BES920XL

The letdown here is that Breville doesn't offer an otherwise advanced unit w/o a built in grinder. I find Breville grinders to be where costs are cut the most. They feel and sound cheap, and in my experience grind inconsistently. Now I have a DF54 and it's been a rock solid performer with my Bambino

I have a breville dual boiler, however I haven't used it since I got the Robot... I initially got it as a fun toy, but since it's easier to use + tastes better, I stopped using my actually expensive machine for espresso. I still use it for steaming milk occasionally, but the Robot is just that good.

This sort of question compares "convenience" of making your drink to the "quality" of drink you get. Both are important. Before my current prosumer setup, we bought the (expensive!) Breville Oracle (back then it was $3000 CAD, now it's closer to $4000). Like the Ninja, its design was a clever arrang

The thing is, you’re out of warranty. And you don’t know how much is wrong with the machine. Given that it was used in a coffee shop for several years (not advisable), you’ve gotta assume that it’s overdue for a proper service and probably some major parts replacement. If you’re more ’handy’ than th

no hot water, let me spend 3k and fix that. lol. just get an old breville dual boiler if youre really itching to spend.

On our espresso journey, we started with Keurig and Nespresso. We thought we really liked coffee so we bought the (very expensive) Breville Oracle, all in one machine - especially so my wife could use its automated features, as she wanted "a coffee, not a project". I really like the idea of the mach

All older dual-boiler Brevilles are plagued with steam leaks that, if ignored, will short the triac board that controls all the high-wattage elements in the machine. It seems to be a matter of when, not if leaks develop. Some suggest to plan on replacing them every 2 years. It's an easy fix, but not

Said what? If you mean to say or suggest I called Breville reliable. I suggested that you reread my 1st response. I said neither were known for long term reliability, although I do agree that Turin espresso machines offer many features for the price. So does the Breville Dual boiler, but at the cost

It arrived dented breville told me to use it for a few weeks and offered a discount if I wanted to keep it. I found value proposition that made the v1 popular significantly change for the v2. I ended up getting a smaller dual boiler which I wouldn't recommend per say but the espresso was the same.

I've had my BDB for about 6 years too. Just this morning I thought about doing research later on separate milk frothers so I can sell this giant breville paper weight