Opus

Also new Fellow Opus Gen 2, if it stays in that price range-which I really doubt, but who knows.

I have a DF54 and it’s just okay. It can grind fine enough for espresso and coarsen up for moka and drip, but anything coarser is not gonna work. Their QC used to be essentially a coin toss. It’s been fixed, but there are still some older ones floating around Amazon and the used market, so be wary o

if its new, the discount / clearance sale is probably happening because the new Opus 2 (from USD 200 - 250) is underway (edit to add: also see this post ) if its not new, someone wants to upgrade :) Opus 2 is a complete rework of the original Opus, that should have issues of the Opus 1 resolved - se

I think it's that QA is atrocious, so you have enough people obsessed with their gear because it's worked perfectly for them, but the way they treat folks reaching out to customer service for their QA failures seems unacceptable tbh. I have a fellow Carter that was my daily mug for 4 years or so. I