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I'm in the market after the death of my BDB for a compact machine to provide a couple of flat whites weekdays and a slightly heavier workload on weekends including some milk frothing for non caffeinated beverages for kids/family.
There is a constraint on machine size from my wife, who prefers me to keep my untidy coffee habit to a constrained bench surface 420mm deep (which can be concealed behind some sort of kitchen grade roller door - don't ask).
I did want to move on from the throwaway appliance to something more substantial with a degree of reliability. I have friends with HX machines from ECM but I'm not going to fit that into my space.
So I've started a short list sadly based on their dimensions rather than on other attributes:
Lelit pl60v2 which I can see working best in the space, and which is as I understand it also a dual boiler machine
Leliit Mara
VBM Domobar Junior
Diadema Junior Plus
I live in Brisbane and made email contact with the good people at Nelicoffee. They historically have carried lelit but they don't have a PL60 v2 in stock and have suggested as a reasonable alternative and with my milk habit a good hx machine (ECM barista, profitec 500). Those are not going to fit in my space but I can find HX machines as above that will - I think!
My preference though remains the Lelit pl60 v2, but I'm not going to be able to get hands on before committing.
Am I making sacrifices by choosing the lelit dual boiler over the e61 hx machines in my shortlist and will it adequately meet my needs?
I'm might have to pair it up with a new grinder - I can only drag out my use of a sunbeam em0480 so long - and would like to squeeze my purchases under $2500.
There is a constraint on machine size from my wife, who prefers me to keep my untidy coffee habit to a constrained bench surface 420mm deep (which can be concealed behind some sort of kitchen grade roller door - don't ask).
I did want to move on from the throwaway appliance to something more substantial with a degree of reliability. I have friends with HX machines from ECM but I'm not going to fit that into my space.
So I've started a short list sadly based on their dimensions rather than on other attributes:
Lelit pl60v2 which I can see working best in the space, and which is as I understand it also a dual boiler machine
Leliit Mara
VBM Domobar Junior
Diadema Junior Plus
I live in Brisbane and made email contact with the good people at Nelicoffee. They historically have carried lelit but they don't have a PL60 v2 in stock and have suggested as a reasonable alternative and with my milk habit a good hx machine (ECM barista, profitec 500). Those are not going to fit in my space but I can find HX machines as above that will - I think!
My preference though remains the Lelit pl60 v2, but I'm not going to be able to get hands on before committing.
Am I making sacrifices by choosing the lelit dual boiler over the e61 hx machines in my shortlist and will it adequately meet my needs?
I'm might have to pair it up with a new grinder - I can only drag out my use of a sunbeam em0480 so long - and would like to squeeze my purchases under $2500.
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