KittJ, Thanks. Your observations are very interesting. The Crem Duo (from Brewtus company) has a 1.5-liter brew and 1.7-liter steam boiler. WLL makes a big point of the size of the brew boiler in their YouTube for it and say that most in the class have a .75 liter brew boiler. They said it was important, but did not explain why. Your description makes a lot of sense. Yes, pulling multiple shots quickly is important to me.
The Profitech 6000 has a .75 liter brew boiler. Is that what you have? Based on what you said, I would eliminate the Profitech. That had looked interesting because they claimed a higher steam pressure of 2.0. The Brewtus II only goes up to 1.4. I thought about the Crem Infuser rather than the Duo. For an extra $200 you get a different, quieter pump that allows control of pre-infusion time. I don't think those are important features for me. I had thought about one of the PID enabled HX machines that are less expensive than the double boilers. WLL youtube videos made them sound interesting. But, I read at other sites that they had a 20 minute recovery time between shots. Not for me. I am still trying to fix my Brewtus II. But, if that fails, I will definitely get a new machine soon. On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 10:33:19 PM UTC-5 KittJ wrote: > I would not presume to tell you the “best” machine, but I will warn you > that the Brewtus machines have spoiled you. That big 2 L. brew boiler and > its PID lets you pull 4 or 5 shots in rapid succession without requiring a > wait for the boiler to recover. > > Unfortunately, after using all the Brewtus machines over a 14 year span, I > decided to try a highly regarded new machine with several new bells and > whistles the Brewtus lacked. ... it also included a .75 L brew boiler (“you > don’t need to wait so long to bring it up to temp in the morning!!”). > > Bad move. > I often needed to pull at least 3 or 4 shots quickly during the AM and > with the .75 L boiler I can’t even flush and pull 2 in a row without > affecting the taste or waiting an annoyingly long time between the shots. > > However, If you don’t need rapid succession pulls, you might not ever > notice the weakness. > > I would also suggest you carefully check the current draw ... the Brewtus > really can function in a 15 amp kitchen. The new super-duper machine needed > a 20 amp circuit wired in. Resetting the circuit breaker gets old in a > hurry. > > > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2021, at 5:23recover PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What would you get if you had to replace a Brewtus? > I am looking at Crem ONE DUO-V or Crem ONE INFUSER or maybe *Profitec > Pro 600.* > > The Crem machines are brand new at WLL and come for the parent company > that used to make Brewtus. The Crem videos from WLL look good. But, it is > brand new in the USA. > > I have done repairs on my BII 4 or 5 times this past year. > Right now the brew boiler is not heating up. > I think this is because a wire has dropped out of the pid slot and I can't > get it back in. > The BII might just be too fragile at this point in time to survive. > I am tired of ongoing problems. I bought it from WLL in 2007. > It might be time to replace it. > > > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/b9d76f0f-0a6c-4d1f-b47b-dac829f28bf1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/b9d76f0f-0a6c-4d1f-b47b-dac829f28bf1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/f41980c0-69a8-4b85-8f6c-f8d3a03f9f95n%40googlegroups.com.
