My Podstar coffee grinder is well engineered; the parts fit very snugly together. The handle won't come off while you're grinding, even standing up, but is conveniently readily removable when you've finished. It's a nice big handle so you can get plenty of purchase while grinding. Easy to adjust the grade of the grinding mechanism too. The base which the grinds fall into fits very snugly with the mechanism, but is also smoothly removable. It's working well for me.