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  • decentespresso
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    Originally posted by JamesCorneilous View Post

    Question out of the blue, where did you get that annodised portafilter handle? Is that something you stock?

    I thought that was a Pesado portafilter, as the shape definitely is, but I don't see it on their website:
    https://pesado.com.au/collections/portafilter

    but you can email Andrea at Pesado and ask. They're buddies, and their portafilters work well with Decent. And they're Australians.

    -john

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  • JamesCorneilous
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    Originally posted by decentespresso View Post
    May I ask why you would want a stand for this sort of portafilter? The point of this angled handle was that they sit level with no assistance.

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    Question out of the blue, where did you get that annodised portafilter handle? Is that something you stock?

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  • decentespresso
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    Originally posted by bowds1122 View Post
    Thought I'd bump this. Any update on if an angled bottomless Portafilter would work on the stand? I found a video on home-barista of a back heavy ECM bottomless struggling to stay on, just wondering if the same occurs with Pesado - if you've had experience? Thanks.
    Sorry, don't know. Works well with our bottomless

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  • bowds1122
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    Thought I'd bump this. Any update on if an angled bottomless Portafilter would work on the stand? I found a video on home-barista of a back heavy ECM bottomless struggling to stay on, just wondering if the same occurs with Pesado - if you've had experience? Thanks.

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  • bowds1122
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    haha. yep good point.

    Though am considering attaching the bottomless stand on the base of a Niche Zero.

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  • decentespresso
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    Originally posted by bowds1122 View Post
    Do the portafilter stands work with brands such as ECM and Pesado where the handles are angled down? (eg. where a spouted basket would then be horizontal when resting on the bench) Thank you
    May I ask why you would want a stand for this sort of portafilter? The point of this angled handle was that they sit level with no assistance.

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  • bowds1122
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    Do the portafilter stands work with brands such as ECM and Pesado where the handles are angled down? (eg. where a spouted basket would then be horizontal when resting on the bench) Thank you

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  • decentespresso
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    Decent Scale beta, solving more niggles

    Previous beta versions of our scale have had two problems: they tend to turn on by accident (such as when you lift it out of a drawer) and they took a loooong time to go from power-up HELLO to "ready to weigh".

    When weighing, we've had two different (opposite) problems: either too fast to "settle" on a weight, in which case the weight is not really accurate. Or too slow to settle, in which case the weight moves disconcertingly +/- 0.1g as you watch it.

    All 0.1g (or better) scales have a point where they "ignore small changes" in order to stop the display from constantly changing. The tricky bit is getting the settings to the right balance between competing demands.

    -john

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  • decentespresso
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    Originally posted by swevictor View Post
    Nice with the scale! Have been wondering about differences to the Skale so that's great.
    Will it be possible to use under the drip tray of the DE1 as well?
    Yes, it'll also work under the drip tray, but I haven't yet started work on the bit to make that work: need to first get the decent scale into production.

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  • swevictor
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    Nice with the scale! Have been wondering about differences to the Skale so that's great.

    Will it be possible to use under the drip tray of the DE1 as well?

    Have been reading and reading and reading about the Decent machine for the last few weeks - really impressive piece of engineering!

    /Victor

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  • decentespresso
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    beta 3 decent scale

    Here's a video I just received of the beta three Decent scale. This seems to solve the latency issues with increasing weight, and returns to an acceptable weight quickly as well. Responsiveness looks comparable to Brewista which is my baseline.


    
    David V wrote:
    Will there be any improvement of the user experience or feature set with the Decent Scale compared to the Skale?
    The main advantages of this scale over the Atomax Skale are:
    1. more waterproof design
    2. four AA batteries for longer life
    3. separate LED for timer
    4. wider, narrower design accommodates two lattes at once (i.e., double spouted portafilter)


    Here is the PDF user manual I wrote: https://decentespresso.com/img/decent_scale_manual.pdf
    
    

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  • decentespresso
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    A Quick Tour of the Decent Scale



    This is the "beta 0.2" version I've got in my hands. Getting closer to something I'll be happy with. Probably still another 3 months to go, until I have saleable quantities of this new product.

    -john

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  • decentespresso
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    WBC sighting : Decent Milk Jug

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    Super delighted and surprised to see 2x Canadian Barista Champion Cole Torode using our milk jugs at today's World Barista Championship, and scoring #3 in the world.

    That’s last year’s WBC champion Agnieszka Rojewska peeking in the photo. She used our Decent Funnel in her winning performance.

    -john

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  • decentespresso
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    Decent Scale update

    Two prototypes (beta 2) arrived yesterday. These thankfully fix all the physical problems I had with beta 1. And, there's mostly-working BLE on these (and some bugs).

    One thing we learned is that if you tightly wrap a scale in bubble wrap and then masking tape, that you'll decalibrate the load cell from that insistent pressure on it.

    So, I learned how to calibrate the scale, and made a video showing how it's done.



    At the moment, all the problems I see are firmware based.

    For instance, if you drop a object (a binder clip, in my case) on the scale, the Decent Scale firmware is currently too fast at deciding on the "final" weight, and the object is still causing vibrations on the platform. This speediness makes the "final" weight fluctuate a bit (by about 1/2 a gram). The brewista scale I'm comparing it to waits about a 1/2 of second longer for the weight to settle before deciding on the final weight, and gives the same weight every time.

    We're going to work on the boxing/packaging next. Not from a marketing perspective, but from a "protect the scale and its calibration" perspective, and how to do so with the least material waste possible. It'll likely all be cleverly folded cardboard.

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  • decentespresso
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    Originally posted by EzLau View Post
    I have your Decent Tamper v2 and am enjoying not worrying whether my puck is level! However, I'm still having trouble with applying consistent pressure. I know that I'm applying at least 25 pounds because of the spring, but do you have any plans to introduce an audible or tactile feedback like the Espro Calibrated Tamper?
    Probably not with this v2 tamper design. My focus with that tamper is level tamping, whereas the v1 grooved tamper is about pressure calibration, and in that design I was able to give audible feedback.

    I have an idea for combining the two designs, but it'll make it quite complicated internally (two springs), thus both more expensive, and more prone to failure. Maybe for next year...

    -john

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