K COOL Coffee Tamper, Espresso Tamper, Premium Barista Tamper with Calibrated Spring, 100% Flat Stainless Steel Base Tamper for Espresso Coffee Machine (51mm, Black)

This tamper is surprisingly serviceable. When I was looking at self levelling tampers, most appear cheap and most are overpriced and most turned me off. This tamper turned out to be made of 3 milled aluminium parts and 1 fairly heavy spring. One does not really need a weight gauge for tamping, nothing much happens past 25LB anyway. This is an affordable, well-made, and self-levelling tamper and does its job perfectly.

Don't listen to the naysayers - you don't need a calibrated force tamper. Just press until you feel it stop and you're done.With that said, this is a well made tamper that has made my espresso prep much easier, faster, and consistent. The self leveling feature of this tool works really well and the fit in my portafilter is perfect.

We use this everyday to make mochas! Amazing tool! Great purchase!

Great value & good quality. Works well for my Bambino.

it fit my 53.3mm portafilter

TL;DR This isn't actually a sprung tamper where the spring is providing the constant pressure. Avoid this and get a different $17 sprung tamper that is actually a sprung TAMPER, not a sprung LEVELING COLLAR.With a properly designed sprung tamper, you are pushing on the handle, which is pushing on the spring, which is pushing on the tamping disc, which is pushing on the puck.This means that you will always be applying the spring's pressure to the puck, no more, no less (unless you're bottoming out the spring to where the handle is pushing directly on the tamping disc). That means you get repeatable, identical pressure from tamp to tamp, isolating a variable.THIS POS has the spring between the handle and the leveling collar, NOT BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE TAMPING DISC. The handle is connected directly to the tamping disc. That means that you are pushing DIRECTLY on the coffee puck. YOU are providing the force, which is INCONSISTENT. All the spring does here is make the tamper feel nicer to use, since the leveling collar isn't freely flopping up and down the shaft.I don't know why this is like this. I guess cost savings. "sprung tamper" here is misleading.It's a shame that this tamper is useless, because other than the spring being implemented incorrectly, it feels nice. The handle is a little small, and the tamping disc is a little thin/light, but it feels well made and the handle is comfortable. It would be an awesome value at the current $17 list price.Besides the spring changing, I would like to see the shaft lengthened and the leveling collar being wider, so you can rest the collar on top of your dosing funnel. As it is, you have to pre-compact the coffee enough for the tamper to be able to be inside the basket from the beginning, or else you will make a mess. I have seen no tampers designed as I just described, which is a tremendous shame.

The item was part of a gift for a relative. My grandsons insisted that the item was a must have, so we purchased it. It works like a charm delivering a perfect press for the perfect espresso. It is getting a lot of use.

Unfortunately the fit in my 51mm La Pavoni double basket is less than precise. In fact, I need to tamp 2 or 3 times, each time making small adjustments in order to get both a complete and even tamp. With a single tamp, coffee grounds remain on a portion of the basket wall. Another small complaint is than the built-in spring is not smooth in operation and even squeaks like an old mattress.For the price I'll be keeping it, but I'm certainly not done shopping for a 51mm tamper.

The lip on the tamper is the key. This tamper ensures a level and flat surface for your puck. The spring is firm and seems ideally suited to an 18g dose. This tamper is certainly far more consistent than a non-calibrated tamper with no lip.Overall, very happy with purchase,.

You may not agree with my assertion, but if the compression is not consistent, then dialing in the gear is not practical or a good use of time. All of the variables need to be controlled if a reproducible excellent shot is to occur. With this tamper, my new grinder and my faithful machine, I have proved this to myself.As to the quality of this tamper, I could not be happier. High quality material, easy to use and easy to clean.In particular, it produces a consistent depth of compression due to an ingenious collar that limits the exclusion of the plunger. That, with a calibrated spring produces a constant compression pressure.Truly a mission critical quality piece of gear.

First off. This is a spring loaded tamp. It needs to be sitting on the porta filter before you press down. My guess is all these reviews that say “false advertising” are ppl holding it and trying to press down. The spring action doesn’t work unless you have it sittting on the porta filter. Works great Feels sturdy and high quality

It just works! Material is solid, packs the grinds. What else do you want?

The spring does nothing, no click, nothing. All the spring does is makes it harder for you to push downwards. The desription led me to believe it would have a calibrated spring that would help you tamp consistently every time, it does not. The only thing this device does do right is ensures you are tamping square to the puck and not at an angle.I will be returning mine and finding a tamper sold without false advertising.