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Baratza Encore vs Comandante C40 MK4: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Comandante C40 MK4: 69% of 113 owners recommend it, vs 47% of 147 for the Baratza Encore.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

Baratza Encore

47%of 147 owners recommend
47% recommend · 9% neutral · 44% don't
Owners praise
  • Lasts many years of daily use, often a decade or more
  • Excellent customer service with cheap, replaceable, repairable parts
  • Produces consistent grounds and noticeably better coffee
Owners complain about
  • Too many fines and messy grounds all over the counter
  • Doesn't grind fine or consistent enough for espresso
  • Cheap plastic internal parts that break and need replacing
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Comandante C40 MK4

69%of 113 owners recommend
69% recommend · 17% neutral · 14% don't
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What Baratza Encore owners say

“The defacto Reddit Approved(tm) combo is a Technivorm Mochamaster and Baratza Encore. I also have them both and they are fantastic.”
— RabidBlackSquirrel on Reddit
“We recently bought this Encore model and it has blown our minds with how delicious the same beans taste with the burr grinder. We love it.”
— @ljjackson7106 on YouTube
“As a Baratza Encore owner thank you OP for asking this question, I’m so tired of slapping the side of my grinder and still having grounds everywhere.”
— Comprehensive_Wave64 on Reddit

What Comandante C40 MK4 owners say

“it gives you a lifelong experience, has an outstanding build quality, provides infallible consistency”
— @trollzaj on YouTube
“it's a grinder for life and not like a smartphone for two years”
— @BranislavBánik on YouTube
“I still have my C40, but now I have a ZP6 and prefer that for hand grinding.”
— @TCMx3 on YouTube