Opus

Had a Fellow Opus, don’t recommend it. The opus is all plastic, for espresso the micro adjustments are unnecessarily complicated and shortly after a year it kicked the bucket and refused to work. Local repair shops have been unable to get the part that got fried. The Ode is pourover or immersion onl

My Fellow Opus retains about 2 grams per grind. I have to beat it out I am talking like body slam it to get .3 short of my initial grind amount. I have successfully managed my anger in the morning by beating my grinder silly every morning at least two separate times multiple beatings per usage. I am

I have the misfortune of owning 2 Fellow products (Opus and Stagg) and absolutely hate both of them. As far as the Opus goes, the inner burs have been a repeat issue (Fellow has had to send me 2 separate replacements), retention is a major issue, cleaning is a headache, dialing in with the inner rin

Agree. Fellow products look great on my countertop. But the Opus grinder clogged terribly on espresso grinds, and their customer service was equally terrible. The electric kettle is good enough for my kids and me, but it would be nice to have more ability to fine-tune the temps. And so on. I was ini

Absolutely do not get a Fellow Opus. Gen 2 will be out in a month or so and I'd eat my wallet if it's not a substantially better grinder on basically every level. Also keep an eye out on the used market for an Ode gen 2. Got mine for 225 and I've seen some as low as 200. The Femobook A2 seems to be

The base is made out of cheap plastic that dents, my led panel seems to be on it's way out (I'm getting non stop flickering), the kettle pours incredibly slowly (even for a gooseneck), my temperature knob has substantially more friction in random spots, and the top wooden handle split after a month

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The Opus is garbage. Even fellow knows it lol. Hopefully the Opus 2 is everything you want for $200. I went for the varia VS4 at $500. It’s getting insane reviews early on.