Oh, man, @MurderousCrow so sorry to hear about the huge effort needed to hand grind lighter roasted beans using the OE Pharos. I wish I had mentioned this issue but maybe didn't realize you had your SO to consider.
Every morning, I realize I'm getting a tremendous arm workout making 4 cups of coffee using the Lido E-T hand grinder. And, my workout results from much easier to grind medium roast Costa Rican. My wiser best friend frequently reminded me of the work done by an electric grinder to render those very hard beans into grinds suitable for brewing. If only you had heard his frequent refrain any one of the 100s of times he told me the joke. Engineers and their humor!
As for static, I empathize; we have very dry air here nearly always, and my grinds make a mess of the counter and require brushing out of the Lido E-T anti-static grind cup (at least until the beans stale sufficiently). Even when I had converted my Fiorenzato to single dosing, a tool still came in handy to clear the grinds retention in the delivery chute just pass the conical burr-set.
No wonder manual hand grinders comprise such a niche market.
Every morning, I realize I'm getting a tremendous arm workout making 4 cups of coffee using the Lido E-T hand grinder. And, my workout results from much easier to grind medium roast Costa Rican. My wiser best friend frequently reminded me of the work done by an electric grinder to render those very hard beans into grinds suitable for brewing. If only you had heard his frequent refrain any one of the 100s of times he told me the joke. Engineers and their humor!
As for static, I empathize; we have very dry air here nearly always, and my grinds make a mess of the counter and require brushing out of the Lido E-T anti-static grind cup (at least until the beans stale sufficiently). Even when I had converted my Fiorenzato to single dosing, a tool still came in handy to clear the grinds retention in the delivery chute just pass the conical burr-set.
No wonder manual hand grinders comprise such a niche market.