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Comandante C40 MK4 vs Timemore 064S: what real owners say

Real owners rate these about evenly: 69% of 113 Comandante C40 MK4 owners recommend it, vs 73% of 55 for the Timemore 064S.

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

Comandante C40 MK4

69%of 113 owners recommend
69% recommend · 17% neutral · 14% don't
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Timemore 064S

73%of 55 owners recommend
73% recommend · 14% neutral · 13% don't
Owners praise
  • Genuinely pulls double duty, dialing in well for both espresso and pour over / filter
  • Very low to near-zero retention, several owners measuring under 0.1g
  • Grind quality and burr alignment rated ahead of the DF64 and Fellow Ode
Owners complain about
  • Espresso range feels compressed and the dial is fiddly to dial in finely
  • Burrs are awkward to remove for cleaning
  • Internals felt poorly engineered to owners who took it apart
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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

What Timemore 064S owners say

“I actually like the opaque hoppers so much more.”
— @CoffeeNo0b0514 on YouTube
“Timemore been killing it lately, excellent scales and drippers and now grinder. You love to see it.”
— @lowhangingvegetable on YouTube
“sometimes, the 064s and 078s would make slightly clumpy grounds not found in other grinders”
— @LanceHedrick on YouTube