Barley Crusher issue...

[BrewBeemer]

Yah, Randy had no problem replacing the mill. He also inquired further about exactly what was happening with the mill when it failed. He seems geniunely interested in what is happening with his product.

Oops, this sounds like it wasn't put thru a long torture test talking a rack of 10 mills used hard as hell without any care to bring faults product failures to the surface and modified or corrected before selling them to the public. This or a wide quality control swing from a super good mill to a few sloppy built units being sold. It's all in how tight their quality control production tolerances are.
Would you fly in one of their mills if it had wings?

 

[bendavanza]

I would not fly in one of their (BC) mills but I have one and for the $ it is easy to use, improved my crush over the LHBS by a mile, which improved my efficiency, and was ready to go out of the box. It should last some time. If not, I'm glad to hear they are good with replacements. Maybe they will tweak their design as broken units start piling up. I understand brewmaster's warehouse uses one for their crush, so I'm sure they put it through it's paces. My friend's MM 3 roller is a tank, it weighs about 4 times the BC.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Would you fly in one of their mills if it had wings?

Apples and elephants imo. I'd hope they would put way more attention to detail in an aircraft than a Barley Crusher. It's a grain mill.

FWIW, I bought one earlier this year and have put about 300# through it. I re-adjusted the uneveness of the rollers I mentioned earlier in this thread and it went without a hitch. At .036" gap, at the end of sparging my spent grain is covered with almost fully intact husks (empty of course). That may be partially due to the malt conditioning.

 

[The Pol]

The mill has arrived, got it adjusted to .033" very easily. Hopefully this one is successful!

 

[Memorex88]

Good to hear it.