In regards to your comments about the steam pressure. If you purchase a machine in the USA (Whole Latte Love) the machine will be set up before shipment and the steam pressure will be set to operate between 1.3 and 1.4. You have this high a steam boiler pressure on a double boiler but you can't on a single boiler/heat exchanger machine or you would have a lot of steam coming out of the brew group and would have a very large cooling flush. Todd Salzman Whole Latte Love Random thoughts... I have sorta compared the Brewtus III-v to the Alex Duetto 2 superficially. The Alex's build quality seems a little brittle to me given it's price tag. The Brewtus offers more for the money it seems. I have been enjoying my B3 for 2 months, really amazing. If you are in Canada, www.zcafe.ca is the way to go for sure. Super helpful and quick shipping. Surprising prices as well. I was really hesitating between HX v.s. DB for a long while, and decided to go for a DB. As per my early brainstorming, I was only giving the DB a slight edge on paper when doing comparisons, but after using it for a few months, and doing some side by side comparisons with my friends Rocket Cellini (HX), I would never go back. PID and DB allows you to focus on the other dozens of variables when pulling shots. I am so glad I went for it. You want 94 degrees? click click - done. In terms of visuals, the rocket/ecm line is better looking than the Brewtus I find. But the Brewtus is nice as well and looks shouldn't play a big factor. I also like the angled portafilter on the Brewtus... help when tamping or setting up the tamp. WHIS LIST: I wish I could have a switch to only turn on the brew boiler, which I know the the Alex has. Is it worth all this extra $$$ though, not really sure? Other thing. The Brewtus's steam power is too low when shipped. Cranking to 1 bar is super easy (30sec adjustment)....
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:29 PM, washingtonbrewgrass <[email protected]> wrote: Has anyone compared the Rocket Evoluzion to the B3 or the Vibiemme line? (or even the Izzo Alex Duetto II Semi Automatic Espresso Machine?) What do folks think about the Dbl Boiler vs Single Boiler units? After reading this, I'm questioning whether 2 are better than one. http://blog.seattlecoffeegear.com/2009/03/01/heat-exchange-vs-double-boiler/ I would appreciate anyone's feedback and recommendations. brewgrass -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
