Thanks for the cool info about your part of the world! It looks like your town is in the plains, surrounded by mountains, yes? I imagine it is pretty there.
If my memory is right, the Brewtus was developed in a partnership between Expobar and Whole Latte Love—and I think WLL remains the exclusive US distributor. So I think this is the reason why no one else carries it here. I’m sure one of the other forum members will jump in here and correct me if my memory is wrong. The Alex Duetto is also a nice machine; I love the case on it and the dual water options, etc. As you said, the Brewtus is not the most beautiful machine out there, but also not ugly. It is something of a workhorse. I do not know how often PID controllers fail on the Brewtus. I upgraded mine to the PID from WLL about 5-6 years ago and have not had even one error so far. My Giemme controller did finally fail this year (this is the black box that has all the wires and controls where power goes when the PID or whatever tells it to send electricity). One of the mechanical switches on the giemme burned out finally. My machine is on a timer and is on from about 5AM to about 8PM every day. Also, the PID has an electronic relay that sits on the bottom of the machine, so I wonder if your statement about it being up high is only partly true. Perhaps the heat-sensitive bits are in the part that’s on the floor of the case. I really don’t know. Also, the display for the PID isn’t really near a boiler—it’s in front of and above the pump or the water reservoir. As to the switch that shuts off the machine when water is low—you can weight the tank but you don’t want to disable the switch. If it runs out when you’re not there, it will run the pump and possibly elements dry, and can destroy both. So I’d maybe add weight so that it is 1/4 empty when it shuts off. Even easier, you can just stretch the spring under the metal plate that the tank sits on. Just be sure to test it out... Best, bmc > On Oct 8, 2015, at 12:40 PM, espressofan2015 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ahhh, Seatle! :)) Seattle Coffee Gear - one favorite site and videos to > watch!!! BTW, Gail do not sell Expobar, also Chris Cofffee Service, Clive > Coffe, 1st in Coffee too ... Only WWL among the biggest online stores sells > Expobar. I impressed also that Todd favored "between the lines" Gaggia > Classic vs Rancilio Silvia in a WWL video which also impressed the public > together with his over extracted shot you mentioned. :)) > > Actually, I am from Bulgaria and really we use Cyrillic alphabet as Russians > do. The alphabet is called "Cyrillic" in the honor of St. Cyril from > Thessaloniki who had been Bulgarian. During these ancient times, this > territory had been Bulgarian. Bulgaria is an ancient country founded on 681 > A.C. My native town is Plovdiv which is among the 6 most ancient populated > locations all over the world. :)) > > I love my Rancilio Silvia v4 (with reparable heating element of the boiler) > but when I tasted a shot from Brewtus IV in a local store I decided that I > must have such machine.I have had sweet spot shots very rare with Ms Silvia, > but I never have had produced such aroma and mouth taste as I did with > Expobar. It was funny, because I tasted the Brewtus IV in the store bringing > with me my Mazzer Mini E grinder. Unfortunately, the price of Bulgarian store > was 1560 EURO and that is why I decided to buy the machine online. That is > why I am asking about the durability of the machine, because I cannot rely on > labor service during the warranty, but only to the spare parts. > > Thank you for the suggested sites. Dan Kehn's HB is one of my favorite ones. > Another one I had not known and I will browse it with huge interest. > > BTW, Please, advise, is it necessary to put some heavy peace of glass into > the water tank in order to avoid the earlier shut off of the machine from > micro switch which is sensitive to the weight of the water in the tank? It > could be not convenient the machine to be switched off at half of the water > tank. > > Regarding the different choices, I seriously consider 3 different machines as > an option to buy: Alex Duetto III (2100 EURO), Rocket Cellini Evoluzione v2 > (1600 EURO) and Rocket Cellini Premium Plus v3 PID (1300 EURO). Honestly > said, I can not find serious argument for business case to neglect Expobar > and pay more money. Only the exterior of the Italian brands has better > finish. But my primary wish is to make as much as possible espresso! I had > times when I thought that buying the Rocket EVO v2 (rotary pump plus water > tank or mains by choice and Sirrai pressurestat) is the best option for me > because of commercial pressurestat which is supposed to be more reliable than > PID controller. BTW, are they frequent failures of the Brewtus PID being > mounted at the center of the front near the boiler? Because Rocket's PID is > mounted at the bottom where is the coldest place of the machine? > > Warm greetings! > Petar > > четвъртък, 8 октомври 2015 г., 16:50:43 UTC+3, bmacpiper написа: > P.s. I noticed the Cyrillic alphabet in one of your last emails--where are > you? Russia? > I'm in the Seattle area of Washington, USA. > Best, > bmc > > Sent from my apple IIe > > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 00:01, espressofan2015 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > wrote: > > > > Thank you very much for the prompt replies! You are really great > > community!! I wonder why some European dealers which sell expensibe models > > - Rocket, etc. refuse to sell Expobar claiming for poor quality? Obviously > > Expobar quality is not poor! Rocket do not use Gicar controller for filling > > the boiler(s) of their machines while Expobar uses Gicar it, isn't it? > > > > I am not English natibe speker, but an I correct to hear that Tod said that > > Brewtus has made the best shot among all the machine WWL sells: > > > > https://youtu.be/K3IUqHdEkR0 <https://youtu.be/K3IUqHdEkR0> > > > > Best regards, > > Petar > > > > -- > > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > > <http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. 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