Spirographic Espresso WDT Tool, Espresso Distribution Tools Compatible with Breville 54MM Portafilter Baskets, Geared Spinning Espresso Needle Stirrer, Espresso Machine Accessories Tool

I do believe that I've reached the pinnacle of WDT devices for my home espresso hobby. I've never seen a more evenly distributed bed of ground coffee the first time using it. Not only that, but it also volumizes in such a way that you might need to adjust your grind size and grind amount. I did. The build quality lends itself to easy use without damaging the needles. There's nothing about it that makes me think it won't last long. You can pay upwards of $200 for these things. Why do that when you can have this? It's perfect in my book.

Didn't expect that this would be as good as it is. There is no question that this is the budget version of the much nicer Moonraker style spirographic WDT thingies, but this costs about 15% of the price of one of those, and works much better than I expected it to. Gears are printed plastic but somehow move freely and nicely enough. Most importantly, my extraction improved from my first espresso over my more traditional WDT "brush."On the downside, the needles are clearly thin and fragile (they sent a tube of 5 or so replacements) and my sense is that the needles aren't extending all the way to the bottom of the basket (maybe I can adjust that?).Surprisingly, I can recommend this as a very good way to get into spirographic WDT.

It does a great job of leveling my grinds. It's addicting lol sometimes I'm twirling this thing 40 or fifty times. Lol I'm serious. I put magnets in the base in so they work in conjuction with the 8 magnets that it comes with. I also set my baskets in the base after weighing the grind (in each basket). Then I set the spiralgraph thinhy in it and spin away. Every 10 or so turns I pick the entire thing up and, trying to keep it as level as possible, I give it a couple light taps on the table to help level it. I dont know if that even helps or not but I still do it.I understand that it does take time to do it right and some people dont have that time but I do and I try to make each shot of expresso the same. Its all about prefferances. Its a neat little machine. As soon as I found it I knew that it was "the one" . I cant be happier. Lol hell Im happy just talking about it.

First and foremost, I bought the 54 mm tool to use with my Breville machine. I was looking to upgrade my current coffee routine. However, the width of the tool looks more like it was made for the 58mm portafilter. On top of that, the tool is made out of 3D printer filament and the gears do not turn smoothly, or have enough variation in their path to be better than just a standard WDT tool. While I know that the tool is a lot cheaper than the standard Spirographic WDT tool, it isn't worth the time as you're better off with a standard WDT. If you wanted to you could easily 3D print this in a lab yourself and save yourself time and money.

It is doing its job very well. Much much better, smoother distribution than doing it manually. It seems strong enough for this easy, soft job. Value for money.

After 10 days of use, needle got damaged.As WDT tool, it's not bad but the material should be stronger

This works great for me if I use the tool slowly and as instructed. Downside is that it only works with deep baskets with fairly straight walls but that’s what I signed up for anyway when getting this tool.

It's a 3d printed spirographic coffee grounds distribution tool.First, the bad stuff: 1) The tolerances for the gears are relatively loose, so it kinda rattles around. 2) The finishing is also not probably going to match the level of even cheap metal pieces produced in China. 3) The needles are all at the same depth, and they aren't adjustable.All that taken into consideration, it's probably a fraction of the price of a well made metal spirographic WDT and will probably do it's job better than the standard needles in a handle manual tool. $30 for this vs $300 for a nice piece, up to you.