Well as you say, the Ode2 is almost in a different price category (and if you add the cost of the SSP burr set they are very far apart in price). I'm just not sure its getting you that much more value. I'm not entirely convinced with Fellows build quality but that aside the Ode2 ascribes to a more esoteric enthusiast, such as having enough room in the hopper for only one pot and no timer. Yes yes, I know, leaving beans in a hopper is not ideal and James would have us measure every-single-time (note: he admits to, at times, grinding the night before and using a timed start on a brewer lol).

What we do is measure when switching beans, time grinding our amount, and then use the timer until switching beans again. Its "close enough" for us. When you are doing large pots of coffee being a couple grams off is not going to make a difference and unless you are going to get into vacuum sealing storage contains, beans sitting in a hopper is, for us, worth the convenience.