Hi this is my first post but I have have been reading this forum(and other forums) a great deal over the last 2 months, doing research on espresso machines and grinders.
I had made up my mind on what to get - a VBM junior and Mazzer Mini. However there is something I read/discovered about the VBM junior which that made me a bit uneasy. It all started when I was having a look at the VBM junior & super at my local kitchen/food equipment shop(dont laugh-I am from NZ and the city I come from does not have a dedicated coffee equipment shop like many of you do
). They did not have the VBM junior on display that day as they had just sold the display model and were expecting more more stock shortly. However the manager was kind enough to show me one that a customer had brought in to get something repaired, just so I could get an idea of how the machine looks, we did not operate it of course as it belonged to someone. I did not ask what was wrong with it but I noted a note next to the machine saying that the "Lever switch was stuck". I did not take much notice of this till later. We proceeded to playing around with the range of VBM supers and I was most impressed with the quality of espresso that I tasted.Beans ground from the mazzer of course. I had always wanted a machine with smaller footprint due to bench space and the VBM junior is perfect and from what I read does not compromise on the quality of espresso produced compared to its bigger brother.
Later I stumbled on a post where a couple of other users of the VBM junior on coffeegeek had similar problems with this switch. Just to be clear the switch in question is the one on the front just behind the lever which depresses and activates the pump when the lever is pulled. The post is here and is more towards the end of the post. http://coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machines/464705?LastView=1269151083&Page=2
It seems that the switch gets stuck as in depressed but does not pop back in place as it is supposed to when the lever is returned to its original position.
Due to other commitments,I have not had a chance yet to go back and compare the switch between the super and junior(but will in due course) but my guess is that they will be similar? Which brings the question - is this problem common? Has other users here experienced it? Is it only exclusive to the VBM junior?
With all the experts here I am sure someone will be able to shed more light on this and many thanks and appreciation in advance.
I had made up my mind on what to get - a VBM junior and Mazzer Mini. However there is something I read/discovered about the VBM junior which that made me a bit uneasy. It all started when I was having a look at the VBM junior & super at my local kitchen/food equipment shop(dont laugh-I am from NZ and the city I come from does not have a dedicated coffee equipment shop like many of you do
). They did not have the VBM junior on display that day as they had just sold the display model and were expecting more more stock shortly. However the manager was kind enough to show me one that a customer had brought in to get something repaired, just so I could get an idea of how the machine looks, we did not operate it of course as it belonged to someone. I did not ask what was wrong with it but I noted a note next to the machine saying that the "Lever switch was stuck". I did not take much notice of this till later. We proceeded to playing around with the range of VBM supers and I was most impressed with the quality of espresso that I tasted.Beans ground from the mazzer of course. I had always wanted a machine with smaller footprint due to bench space and the VBM junior is perfect and from what I read does not compromise on the quality of espresso produced compared to its bigger brother.Later I stumbled on a post where a couple of other users of the VBM junior on coffeegeek had similar problems with this switch. Just to be clear the switch in question is the one on the front just behind the lever which depresses and activates the pump when the lever is pulled. The post is here and is more towards the end of the post. http://coffeegeek.com/forums/espresso/machines/464705?LastView=1269151083&Page=2
It seems that the switch gets stuck as in depressed but does not pop back in place as it is supposed to when the lever is returned to its original position.
Due to other commitments,I have not had a chance yet to go back and compare the switch between the super and junior(but will in due course) but my guess is that they will be similar? Which brings the question - is this problem common? Has other users here experienced it? Is it only exclusive to the VBM junior?
With all the experts here I am sure someone will be able to shed more light on this and many thanks and appreciation in advance.

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