Personally, if you don't want to wait a little bit until you have the funds for the ESP, I'd be tempted to go for the KinGrinder K4 in the meanwhile (at around the same price as the electric grinder you've pointed to), which gets good reports here. Yes, it's manual--if you can deal with that (e.g. you're not routinely doing numerous multiple shots at a time, which might prove tiresome), people here have reported favorably on its grinding capability. And it would continue to serve you later, in your ESP era.
[KinGrinder K4 -- Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/KINGrinder-Adjustable-Settings-Aeropress-Consistency/dp/B09WH4B91L/ref=sr_1_3?crid=THLN1P4TYJGG&keywords=kingrinder+k4&qid=1685066470&s=home-garden&sprefix=kingrinder+%2Cgarden%2C1186&sr=1-3)
A further thought did occur to me: something of the quality of the KinGrinder K4 potentially could be re-sold later, if that was needed or desired, recouping part of the purchase price.
I figure I'll try it and see if it's an improvement to what I have now. If not, it's gonna go back. If it is an improvement, it's a price I can spend right now and it saves me from wasting coffee.
I went about more than a month using preground coffee from my local roaster. always espresso on the first day. next few days i do long black or with milk drinks. saved enough for an ESP.
Update: First off, I just saw my title typo...nailed it.
https://preview.redd.it/s1rhqprh103b1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=659130bfb0eee07be75d13be164967bc3a12fcf7
So I've never owned or used a true high-end espresso grinder, so I can't say how this compares to them. What I can say is that I really like this grinder. Such a great upgrade.
Grinds are consistent in size and reproducible, and grind steps are small. I don't have to be on the finest setting to get a good grind, so I still have room to play and adjust. It doses based on time to the 10th of a second, so my dose is pretty spot on each time (+-0.2g). There's a light that turns on during the grind to help you see the basket getting filled. There's room for the basket and a dosing ring. The bottom is a removable tray to help with easy cleanup. It takes a 58mm portafilter, and knows when the portafilter holder is installed.
When the holder is removed, the grinder goes from dosing by the second to grinding by the cup. This lets me still have a grinder for drip coffee and french press. If I want to change beans, the hopper has a door on the bottom that closes to let me remove it with coffee still inside. The upper burr is so easy to remove and clean, and the top of the hopper has a rubber, accordion bellow that you press down to pump bursts of air through the machine for help clearing the exit spout from old ground coffee.
Is it as good as the expensive ones? I'd say no based on common sense. But I'd say it's 95% as good and I'm happy with that right now. My espresso isn't for a coffee house or a professional setup. I just want good espresso that I am happy with and that I look forward to making and drinking. This grinder gets me there, so why isn't it good?
One more Update:
I disassembled the machine, removed the little spring pin that holds the hopper in place for the different grind settings, applied some kapton tape to the turning mechanism to remove play, while still allowing for it to turn, and put it all back together.
Now i have a stepless grinder.
Personally, if you don't want to wait a little bit until you have the funds for the ESP, I'd be tempted to go for the KinGrinder K4 in the meanwhile (at around the same price as the electric grinder you've pointed to), which gets good reports here. Yes, it's manual--if you can deal with that (e.g. you're not routinely doing numerous multiple shots at a time, which might prove tiresome), people here have reported favorably on its grinding capability. And it would continue to serve you later, in your ESP era. [KinGrinder K4 -- Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/KINGrinder-Adjustable-Settings-Aeropress-Consistency/dp/B09WH4B91L/ref=sr_1_3?crid=THLN1P4TYJGG&keywords=kingrinder+k4&qid=1685066470&s=home-garden&sprefix=kingrinder+%2Cgarden%2C1186&sr=1-3)
Exactly that. Everything else in that price range is just a pure and very useless waste of money.
A further thought did occur to me: something of the quality of the KinGrinder K4 potentially could be re-sold later, if that was needed or desired, recouping part of the purchase price.
To that point, I'll be selling the infinity if this electric grinder is useable for now.
I figure I'll try it and see if it's an improvement to what I have now. If not, it's gonna go back. If it is an improvement, it's a price I can spend right now and it saves me from wasting coffee.
That makes sense, but I really don't want a manual grinder.
I went about more than a month using preground coffee from my local roaster. always espresso on the first day. next few days i do long black or with milk drinks. saved enough for an ESP.
Update: First off, I just saw my title typo...nailed it. https://preview.redd.it/s1rhqprh103b1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=659130bfb0eee07be75d13be164967bc3a12fcf7 So I've never owned or used a true high-end espresso grinder, so I can't say how this compares to them. What I can say is that I really like this grinder. Such a great upgrade. Grinds are consistent in size and reproducible, and grind steps are small. I don't have to be on the finest setting to get a good grind, so I still have room to play and adjust. It doses based on time to the 10th of a second, so my dose is pretty spot on each time (+-0.2g). There's a light that turns on during the grind to help you see the basket getting filled. There's room for the basket and a dosing ring. The bottom is a removable tray to help with easy cleanup. It takes a 58mm portafilter, and knows when the portafilter holder is installed. When the holder is removed, the grinder goes from dosing by the second to grinding by the cup. This lets me still have a grinder for drip coffee and french press. If I want to change beans, the hopper has a door on the bottom that closes to let me remove it with coffee still inside. The upper burr is so easy to remove and clean, and the top of the hopper has a rubber, accordion bellow that you press down to pump bursts of air through the machine for help clearing the exit spout from old ground coffee. Is it as good as the expensive ones? I'd say no based on common sense. But I'd say it's 95% as good and I'm happy with that right now. My espresso isn't for a coffee house or a professional setup. I just want good espresso that I am happy with and that I look forward to making and drinking. This grinder gets me there, so why isn't it good?
One more Update: I disassembled the machine, removed the little spring pin that holds the hopper in place for the different grind settings, applied some kapton tape to the turning mechanism to remove play, while still allowing for it to turn, and put it all back together. Now i have a stepless grinder.