barley crusher or crankandstien?

[perry]

I'm sure this question has come up before, but....


I'm about to throw down for one or the other of these... I've read about both, and they seem pretty similar. Any opinions?

I've been using an old corona for years but I want a mill that will not pulvarize some hulls while leaving some grains whole. That's the drawback of the Corona.

Thanks,
p

 

[Rhoobarb]

I have a BarleyCrusher and just love it! This was discussed just recently here.

 

[disaffected]

The Barley Crusher is nicely priced with hopper and bucket support. Most others cost more even without a hopper. The Barley Crusher is adjustable at both ends. I have not heard of a bad report regarding the Barley Crusher, nor have I read any criticism of it on this board. It seems that everyone who has one, loves it. So that is what I'm going to go with when I decide to get one.

 

[perry]

This is the feedback I'm looking for- thanks. To be honest, I liked the writeup on the crankandstien website and I do like their money-back policy... but the testimony of active homebrewers is irrefutable.

thanks again, p

 

[disaffected]

The crankandstien sounds like it is a great crusher too, judging by the comments of folks on this forum. There are two and three roller models, and you can even get the slightly larger diameter rollers (1.5 inch instead of 1.25 inch, although I don't know what difference it might make) in $tainless $steel if you want. Otherwise for the basic two-roller models, it's more expensive than the Barley Crusher when outfitted with similar options.

Since I'm not going to open a HBS, I suspect the Barley Crusher will long outlive me.

 

[pjj2ba]

I recently bought a 3 roller Crankand Stein and love it. Takes about 2 min. to grind 10 lbs of grain. I could go even faster, if I wanted too. I'm a handy type person so I figured why should I pay someone for mounting the mill and making a hopper when I can easily do that myself. My assumption being (with no basis though) was that for the same $$, more of the cost of the CrankenStein went into the mill itself and not the accutraments, therefore possibly a better and sturdier mill.

 

[davidkrau]

Before I purchased a Barley Crusher I checked out the competition and I thought and still do that the you got more bang for the buck by buying a BC. I'm sure it will last me until I either die or get sick of the hobby.

 

[Blender]

I think they both crush the grain nicely. I bought a Barley Crusher because of lower cost and it is ready to go when you get it. I think the crank is extra for the Crankandstein. Your gonna like either one.