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Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2025
Works well in my usage, wood is very well done and looks great (it also matches the wood of my portafilter).
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2024
Works great with my Breville Barista Express. The compact size is great, and I love that it can be stored in the tube so that the prongs don't get bent (although I do find them to be pretty sturdy).
Peter
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2024
I can take it everywhere with me. Works great for portable and travel solutions...
abhishek
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023
For not too much!
Jp L.
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2023
Simple, do the job.
Buco Bucolini
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2023
It looks very nice. Amazing for the price really. It seems to alleviate the need to wack the porta filter against the counter (which I do, many don't) in order to settle the coffee before tamping. It does break up the clumps too. Needles are very fine, thin and will bend easily if you accidentally push down on it or it gets cought in the basket holes. Nice addition to a coffee making ritual.
Sarah
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023
I love coffee and this makes my day better
Maxim Lvov
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
Needles are to close to each other so it tends to move entire mass of coffee instead if kinda brushing it
Rajan Agaskar
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
After owning an espresso machine for almost 2 decades (well, 3 machines, having slowly upgraded to nicer ones) I recently was upping my espresso game and heard that WDT was a common process most folks are doing these days.I wanted to try it out cheaply, and this tool fit the bill.Using a WDT tool definitely makes a difference in the ability to get a nice smooth tamp. I would say it is probably 100% necessary to at _least_ have a portafilter dosing funnel to make use of this, otherwise you're going to get grinds everywhere. Ideally, you're also single-dosing your beans by weight. Adding all these steps to my workflow has improved my coffee by quite a lot -- to be fair, the single-dose change probably was the biggest driver of the improvement, but I also believe the WDT process helps and is very easy to do.After using this tool I would prefer to have one that I don't have to unscrew from it's container each time. Often I am already holding my portafilter (with a funnel balanced on it) in one hand, and I find myself having to unscrew it from the holder with the other. It's doable but not ideal. I will probably keep this one for my camping espresso setup and buy one that has a stand for home use. That said, if you just want to try it, these are a great way to test it out cheaply.
David R. Rich
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2023
The idea of a portable WDT is great, and this one seems fairly sturdy and made from nice materials. It feels and looks great. However, by necessity the needles are kind of closely spaced compared to a full size WDT and it makes a noticeable difference when using it. You kind of have to really go nuts with this one to get the kind of coverage you get with just a few passes of a larger tool. It will get the job done, just not as easily. It also did not include any spare needles or instructions on how to replace them, which most other WDTs do; that said, I’ve never actually needed to replace needles and this is affordable enough to replace the whole tool should the need arise. At the end of the day, I’m just not sure what the use case for this is compared to a full-size WDT. Whatever you’re making espresso in, even if it is as portable as it can be, is bound to be much larger than a WDT anyway. It seems like bringing a full-size tool or, you know, just not using one like people did for decades, is a better option than the compromise here. Still, it’s well made and feels nice, so I can’t fault it too much.
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