DO YOU mean "superb"?
Rocket, quickmill, and profitec are all better choices. Fit and finish, design all of that. 2 identical sized boilers in brutus?? LOL. NO one does that. BTW replacement of electronics should NOT be a routine, period. La spaziale *dream* a far better value than LM. full information on a touch screen. everything else is 10-15 YEARS behind BONUS!! NONE of the e61 maintenance hassles! *"five figure cost" WTF? * *IN re: SLAYER:* 1) Poorly designed, ILL-fitting sheet metal. 2) ALL the expensive electronics mounted UNDER the boilers, vulnerable to water leaks onto 240 volts -- and destruction. 3) Money spent on thick slabs of expensive metal, serving no function other than decoration. 4) Poor parts support -- VERY slow. 5) badly made wire harnesses, too short / too long, etc. 6) ridiculously over priced. (from a guy who works on them, ME) On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I'll share my opinions. > > The brewtus is pretty hokey inside, so won't call the construction > 'suburb', but at the same time I've found it to be very maintainable for > many years. As in, I'm managing to keep it limping along just fine for > years now. At this point to me the brewtus is like an old can opener, an > old appliance. You'd need to have something wrong with you to desire a > different can opener. Brewtus gets the job done. I'm sure there are others > that do so in the same price range. > > I find a real difference between the best café coffee and what I make at > home, but its not enough of a difference for me to care about. I did buck > up and get a used Robur grinder and for me that made a huge difference in > consistency (and huge reduction in kitchen sound level.) > > In my experience while the grinder isn't more important than having a > decent machine, it is much more magical and worthy of desire than the > machine itself. I got to use a Versalab M3 with the brewtus for a week, it > was the hugest PITA to use - wife complained, but it did make delicious > coffee. Won't say M3 was better than robur but was different. Brewtus is > good enough to appreciate those differences which itself is pretty crazy. I > have a Lido 3 that I use for pourover at work (just a melitta #2 cone.) I > used the Lido 3 a few times with brewtus and again flavor is excellent with > brewtus, not better than robur but different. I wouldn't want to hand grind > in the kitchen though. > > I have a friend with an upgraded GS3, with same beans it can pull a better > ristretto. But delta is not nearly enough to give me upgrade-itis. Downside > of GS3 is big entry price, I think it is ugly and then ~$250 and transport > hassle every so often to get that preinfusion control rebuilt. LaMarzocco > is fantastic about parts and service though. Fantastic. > > If I was in the market for a more expensive machine than a brewtus I'd > look for a Synesso or Slayer, those would maximize pride of ownership for > me and they're f'ing gorgeous inside. That is pretty far out along the > lunatic fringe though. Wish I knew someone that crazy. > > My Brewtus does go down with an issue every few years. Once or twice my > wife has suggested we get a different machine. Each time the fix has been > <$100, and that is sweet bullet dodging compared to the 5 figure cost > of a real upgrade. > > I think the Brewtus is a pretty damn good deal. No regrets here. Don't > skimp on the grinder and don't skimp on the beans (which are what really > dominate the cost of ownership...) > > Eric > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
