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Old 03-03-2009, 04:32 PM
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Interesting the issues you're having. I've got the DBM8, been using it for months and hasn't jammed a single time.
In its defense, it worked beautifully for the first six months, but then the performance level dropped like a rock. It never did make consistent and accurate grinds, but it did work as well as could be expected at first.

I think most of the issue can be attributed to how much use it has seen. We easily ran the thing five to six times each day for months. When the performance began to suffer despite my best cleaning efforts, we gradually began to drink less and less coffee, because it became more and more of a chore to get the thing to work. Now I can clean it completely, and then spend the next 20 minutes trying to get it to grind enough beans to make a 10 cup pot of coffee.

... I'm not a violent man, but I really want to take it out back and blow it away with a shotgun. I don't even own a shotgun, but I'm honestly considering shopping for one just for this purpose.
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