! Used Silvia's tend to hold their value on resale 2 After PID you will have a more stable single boiler machine without an E61 group head. This results in: 3. For single shots and no steaming The Silvia will approximate the Brewtus but will not be as consistent 4. For multiple shots and steaming milk the Brewtus will leave the Silvia in it's dust. If you do any entertaining with the Silvia you will be stuck in the kitchen pulling shots for your guests most of the night. The more shots you pull the more inconsistent the results;
Take it from a former PID Silvia owner who moved up to a Brewtus. PID ing my Silvia only slowed up my upgrading. Thus resulting in more cost. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:29 PM, jimslade <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > I've been lurking on the group for a while. > I've owned a silvia for a very long time and have loved it, but i've > outgrown it and can no longer tolerate its finickiness. > Can anyone speak to the difference between upgrading to a Brewtus vs. > adding a PID to Silvia? > What am I losing by going the PID route vs the Brewtus route? > Looks like the PID kit will cost me $3-400. Brewtus $1800, less > whatever I can get for my used Silvia. > > thoughts? > thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<brewtus%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
