I’ve owned the H40V2 for a year and have loved it. I wanted a hand grinder for pour over/v60 and it’s been perfect (highly recommend using it with the turin pour over scale). I’d planned on picking up a second one so I could leave one in the office and have the other at home and to take on trips.

Enter the H63.

Ever since I saw the introduction of the H63, I really wanted to buy one and test it out. When Espresso Outlet put it on sale at amazon, I jumped to grab it. In the picture below the H63 is on the left and the H40V2 is on the right. Yes. I do have that correct. Even though the burrs are over 2cm wider, the overall grinder is smaller. The decreased height makes it just a bit nicer in the balance for me. The catch basin is roughly the same size, but whereas in the H40 it flairs out under the burr, in the 63, the burr seems to be at the flair. That would make sense to me anyway. Both the H40 and the H60 have the option of a blind shaker distribution right from their base (not shown). The H40 worked fine, with the ability to unscrew the base to reveal the bottom of the shaker. The H60 has a completely separate attachment for the blind shaker that you swap out one base for the other. I think I prefer the H60, but won’t know until I use it a bit more.

For me, the main improvements in the design come down to two things: the adjustment and the grind.

The H40 has 9 steps steps marked with many unmarked detents in between. This has worked great and I didn’t think twice about it when I got it. The h63, however, has 70 clearly marked detents. I absolutely prefer knowing without counting in my head exactly what my setting is.

Finally, while I believe the H40 is very capable of grinding any size you want/need, the H63 is faster. I ground the same volume of the same bean in both grinders. The H63 required fewer turns in my testing and taking only about 18% less time.

I’m very happy with my new grinder and know it will be used plenty in the days and months to come.