This is an "if only..." thread.
Background: we just bought a Breville Café Roma. It went on lay-by BCS (before Coffee Snobs) and because I bought a good grinder (Ascaso i-home) around the same time, I couldnt justify laying-off my lay-by and upgrading the machine. Im telling myself Ill stave off the upgraditis for 12 months. The longer I wait, the more Ill have to spend on my next machine; thats the logic.
SO, if you had $1000 to spend on a machine, would it be on a Silvia+PID or a VBM Domobar Levetta (at a stretch), OR would you go for an ex-commercial 1-group? Ive barely heard a whisper on Coffee Snobs about people with 1-groups at home, but I know of a few people whove gone that way (for under $1000) instead of forking out $2k-3k on a piece of prosumer bling and have been very happy that they did. More fiddling around and such, but amazing coffee at a fraction of the cost.
So:
- Why dont more people go for second-hand 1-groups?
- Are they more expensive than I think?
- Are they simply hard to get?
- Are their quirks and not-made-for-home-use isms too annoying?
- What would you look for in an ex-commercial 1-group and how much would one be looking at paying?
Lots of questions.
Cheers,
Stuart.
Background: we just bought a Breville Café Roma. It went on lay-by BCS (before Coffee Snobs) and because I bought a good grinder (Ascaso i-home) around the same time, I couldnt justify laying-off my lay-by and upgrading the machine. Im telling myself Ill stave off the upgraditis for 12 months. The longer I wait, the more Ill have to spend on my next machine; thats the logic.
SO, if you had $1000 to spend on a machine, would it be on a Silvia+PID or a VBM Domobar Levetta (at a stretch), OR would you go for an ex-commercial 1-group? Ive barely heard a whisper on Coffee Snobs about people with 1-groups at home, but I know of a few people whove gone that way (for under $1000) instead of forking out $2k-3k on a piece of prosumer bling and have been very happy that they did. More fiddling around and such, but amazing coffee at a fraction of the cost.
So:
- Why dont more people go for second-hand 1-groups?
- Are they more expensive than I think?
- Are they simply hard to get?
- Are their quirks and not-made-for-home-use isms too annoying?
- What would you look for in an ex-commercial 1-group and how much would one be looking at paying?
Lots of questions.
Cheers,
Stuart.

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