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    Hi all. New member here. Looks like a great site. I’m hoping to get any necessary pointers from people who’ve been here before.

    I've been happily experimenting with my Breville BES920 for the past nearly 7 years. We replaced the pump 2 years ago and now the heat valve has blown. Long story short, we’ve decided to not drop any more cash on this machine and update instead. I’m driving to Sydney from Canberra early tomorrow morning to do a trade in. It’s looking like I’ll be grabbing a Quickmill Rubino, unless I can be convinced that there is something better at that price point. From what I can see, there isn’t a whole lot of info around about these machines. It seems that it’s closest competitor is the Rocket Apartmento. As far as I can tell, they are basically the same as each other, but the Quickmill seems to be slightly better spec’d at a better price.

    questions:

    1. Are there any other machines I should be looking at in this area? - up to $2,500, e61, HX or dual boiler

    2. given I’m coming from a breville dual boiler style to (most likely) an HX style machine, is there anything that stands out that I should be aware of?

    3. any other hints, tips or advice you guys might think worth pointing out?

    thanks in advance if you’ve read this far.

    Happy Sunday

  • #2
    Hi Nikolai and welcome to CS.

    It sounds like the temperature stability of the Quickmill Rubino isn't as good as other machines at that price point. Others on CS are using cooling flushes to try to get a good brew temperature.

    As for other options, the Lelit Mara X is an E61/HX which doesn't require cooling flushes (PID controlled and other temperature management tricks built-in) so that would be worth consideration. If you like the faster heat-up of a dual boiler machine and being able to tweak temperatures you could look at the Lelit Elizabeth.

    charlie

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    • #3
      Thanks Charlie. I’ll have a look at your suggestions. I do feel a sense of loyalty to the shop I’m going to tomorrow, as they have been good to me in the past. It may be a matter of what they have in stock.

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      • #4
        You should support a shop that supports you!

        But ensure you understand the difference between a machine that runs hot and one that doesn't. People talk about running cooling flushes on hot machines so that you don't burn the coffee. But cooling flushes are hit and miss and just when you have your routine sorted you'll forget to do it. And then there's the issue of using water at three times the normal rate and needing to empty your drip tray more often than you'd like. For the same money, you can avoid the chore of temperature surfing.

        Charlie

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ID:	866306 Some good points. Thank you. I drove up and back today. I settled on the Rubino. She’s taken new pride of place on our kitchen bench. The first shot I pulled was a cracker! As far as the temperature swings go, I guess I’ll have some experimenting to do. I tend not to mind putting in some work to figure out a particular process. I’m looking forward to having the extra steam power too. Click image for larger version

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        • #6
          Nikolai how are you enjoying your new beast?

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