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atombender01/21/20253 repliesview on HN

Peugeot is the gold standard. The traditional hourglass shape is around $40-50 for the normal-sized version, and they have a lot of other modern designs. A lot of competing brands buy the internal mechanism from Peugeot.

(If you're curious about the name: Yes, it was originally the same company as the Peugeot car/motorcycle company. It was spun out into a separate company at some point, but still owned by the descendants of the original Peugeot family.)


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ginko01/21/2025

Didn’t have great experiences with peugeot grinders.

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__alexs01/22/2025

They are decent but not incredible. The adjustment mechanism is mostly plastic so it's fragile and easily broken in a drop. The grinding mechanism is solid metal but also basic and doesn't produce a very even grind at any setting.

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dcminter01/22/2025

I'd never heard of them until a few days ago, then this article mentioned them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42737510