Dan Abel wrote:

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> The problem with all the home burr grinders I have seen is that the
> coffee actually comes out sideways. The little plastic containers that
> the ground coffee end up in, have a hole in the side. To get the coffee
> to come out into a container with the opening on top, the coffee will
> have to get diverted down. This creates another area to clean, or you
> will get stale coffee next time.

The other problem is that they also have a locking mechanism that requires
you to have that little canister locked into place before it will run.