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Another minor issue was the piezo electric
beeper, an audible indication whenever a function is
pressed. On the E37S it sounded like a weak cats
"meow", on the E92 it sounded normal. If I had only
had the E37S for test I might have thought this was
how it was meant to sound, although I have heard
enough beepers to know the one on my E37S is
not right.
This is all basic quality control, it shouldn't happen
on grinders of this price. Will it affect the grinders
operation...no, but it's sloppy work and I don't like
sloppy work. All employees assembling their
grinders should have quality uppermost. If they chew
up a screw head, they should remove it and put a
fresh one in...NOT cover it up with the rubber collar
and forget about it.
It's exactly the same with the beeper, it's clear the
grinder had been factory tested, as there was coffee
inside it. I personally could never let a grinder go out
of the factory with a bad beeper. Yes, it works...but
it's not perfect!
The rear bolt head on burr chamber cover
slightly marked (probably imperceptible to the
average customer). The key question is why is it
marked, as if the screw driver slipped (spun a little in
the head)....the answer; because it did slip! It slipped
because that last bolt was a tighter all the way in
than any of the others, tight from pretty much the
moment it entered the hole in the lower burr
housing. The reason for this is the basic design of
the burr carrier, but it's actually a good thing (I will
cover this later). The person assembling or
checking the grinder should have put a fresh
bolt in (these things are inexpensive).
So Ceado, improve your quality control please, it
will cost you very little, in fact it's pretty much
free and will benefit you in 3 areas.
• Improved product quality
• Reduced costs
• Better feedback to designers, resulting in
improved design
Now I could say this slipped though and the
faults were minor, it doesn't affect the operation of
the grinder, probably just this grinder is affected and
they usually never get problems like this reported to
them. That's up to you to decide, because you will
be the one spending a lot of money on an E37S. I
just want to make sure Ceado read this and properly
take notice of it.
General Operation
Noise Levels
Ceado claim this is a very quiet grinder and I have to
agree with them. In fact I can confidently say this is
by far the quietest grinder I have ever used (and I
have used a lot).
Ease of use
This is a very easy grinder to use and the
programming is simple. It's perhaps not as
comprehensive in terms of the display compared to
some other grinders, but it works almost exactly as it
needs to. There are 3 modes of operation, with
grinding initiated by pressing the portafilter against a
metal push button..
• Press and hold for a timed grind, release to
pause ("Pulse Off")
• Press for a timed grind ("Pulse On")
• Manual, press to start, release to stop, no
timing.
The only slight annoyance in a home setting is the
first setting, "Pulse Off". I realise they had a panel of
baristas who fed back on the design, so this one
surprises me a bit, as even in the commercial
setting, I would imagine this would be annoying.
When the "press and hold to grind setting" is used
"Pulse off", it decrements the time and finishes the
dose when the timer expires. If you release the grind
button it pauses and the remaining time to grind is
shown. An excerpt from the user guide is below.
If this button is released during distribution of a shot, the
motor stops, the system goes into pause
status and the display shows the time remaining to
complete the shot and the message
“WORKING”. In addition, to highlight the fact that the
distributed shot has not been completed, the
LED for the shot selected flashes. At this point, to
complete the dose just press the start button
(7 Fig. 1) again with the filter-holder and keep it pressed
until the shot is completed.