Silvia

Rancilio Silvia. Would not recommend. Finicky as stock, either need to faff around with temp surfing or go extra $200 for PID and whatnot. Steam wand o-ring gave up within a year, became rusty on the "stainless steel" base in 5 years despite me doing all the maintenance described in the manual. Ther

Ya I get it. I used to have a rancilio Silvia. Sold it back when secondary market was p cheap for espresso bc I got an e61 la scala butterfly bc I wanted to get into more steamed drinks. Now every day I regret it bc lol. Used Silvias are a few hundred more used now, and I really only want straight e

I bought a Synchronika about three months ago, and went to a La Marzocco open house over the weekend, so I've got a fairly fresh opinion. I got to play with the linea Micra, mini and a gs3. The Micra is small in person. Much smaller than I expected. If you have a small kitchen, maybe that's an advan

I upgraded from Rancilio Silvia to a Quick Mill Vetrano double boiler and I’ve never looked back. 20 years and it’s the best purchase I’ve ever made . .

Ohh is it. Because the wand is the only reason I'm not choosing this machine. So you did it yourself or is there any workshop for this. And how did you get the rancilio Silvia wand? So do you have 685 or 785

both are same machines. 785 => 685 + 2 more accesories. and they both have bad steam wand. like super bad and tricky to work with. dont get either. I bought rancilio Silvia wand from amazon, its easily available. but its not worth going the upgrade if you are buying one right now. its very difficult