Apex v2

Have had both. Returned the Owl. The Infuser is a bit of a hidden gem and, IMHO, is probably the best-bang-for-the-buck espresso machine out there. I attribute this to it's properly implemented manual pre-infusion. Meaning, it maintains good flow rate but limits pressure (3bar), for an arbitrary len

Lance Hedrick and Tom's Coffee Corner (his unit was a miicoffee apex v2, same machine different distributor) both went through all of the machine's functionality in their reviews. It really wouldn't be much fussing after your first couple days with the machine to get your grinder dialed in. The othe

Any machine at your price range is going to have similar build quality to Bambino Plus, but with a slower warm up time. You might want to check out Turin Legato V2/MiiCoffee Apex V2/Gemilai 3007z. These are all the same machine "white labeled" by different distributors. It might be available in the

well you got really good points, but i would liketo point out buying a new Gaggia classic or the e24 with the brass boiler and then adding the mod is pretty bad financial descision. If you buy a used one for 150€ you will be at roughtly 450€ with the same upgrades but with a new steamwand (the stock

Well ....laughing....I can't say it's like a major clean. Wipe wipe, rinse rinse. Use my Ryobi vac and coffee dust be gone. 8 years of making Espresso is loads of experience btw. Turin Legato V2 is out of stock right now where I'm looking in the USA. I'll wait but the price is the same as yours. Whe

Try MiiCoffee for the Apex V2 (same as Legato). I believe they ship to Canada. Do your own research to find the Gemilai Owl.

I had the same budget, and bought a MiiCoffee Apex v2. I actually had the money earlier, but couldn't buy v1 without the OPV. Then when v2 was released with an adjustable OPV I was finally able to put my $500 to use with a machine that had every important feature you could need to really dial in esp

Eu tenho pouco mais de 1 ano com espresso e não tenho tanta experiencia assim para indicar. Vejo muito os vídeos do Não Sou Barista e do O Cafezista eu iria de algum desses setups da lista do Thales https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17hLtaijHaQWCEUxy12Quv-busH7g6KICDEsjrj5RM10/edit?pli=1&gid=0#

Minimum effort: Bambino If you are ready for modding: Gaggia All features without modding but questionable longevity: MiiCoffee Apex v2 / Turin Legato

I have the anna 2. It's built very well. However, I wouldn't recommend it for these reasons. Single 250ml brass boiler, dual purpose machine. So u need to wait 2-3 minutes between brewing and steaming. If you're a milk based coffee person, you will get annoyed a lot. 57mm portafilter. It's just incr