ethom Senior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2012 Posts: 63 Location: Pittsburgh Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: NS Oscar, Silvia broken :o( Grinder: Vario Drip: Bosch
Posted Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:03pm Subject: Tamper form China?
Sorry if this has been discused before - eBay lists a tamper that looks similar to a Reg Barber for less money. Does anyone have experience with this imported tamper?
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,684 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Fri Dec 7, 2012, 7:01am Subject: Re: Tamper form China?
For the most part, tampers are tampers. If they fit the basket and the handle fits your hand, it is hard to go wrong. The plastic things that come with most machines, for the most part do neither and are only good for things like use as a weight in the throat of a grinder to prevent the beans from popcorning IMHO.
My personal feeling is that if you want a R.B. then buy a real one. There are darn few products that someone can not make for less money when they only copy the work that someone else has done and invested their money in.
I do not own a R.B. and I have not used a hand tamper for years except for when I am on vacation and am away from my normal setup. The one I bought did not pretend to be a R.B. and I bought from a advertiser on this sight, I think it cost in the ball park of $25. It works well when I use it. YMMV!
A very quick search turned up these tampers, they cost $11 and there is no reason that they should not work if cost is the main concern. Click Here (www.seattlecoffeegear.com)
In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
Posted Fri Dec 7, 2012, 7:32am Subject: Re: Tamper form China?
calblacksmith Said:
A very quick search turned up these tampers, they cost $11 and there is no reason that they should not work if cost is the main concern. Click Here (www.seattlecoffeegear.com)
$11 only buys the handle - the pull down menu adds $25 for the base. Good to see they offer many different base sizes though.
I bought a similar looking tamper to the one in the OP's eBay link for $25 from Reunion Island Coffee. The price is good and it ships with two 58 mm bases - a flat and a convex are both included with the handle.
Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post
Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
![EricBNC: ALL8135-2T.jpg](javascript:ImagePopup("/images/59562/ALL8135-2T.jpg", 174, 234, "EricBNC: ALL8135-2T.jpg");)
= No New Posts since last visit 