I will point out that having the electronics close to the heat has proven a problem for me. It cooked my original temp controller and I had to replace with the gicar PID, after about 4 years of service. I've also replaced the pump, the water feed from steam to the brew boiler (i put in copper, so I wouldn't have to do it again) and one OPV. I have a II, not a IV and they may have improved some of these things. My daughter got a BIV about 6 months ago and she's had no problems, but that is not a very long time frame.
I've been pretty happy with mine from a coffee-making perspective, *but *I would say that if you get any of the 3 you are looking at, you will probably be doing more maintenance and repairs that your did with your Silvia. It's just a fact of life with these high end machines. I had a Rancillio Miss Nancy for 15 years and never touched anything but the group head gasket; My Brewtus repairs have been well over a $1000 in parts over about 5 years. I'm not at all sure that if you bought one of the more expensive machines you wouldn't have the same things to contend with. I don't have any experience with the Rocket 58, but I do have a friend who had an old ECM Giotto and he had much the same experience with maintenance. ~Bill On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Alex Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone, > > Any more pointers? > > > On Friday, January 17, 2014 5:20:34 PM UTC+8, Enders13 wrote: >> >> Don't need to defend it, he's just a sad man trying to bring otherwise >> happy people down. Ignore his sad ass >> On 17 Jan 2014 08:14, "Graeme Burton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Indeed expobar didn’t waste a lot of money on the aesthetics. But if it >>> looks OK to you then who cares? >>> The electronics are inside the box like many other machines out there. >>> The frame is made from iron (plus other elements) like many other >>> machines out there. >>> >>> Graeme >>> >>> On 16 Jan 2014, at 10:52 pm, Dave B <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> There is a REASON it is cheaper.It is poorly constructed, the >>> electronics are mounted in the heat, and it has an IRON fram. >>> I could go on. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Alex Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Im a newcomer to this forum and would like to know the opinions of >>>> brewtus users. >>>> I'm upgrading from a PID rancilio silvia. Using a barbara vario grinder >>>> now. >>>> >>>> Have the opportunity now to upgrade and choosing between: >>>> brewtus, DB Junior, and rocket 58. >>>> >>>> I would like a PID, as well as a double boiler. >>>> >>>> I did read that the brewtus is close or on par in performance to these >>>> 2 machines, but it's considerably cheaper. >>>> So that's a plus point. >>>> >>>> Looking forward to any helpful suggestions. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance :) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Brewtus" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Brewtus" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Brewtus" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
