Coffee Grinders · owner-verdict comparison

Baratza Encore vs Fellow Opus: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Baratza Encore: 47% of 147 owners recommend it, vs 32% of 138 for the Fellow Opus.

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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Fellow Opus

32%of 138 owners recommend
32% recommend · 17% neutral · 51% don't
Owners praise
  • Excellent grind quality for the price
  • Strong value as an entry-level grinder
  • Handles espresso, pour over and filter well
Owners complain about
  • Heavy grounds retention requires banging the grinder
  • Static and mess scatters grounds everywhere
  • Inconsistent and drifting grind from one use to the next
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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 Fellow Opus owners say

“I absolutely love my Opus and would happily buy more of their stuff”
— StoneTown on Reddit
“I have an Opus, and don’t get me wrong, I love it”
— @SorooshSaghebi on YouTube
“after just a week I was fed up with the Opus (1 minute grind time for 18g, inconsistent retention requiring beatings, drifting grind setting, messy etc.)”
— chronic_ass_crust on Reddit