Hi All
After many many years of faithful service, I think it’s time to move on from my Silvia V2. She’s faithfully got us through 3 kids over 15 years without gripes, so I can’t complain. But I think it’s time for an upgrade. Paired with a Rocky doserless that I’d hold onto for the time being (new burrs about 12 months ago).
Daily usage is higher than normal at the moment with work from home, but when we return to ‘normality’ our regular days are 3-4 milk coffees and a couple of shots across my wife and I. Weekends are often double that on the milk coffees with family visiting.
I enjoy tinkering with my technique, but my wife is more the set and forget type when using the machine.
What I’ve liked about Silvia:
- Been very reliable over many years
- Easy to get replacement parts when I’ve needed to (and all the repairs I’ve been able to do myself)
- Warm up time not super quick, but ok
What I’d change or prefer:
- Not have to temperature surf so much
- Be able to brew and steam at the same time
- Like the idea of dual boiler for the above 2 reasons
- Nice to have low water warning, but a nice to have only
Budget up to $2.5k.
Looking around, my current shortlist is Lelit Elizabeth, Profitec Pro 300 or Expobar Minore IV. I know the Crem One is replacing the Expobar, but have seen some decent prices as a result. Lelit looks like it would provide a good happy medium between my use of the machine and my wife’s ie. program one button set and forget for my wife; I get to play around with the other.
Thoughts?
After many many years of faithful service, I think it’s time to move on from my Silvia V2. She’s faithfully got us through 3 kids over 15 years without gripes, so I can’t complain. But I think it’s time for an upgrade. Paired with a Rocky doserless that I’d hold onto for the time being (new burrs about 12 months ago).
Daily usage is higher than normal at the moment with work from home, but when we return to ‘normality’ our regular days are 3-4 milk coffees and a couple of shots across my wife and I. Weekends are often double that on the milk coffees with family visiting.
I enjoy tinkering with my technique, but my wife is more the set and forget type when using the machine.
What I’ve liked about Silvia:
- Been very reliable over many years
- Easy to get replacement parts when I’ve needed to (and all the repairs I’ve been able to do myself)
- Warm up time not super quick, but ok
What I’d change or prefer:
- Not have to temperature surf so much
- Be able to brew and steam at the same time
- Like the idea of dual boiler for the above 2 reasons
- Nice to have low water warning, but a nice to have only
Budget up to $2.5k.
Looking around, my current shortlist is Lelit Elizabeth, Profitec Pro 300 or Expobar Minore IV. I know the Crem One is replacing the Expobar, but have seen some decent prices as a result. Lelit looks like it would provide a good happy medium between my use of the machine and my wife’s ie. program one button set and forget for my wife; I get to play around with the other.
Thoughts?

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