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Fellow Opus vs Timemore 064S: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Timemore 064S: 73% of 55 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

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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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 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

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