Hario Smart G PRO – Stainless-Steel Burr Hand Grinder
✈️ Freshly Ground Coffee Wherever You Go
The Hario Smart G PRO is a compact, lightweight manual coffee grinder with durable stainless-steel burrs and a practical 24-gram capacity.
Designed for coffee lovers who want freshly ground coffee without carrying a large or heavy grinder, it is ideal for travelling, camping, holidays, the office, or simply brewing one or two cups at home.
The transparent body lets you see the beans and ground coffee, while the detachable handle stores neatly inside the silicone band around the grinder.
Small enough for your travel bag.
Capable enough for your daily filter coffee. ☕
📋 Quick Menu
- ⚙️ Stainless-steel burrs
- 🌀 Improved shaft stability
- ✈️ Compact travel-friendly design
- 🎒 Integrated handle storage
- 🔧 Simple grind adjustment
- ☕ 24 g capacity
- 🔌 Hario Electro Solo compatible
- 👃 CoffeeNose verdict
- 🛍️ Recommended combinations
- 🎓 Brewing workshops
⚙️ Durable Stainless-Steel Burrs
The Smart G PRO is equipped with stainless-steel burrs for a smooth, efficient, and consistent grinding experience.
Compared with the ceramic burrs found in many affordable travel grinders, the steel burrs feel faster and more direct while grinding. They are durable, resistant to everyday wear, and well suited to regular use at home or on the road.
The adjustable grind setting allows you to prepare coffee for different manual brewing methods, including:
☕ AeroPress
☕ Hario V60
☕ Hario Switch
☕ Chemex
☕ Clever Dripper
☕ French press
☕ Moccamaster and other filter machines
The Smart G PRO is primarily a filter coffee grinder. Although it can grind relatively fine, we recommend a dedicated espresso grinder for consistently dialling in an unpressurised basket espresso machine.
🌀 More Stable Grinding
The PRO construction uses additional bearing support to stabilise the central shaft.
Reducing unnecessary movement in the shaft helps the burrs remain better aligned during grinding. This contributes to a more stable grinding action and a more consistent particle size compared with simpler entry-level hand grinders.
More consistency in the grounds can result in:
✅ More even extraction
✅ Better sweetness
✅ Greater flavour clarity
✅ Less muddiness in the cup
✅ More repeatable brewing
It is still a compact travel grinder, but the improved stability makes it noticeably more capable than its minimal appearance suggests.
✈️ Made for Travelling
At approximately 360 grams, the Smart G PRO is light enough to take almost anywhere.
Its slim transparent body occupies very little room in a backpack, suitcase, camper, office drawer, or coffee travel kit.
The stainless-steel handle is easy to remove and uses a secure hexagonal connection. Once detached, it slides into the integrated silicone storage band on the side of the grinder.
No loose crank moving around inside your bag.
No complicated travel case required.
Just add an AeroPress, filters, coffee beans, and a small scale for a complete mobile brewing setup. 🎒
👀 Transparent and Practical Design
The clear body allows you to see:
- How many beans remain
- How quickly the coffee is being ground
- The approximate grind texture
- How much ground coffee is in the collection chamber
The lower grounds container detaches easily, giving you quick access to the freshly ground coffee without unnecessary lids or complicated parts.
Its minimalist construction also makes the grinder easy to understand and convenient for everyday use.
🔧 Simple Grind Adjustment
The grind size is adjusted using the control beneath the burr.
Turn the adjustment finer for methods such as AeroPress or smaller pour-over recipes, or coarser for Chemex, cafetière, and larger filter brews.
When changing the grind setting, count or remember the number of adjustment steps from the fully closed position. This makes it easier to return to a successful setting for a particular brewer.
Useful starting approach
- Carefully close the burrs without forcing them.
- Open the adjustment in small steps.
- Grind a small amount of coffee.
- Brew and taste.
- Adjust finer or coarser based on the result.
Too sour, thin, or fast? Grind finer.
Too bitter, dry, or slow? Grind coarser.
☕ 24-Gram Capacity
The upper chamber holds up to approximately 24 grams of coffee beans.
This is enough for:
☕ One generous filter coffee
☕ One or two AeroPress servings
☕ Two smaller cups
☕ A typical 400 ml pour-over recipe
For larger Chemex or batch-brew recipes, the grinder may need to be filled more than once.
The modest capacity helps keep the grinder compact and encourages you to grind only the coffee you need.
Freshly ground is always better than grinding tomorrow’s coffee today.
🔌 Compatible with the Hario Electro Solo
The Smart G PRO is compatible with the optional Hario Electro Solo, allowing the manual grinder to be powered electrically.
This gives you two ways to use the same grinder:
🖐️ Manual grinding while travelling
🔌 Electric grinding when convenience matters
The Electro Solo is particularly useful when preparing multiple brews or when you prefer not to grind by hand every day.
Electro Solo sold separately.
