Comments on: Review: Mahlkonig Vario Grinder

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:54:39 +0000

I will lay my cards on the table…everything should be made in stainless steel.

That said…let us not get too wrapped up in the plastic debate, polycarbonate is the king in the plastic world. It has highest impact absorbancy, highest heat resistance and will not degrade in sunlight (like ABS). Furthermore it is hygenic and it will not rust to state two very obvious qualities. As plastics go it is the best, varieties known best are Lexan. Yes it is plastic, though I would suggest it is the best material for the job.

Having sounded like an advertisement for the plastics industry, I will now go and make a cup of coffee and hope my stainless steel coffee maker will now forgive me for my outburst.

By: Shadow745

Shadow745 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:13:06 +0000

I agree with David…. might be a high end derivative of “plastic” but aluminum or brass would be a better choice, especially for the $$$. Later!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:33:14 +0000

Erm. There’s plastic, and then there’s plastic. There’s apparently over 8,000 different types, ranging from the ultra cheap, brittle made in China sandwich keepers up to very specific polymer blends that rival the strength of steel.

My point is, don’t diss plastic just for the sake of dissing plastic :)

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:49:35 +0000

From Wikipedia:

Polycarbonates are a particular group of thermoplastic polymers. They are easily worked, moulded, and thermoformed; as such, these plastics are very widely used in the modern chemical industry.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:47:13 +0000

The lower burr collar isn’t plastic. It’s a polycarbonate derivative. In fact, if you drop it on the floor, it kind of sounds like aluminum hitting the floor – definitely not plastic.

I don’t know if they cut much cost here.