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  • #61
    Originally posted by simonsk8r View Post
    Very well said mate. For sure, it's really unfortunate for earlier models and also not great to have customers as the main testers, but like you said, for such an innovative and new design there will be kinks to work out, they really seem dedicated to improvement and fantastic customer service.

    Like I've said, I'm incredibly happy with my 270Wi and it's fully exceeded my expectations. But that being said, if it crashes then it crashes, I'm under no illusions that it absolutely won't.

    G'day simonsk8r

    I know exactly how you feel about "if it crashes then it crashes".

    I largely bought my second Vario as a spare after reading so many negative reports about reliability. Needless to say, after a few years it has been really useful when providing different roasts for different tastes (especially at parties) so it was not a total waste. Hence the third one when a near & dear friend bemoaned the need to go permanently onto decaf.

    I have already decided that if my DE1 goes terminal I will buy a V1.3 as a replacement while John sorts out the current one - which I feel sure he will for a reasonable fee and / or warranty.

    If you are walking into an early version of any technology with your eyes open, you can expect a few glitches. Oh, I had forgotten one - when my gas assisted solar hot water system was fairly new we had one of Bentley's infamous "willy willies" which blew the "tabbed heater doors" open and the gas pilot out. Morris White's tech came over, scratched his head for a while ("I didn't expect that" was his comment) and put small barrel bolts on the doors to stop it happening again. They also retrofitted all the other ones for nix. Other than that, the system is 36 years old and untouched - pretty impressive for a prototype! Those "tabbed heater doors" are exactly the same design as a friend's 150 litre Vulcan gas heater tank today. They only fail if you have them on an exposed roof in a windy place - like my old house at Bentley... Some problems in new tech are just not easily foreseeable.

    Glad your Sette Wi is working well for you, hopefully the early Sette teething problems are now history.

    Enjoy your cuppa - I am currently savouring a stunning Ecuadorian medium roasted SO as I write this.


    TampIt

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    • #62
      Originally posted by TampIt View Post
      G'day simonsk8r

      I know exactly how you feel about "if it crashes then it crashes".

      I largely bought my second Vario as a spare after reading so many negative reports about reliability. Needless to say, after a few years it has been really useful when providing different roasts for different tastes (especially at parties) so it was not a total waste. Hence the third one when a near & dear friend bemoaned the need to go permanently onto decaf.

      I have already decided that if my DE1 goes terminal I will buy a V1.3 as a replacement while John sorts out the current one - which I feel sure he will for a reasonable fee and / or warranty.

      If you are walking into an early version of any technology with your eyes open, you can expect a few glitches. Oh, I had forgotten one - when my gas assisted solar hot water system was fairly new we had one of Bentley's infamous "willy willies" which blew the "tabbed heater doors" open and the gas pilot out. Morris White's tech came over, scratched his head for a while ("I didn't expect that" was his comment) and put small barrel bolts on the doors to stop it happening again. They also retrofitted all the other ones for nix. Other than that, the system is 36 years old and untouched - pretty impressive for a prototype! Those "tabbed heater doors" are exactly the same design as a friend's 150 litre Vulcan gas heater tank today. They only fail if you have them on an exposed roof in a windy place - like my old house at Bentley... Some problems in new tech are just not easily foreseeable.

      Glad your Sette Wi is working well for you, hopefully the early Sette teething problems are now history.

      Enjoy your cuppa - I am currently savouring a stunning Ecuadorian medium roasted SO as I write this.


      TampIt
      Wow sounds delicious, never had an Ecuadorian coffee before!

      Yeah that's it, I took the risk. Did alot of research about the new model, just loved everything about it, so thought I'd give it a shot

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      • #63
        Originally posted by simonsk8r View Post
        Wow sounds delicious, never had an Ecuadorian coffee before!

        Yeah that's it, I took the risk. Did alot of research about the new model, just loved everything about it, so thought I'd give it a shot
        G'day simonsk8r

        Ecuadorian coffee: I had never had one before GC Bibra Lake (not a sponsor, hence the initial) purchased a small shipment as a trial. I bought 500g on the basis that I trust them and we have similar quality standards. Utterly stunning - very small, dense bean (i.e. a bit of a grinder tester) which actually rivals all my favourite coffees whilst being yet another different taste. I went back for seconds (see below). Taste: as unique as Sulawesi Blue in the sense that I know of no near comparison in the cuppa. I will not insult you with the labels "insight" as 5 different coffee tasters would make 5 different comments anyway. FWIW, I would have initially picked it as another Ethiopian heirloom which I had not encountered before - merely a few thousand clicks and a continent away... No way would I have suspected it was a northwestern South America coffee (or America at all). Just shows that great coffees are popping up all over the planet (Panama Geisha anyone?).

        Bad news: GC Bibra Lake (i.e. Perth) has just run out. I bought the last Kg a couple of days back and one of the roasters decided to take the last 400(ish) grams home for himself.
        Good News: They reckon the new harvest will be available in a couple of months so keep your eyes peeled. Knowing Andy, I would not be surprised at all if he gets some of the next harvest.

        "I took the risk": If no one does, the whole field atrophies. If I feel it is a genuine advance, count me in.


        TampIt

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