Hi fellow BZ10ers
I've had a BZ10 for 1.5 years now, and really happy with it. Though lately I'm suspecting my machine is going downhill in terms of steam performance, which is supposed to be a strength of this model. Steam supply starts out strong, but the machine loses pressure head pretty quickly.
Now I'm wondering if I'm imagining things, or if the machine has always performed this way.
Steaming into a jug of water, the pressure head starts at 1.4. At 10 seconds it is reduced to 1.0. At 15 seconds it is 0.9. At 30 seconds it is 0.8. If steaming while pulling a shot, I've had the pressure drop to as low as 0.5, which I think is inadequate.
Next time you've got your machine running, could I kindly request another owner to report how quickly you're losing pressure head when steaming? Thanks in advance!
(I could probably retain pressure by swapping to a single-hole tip, but that might just be masking some underlying problem with the heating element etc.)
I've had a BZ10 for 1.5 years now, and really happy with it. Though lately I'm suspecting my machine is going downhill in terms of steam performance, which is supposed to be a strength of this model. Steam supply starts out strong, but the machine loses pressure head pretty quickly.
Now I'm wondering if I'm imagining things, or if the machine has always performed this way.
Steaming into a jug of water, the pressure head starts at 1.4. At 10 seconds it is reduced to 1.0. At 15 seconds it is 0.9. At 30 seconds it is 0.8. If steaming while pulling a shot, I've had the pressure drop to as low as 0.5, which I think is inadequate.
Next time you've got your machine running, could I kindly request another owner to report how quickly you're losing pressure head when steaming? Thanks in advance!
(I could probably retain pressure by swapping to a single-hole tip, but that might just be masking some underlying problem with the heating element etc.)


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