Long Term Fellow Opus Review - Should You Still Buy a Fellow Opus in 2024?

Thanks for watching! Thank you to Fellow Products and Nick Terzulli for releasing the Opus grinder.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:03 A Quick Thank You
1:35 Materials
4:36 Filter
6:03 Espresso
6:34 Static
7:15 Retention
8:03 Inner Adjustment Ring
12:21 Other Espresso Grinders to Consider
12:40 Conclusion
13:23 Improvements
16:01 Outro

Should you buy a FELLOW OPUS in 2024? If you're looking for a filter coffee grinder at a huge value and you appreciate this grinder's clean and minimal look, then I would say the Fellow Opus is the right grinder for you.

NOTES:
I don't know why I edited over 54mm as 53mm, it's definitely 54mm. I had it in my head during editing that I'd got that totally wrong.

As of this video's release, the DLC Burrs mentioned in this video are not currently available. Not sure if Fellow will be producing more of those or if they’ve decided to pivot into something else entirely.

Reddit Thread on Recalibrating an Opus Grinder:   / fellow_opus_recalibration  

Static and Retention: Yes, static and retention are related, but I address them as separate concerns because the ionizer sits at the end of the chute, just below the burr chamber. Admittedly, a lot of what I saw in the video is an oversimplification. Cleaning the grinder regularly helps. Not using RDT has a negative effect on static, but seems to have a positive effect on retention. Coffee still gets stuck in the grinder, but it only takes a single smack and the use of the lid as a bellows once to get most of it out. With RDT, more coffee clings to the internals, and thus you need to use more force to get it out.

Inner Adjustment Ring: Happy to talk to anyone in more detail about the inner adjustment ring, what problems I had, what worked, what didn't, etc. Feel free to leave a comment or send me a DM/email.

If the inner adjustment ring 'shifts' the grind range of the outer adjustment ring, but it doesn't move the burrs itself, and if 1 (-6) is purported to equal "0", and if I haven't moved the burrs after moving the inner ring but still advance 50 microns with each outer click, have I really 'micro-adjusted' at all? It's hard to say. My shots have been inconsistent and I haven't been able to garner enough data to support or disprove either possibility.

‪@celstark‬ I think that the theory of your "lock-in" method makes total sense. If you think about how a micro adjustment ring should work then yes, the dial should always line up with the marks and users should add/subtract their micro-step count. I haven't been able to get it to work repeatedly, so I'm not sure if this is a me thing, if it's unique to my grinder, etc. This method isn't advertised as something the Opus is supposed to do mechanically, so I do still have my concerns. Thanks for sharing this with the community.

Check out Craig's video here and try for yourself:    • Using the Fellow Opus fine adjuster -...  

u/nameausstehend on Reddit: Thank you for the Beanie app! A great assist for many Opus users. The UI is simple and beautiful. I regularly use the Mentor Motif 'smart' scale - it comes with this dreadful app and I dream of a version that looks and works like your Beanie app. Sometimes I think about making my own app for this scale, but alas.

LINKS:
Fellow Opus: https://fellowproducts.com/products/o...
Baratza Encore ESP: https://www.baratza.com/en-us/product...
Turin Grinders: https://www.turingrinders.com/products
Velvet Fabric Tape: https://a.co/d/0iUc0Og