I purchased this grinder about 6 months ago. The reason I have not posted a review sooner is that I wanted to be sure that what I write about clearly represents the performance of the product. One of the issues I have noticed other reviewers mentioned concerned the ground coffee that seems to stick to the plastic. I realized, as any student of physics would know, that coffee reacts with plastic with static electricity. This will always be so. Therefore, judging the device on this basis is not representative of the product.

The last time I purchased a coffee grinder I was disappointed because the motor burned out too prematurely. While I realize that these motors in coffee grinders were designed to work optimally under load, I never expected that it would fizzle out in a few months.

The good news is that the Cuisinart Burr Coffee Grinder appears to perform flawlessly. I am impressed with all phases of its function, from its consistent grind to its reliability. Many coffee grinders fail to maintain the coffee collector basket in its place. I have found that this grinder maintains its integrity all the time. Whenever I press the start button, I can be assured that it will deliver the predetermined amount of freshly ground coffee, which it grinds to perfection.

Although I find the machine a little pricey, I would highly recommend it for practical use or a gift. It certainly performs consistent with a $50 machine.

This is my second DBM-8 I have had one at home for a couple of years now. I purchased this grinder for my office. Overall I find the grinder to work as expected. I Like the hopper I can put the days beans in the hopper in the morning and not worry about it the rest of the day. Also I don't have to count scoops anymore. I always get complements on the look of the grinder and the taste of the coffee. The largest downside of the grinder is it can be very loud which is not good for an office setting.

I used one of those little blade coffee grinders for years and years. I remember it costing ten bucks. Alas, it gave out. By then I owned a Cuisinart Coffee Maker and bought this Cuisinart Coffee Grinder because they made a nice mated pair for the kitchen.

The Cuisinart Grinder has worked flawlessly for almost four years now and my complaints are very minor. One, it's very noisy, especially early in the morning when I'm the first one up and want my coffee before the others awake. Second, the plastic parts are fitted together very precisely and if any joint gets just a little bit clogged with coffee grains, the device won't work. I've gotten used to this problem. Third, the calibrations seem somewhat off. For example, if set it for four cups, it will grind enough coffee to easily make 8 cups of rich coffee. I've gotten used to this one too.

In any case this grinder does a fine job of grinding coffee to the desired fineness. It has preformed flawlessly in every way and my complaints are very minor.

Gary Peterson

Wife bought one of these at a fundraiser auction, still sealed in the box, but more than a year old. It was dead on arrival--I suspect one of the two safety interlock switches was defective. Manufacturer offered no help since product was out of warranty. So the machine went directly into the trash without ever grinding a single bean. I am still searching for an automatic burr mill, but it won't be this model for sure.

We bought this grinder about a month ago, and the flying coffee grounds from the static is making me nutty! This is the first burr grinder I have purchased, and the coffee does taste better using this type of grinder. But between the mess from the static and the very loud noise the grinder makes, I think I chose the wrong one.

Even though I've had this one a short time and it is working fine, I am thinking about purchasing another one with a glass container so there is less static.