Have also owned both and am with Craig on this one. Rotary is like an aircon in your car, if you have never had one you will probably be happy with the vibe pump, once you have owned one however you would never want to go back :-)
JohnB On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:33 PM, CRAIG STOUT <[email protected]>wrote: > Having had vibration pump machines and then getting a Brewtus IV - R, I > would definitely go for the rotary. Plumb the unit as well and then > everything is easy-peasy (as Jamie would say). You're spending big money > anyways, take it the little extra distance and get the whole enchilada - > that being said, we have great water where we live and we don't have to > pretreat at all.......... > > Crtaig > > On 2012-03-22, at 12:35 PM, Kitt Johnson wrote: > > > The rotary pump works just fine if you stick the hose that arrives with > the unit into a gallon bottle of Poland Springs water. You can refill the > latter with water from a Brita pitcher and life goes on without the > elaborate"plumbing in" stuff. If you want to plumb in at some point for > convenience, you will already have a unit ready to do so. But the unit > works just fine, right out of the box. > > > > By the way, according to the SCAA (which has the money to study these > sorts of things), RO water will actually "flatten" the taste of coffee > without the addition of some solids. As I recall, the target TDS was > around 70. > > > > The safety switch comment is the only one I would take into > consideration and frankly, I have never heard of anyone running a rotary > from a bottle who has had the problem; you are probably more likely to be > killed in an auto accident than burn up your Brewtus-R. But I doubt that > you worry a lot about that, so don't get too excited about the theoretical > possibility that you might burn out your boiler if you ran the unit from a > bottle that you can see. > > > > Kitt > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judge" <[email protected]> > > > > ... So I see no reason, when already > > extending your budget to go for the rotary pump (it will have to be > > plumbed in and should also use a reverse osmosis system (adding to the > > cost). > > > > When purchasing the unit my supplier clearly stated to > > me, unless I really wanted to plumb in the unit not to waste my money > > going for the rotary pump. > > > > You can just take a hose and stick it in a container of water with > > rotary pump unit but you will get no pre-infusion. > > And if you run out of water you could burn the unit. No safety switch. > > > > -- > > 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.
