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Timemore 078s

Owners keep the 078s as a home espresso grinder they are happy with, one calling it his endgame alongside a Flair 58, another settling on it after tariffs priced out the Niche.

Read from 10 owner accountsUpdated September 25, 2026Early read: 10 owner accounts so far. We usually wait for 12 before we say much.Thin evidence: 10 owner accounts so far, fewer than the 40 we want before we trust a pattern.Compare it

What keeps coming up

Every owner who weighed in was satisfied so far, whether they bought it as a first choice or as a fallback after tariffs made the Niche too expensive.

Recurring in 3 of 10 accounts · See accounts

What keeps coming up against it

Nobody raised a real complaint about the grinder itself. The only friction mentioned was around it: one owner replaced the stock hopper with a third-party anti-popcorning hopper and found the import fees on a US order steep.

Recurring in 3 of 10 accounts · See accounts
Life with it

Once it is on the counter, the 078s seems to settle into a routine: one owner pairs it with a Flair 58 and a cheap scale with a shot timer and calls that setup his endgame until a Meticulous arrives. Another, a month in, is enthusiastic enough to recommend it outright.

The one adjustment described was swapping the stock hopper for an anti-popcorning replacement from a small maker. That owner recommends the swap but noted that importing it to the US added wild fees. Price and tariffs come up more than any feature of the grinder.

Reliability & repairs

Nothing in these accounts describes a failure or a repair. The owner using it with a Flair 58 has had that machine for several years, but did not say how long the grinder has been in service.

The long-term record here is thin. Three owners, one of them only a month in, and none reporting wear or breakage. That is encouraging but not evidence of durability. Treat the reliability picture as unknown until more owners with years on the burrs weigh in.

More detail
What owners praise, where they are split, and the follow-up timeline

What owners praise

Nothing with a clear majority yet. Owners who raised these subjects were split, or too few to judge.

Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.

Does it still kick?

2 weeks3 months6 months1 year2 years

The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.

More in coffee grinders: Niche Zero, Lagom 01, Kingrinder K6.

Where this came from

Where this came from

Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.

  • Forum threads 10 accounts
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Counted from public accounts by people who said they own it, and summarised by Still Kicks in its own words. Not a manufacturer claim, a lab test or an estimate.

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