r/FellowProducts

Hey guys. I posted a video about this issue a while ago, but I’m posting again so potential buyers know what they are getting into, and hoping Fellow actually takes notice this time.

I sent the machine back to Coffeedesk for an RMA because of the loud transformer buzzing noise it makes when idle. Well, they just sent it right back to me. Both the retailer and Fellow support are claiming this is "completely normal" operation.

It’s honestly so loud my wife and I can’t even leave the machine on after making coffee. I uploaded the video to YouTube so you can hear exactly what they consider an acceptable standard for a premium espresso machine.

Am I crazy for thinking this is completely unacceptable?

Youtube

yes AI was used in do better text and image.

Had the Aiden coffee maker for 10 months now. No issues until this morning, when raising the lid, noticed plastic pieces falling.

Centre piece of shower head broken up. Not sure how this happened but mustve been tiny cracks spreading over time. Pretty disappointed with the quality at the msrp.

Ofcourse, cant order the part. Reached out to Fellow under warranty but silly that replacement part isnt available for direct ordering

I'm rather confused on a proper setting to set for my electric drip coffee machine. The settings on the lid states that it recommends 7-9 but I always found those settings to make it taste too sour so I stick it around 6-6 1/2 which I was ok with for a while but started to be more inconsistent till I recalibrated but I still don't get the desire taste that I remember getting when I first got it. I looked through a lot of reddit posts but most people use the Fellow Ode for pour overs it seems so I barely got any answers. I finally decided to try and asked A.I. and now its suggesting to put it at settings 5-6 for drip coffee and Im not sure where it got that from. I tried it this morning and I mean it tastes mostly fine. Not as sour as say 6 1/2. Maybe its my water quality or water ratio? What settings do you guys use and what would you suggest I try?

This morning I went to make a cup with the single basket like I normally do, and I am getting the "insert single basket" message. I tried putting an additional magnet on the basket, placing one in the correct location, etc. and it still logs the error and won't proceed with brewing.

Anyone else had this issue? Made 3 cups yesterday with no problem - I don't even remove the single basket - I just pull the filter out.

I just had an a amazing espresso shot (Err...In fact I just had my third, very predictable, amazing shot of espresso) today!

How? It's easy, Volumetric brew stop wasn't being consistent, so I switched to time based stop instead.

Pros: it will stop, every time, at your profile exact shot time target - what you have to do is to measure your dose and maintaining same grind size, for the same profile (Change, grind size and your coffee volume/weight will change, change your profile, and your shot target will change, which will impact your volume also)

Cons: You have a bit less flexibility (or not, if you keep a written record of the optimal grind setting to each profile)

And of course when you change coffee beans (or when coffee ages) you'll have to adjust your grinding (but you had already to do that anyway).

Very Nice, Now if only our firmware update Fellow Gods, would be Gracious enough to grant us:

Stop by weight (compatible bluetooth scales. Cough...Bookoo scale...Cough) and hopefully the ability to control pressure, on demand, during brew (with the rotary knob). Would be a very, very nice change..

Thanks Nick and Fellow for the new update.
I did the shot Calibration, and fine tune from the initial calibrated.

So I expedite the number with AI

So the background of machine supposed make 25.5 gram, so the Calibration so far is +11.5 result 28.
And my aim is 25 grams
Set the calibration to about +8.1.
The machine's built-in target is 25.5 g. Your offset is what's actually controlling the output, and the two runs already show how it moves:
• +13.8 →30g
• +11.5 →28g
Dropping the offset by 2.3 only cut 2 g, so each point is worth about 0.87 g. You're at 28
g and want 25 g, so you still need to lose 3 g: 3
÷ 0.87 ~ 3.4 points. 11.5 - 3.4 = +8.1.

So my next run will be set to +8.1

I think the more I fine tuned it, the better average I will get.

It works 👍

Wish list

Brew by weight 🙏 please