✅ Perfect For
The Hario Smart G PRO is ideal for:
✔️ Travellers and campers
✔️ AeroPress users
✔️ Pour-over coffee drinkers
✔️ Students and small kitchens
✔️ Office coffee setups
✔️ Coffee lovers wanting an affordable steel-burr grinder
✔️ Anyone brewing one or two cups at a time
✔️ Beginners upgrading from pre-ground coffee
✔️ Experienced brewers wanting a lightweight backup grinder
🔧 Technical Specifications
Product: Hario Smart G PRO Coffee Mill
Article number: MSGS-2-B
Colour: Transparent black
Grinder type: Manual coffee grinder
Burr material: Stainless steel
Burr shape: Conical
Grind adjustment: Adjustable beneath the burr
Capacity: Approximately 24 g coffee beans
Product weight: Approximately 360 g
Packaged weight: Approximately 430 g
Dimensions: 150 × 53 × 190 mm
Body diameter: Approximately 46 mm
Body material: Methacrylate resin
Band material: Silicone rubber
Handle and shaft: Stainless steel
Handle: Removable with integrated side storage
Compatibility: Hario Electro Solo
Recommended use: AeroPress and manual filter brewing
Country of manufacture: China
👃 CoffeeNose Verdict
Great Value for the Price
The Hario Smart G PRO offers excellent value for coffee lovers looking for a small and affordable hand grinder with steel burrs.
What we especially like:
⚙️ Stainless-steel burrs at an accessible price
✈️ Super-light and compact for travelling
🌀 Better shaft stability than simpler grinders
🎒 Clever integrated handle storage
☕ Enough capacity for one or two people
🔌 Optional compatibility with the Electro Solo
It is not designed to compete with large premium hand grinders or dedicated espresso grinders. That is not the point.
This is a practical grinder you can easily carry, use, and afford. Pair it with fresh specialty coffee and a good brewing recipe, and it can produce a genuinely enjoyable cup almost anywhere.
For travelling with an AeroPress, it is particularly hard to beat at this price.
🛍️ Complete Your Travel Coffee Setup
✈️ AeroPress
Combine the Smart G PRO with:
- AeroPress Original
- AeroPress Go
- AeroPress Clear
- AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap
- Reusable stainless-steel filters
The compact grinder and AeroPress make an excellent combination for travelling, camping, offices, and hotel rooms.
💧 Hario Filter Brewing
Prefer pour-over coffee?
Pair the grinder with:
- Hario V60
- Hario Switch
- Hario Drip Kettle Air
- Compact coffee scale
- Insulated travel cup
The Smart G PRO lets you adjust the grind for different coffees and filter recipes without requiring electricity.
🫘 Fresh WB.coffee Beans
A grinder only makes sense when you start with good coffee.
Try it with:
Choose whole beans and grind immediately before brewing for the best aroma and flavour.
🧼 Grinder Maintenance
Keep the grinder tasting fresh with:
- A small grinder brush
- An air blower
- A clean, dry cloth
- Proper coffee storage
- A refillable vacuum canister
Avoid allowing moisture to enter the grinder and always follow Hario’s cleaning instructions.
🎓 Learn to Brew Better Coffee
Learn how grind size, water temperature, agitation, filters, pressure, and brewing time influence your AeroPress.
Experiment with different AeroPress models, recipes, and coffees at Amsterdam Coffee Lab in Weesp.
Discover the differences between V60, immersion brewing, drippers, filter papers, ratios, and extraction.
A better grinder helps—but understanding how to adjust your recipe makes the biggest difference.
❤️ Why We Like It at WB.coffee
Not everyone needs a heavy, expensive hand grinder.
Sometimes the best grinder is the one you can actually take with you.
The Hario Smart G PRO is small, practical, lightweight, and equipped with durable steel burrs. The handle-storage system is genuinely useful, the 24-gram capacity suits most personal brewing recipes, and the transparent body keeps the design simple and functional.
For travellers, AeroPress users, beginners, or coffee lovers looking for an affordable second grinder, it offers a very convincing balance between price, size, and performance.
Add fresh WB.coffee beans and you no longer have to accept disappointing pre-ground coffee while travelling. 🌍☕
📍 Specialty Coffee and Brewing Gear in Weesp
Looking for a compact hand grinder, Hario coffee equipment, AeroPress accessories, or freshly roasted specialty coffee near Amsterdam?
At WB.coffee and Amsterdam Coffee Lab in Weesp, you can discover:
☕ Manual coffee grinders
💧 Hario and AeroPress brewing equipment
🫘 Specialty coffee blends and single origins
🛍️ Try-before-you-buy and personal advice
👅 Coffee and tea tasting menus
🎓 Workshops and sensory experiences
🥡 Fresh coffee from our coffee bar to-go
We help you combine the right grinder, brewer, coffee, and recipe for the way you actually drink coffee.