot and a regular cup /glass for the 2nd. It should be a lot closer that way. Normally I don't use the double walled glass unless comparing, because I don't mind having my shot cool. It's interesting how our perception of the taste can change as it cools sometimes.

Can you compare this to the Timecore 064s when you get it plz, ty.