That $50 coffee grinder from the thrift store took me 20 minutes to open the bean hopper

I found this old Krups grinder at a Goodwill in Portland last Saturday, figured it would be a quick fix for my morning routine. Turned out the hopper lid had some hidden clips that required contorting my fingers at weird angles just to pop it off. Has anyone else run into a kitchen gadget that made you feel like you needed an engineering degree just to clean it?

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lucas1592d ago

Is it really that big of a deal though? I've owned a few cheap grinders over the years and they all have some weird trick to get the hopper off. Usually it's just a matter of twisting one way instead of pulling straight up, or finding a tiny release button hidden under the lid. Twenty minutes seems like a lot of fuss for what is basically a small plastic part you only clean once a month or so.

val_taylor2d ago

Yeah, most of them have a hidden latch or a twist lock that isn't obvious at first... once you figure it out, it's a 10 second job.