R58 Cinquantotto

As a hobby or for light commercial use? I’m a former commercial barista and love my Rocket R58 for a few drinks a day at home. LM is intended for small businesses.

Alright I had to think about this for a while and I think it comes down to a series of tradeoffs and mild advantages. To be totally clear and upfront, both the R58 and the LMLM can make excellent espresso. I'm going to try to keep this short, so I'll try to just give a list of differences and why I

I recently upgraded to the Rocket R58 TUNE and would happily recommend it to anyone looking to switch to a dual boiler. It's a beautifully designed machine with some thoughtful features.

Your newly-acquired machine has clearly found the right home with you! Give it the loving, you’ll be repaid with great espresso. Always heartening to see someone on this sub “bringing one back to life - bravo and thanks for posting your pics! Similar thing for me (pre-Rocket) - I’d bought a lightly-

Personal caveat, I'm a Cinquantotto (v3) owner, so take my esthetic opinions as a fan of the v3, with that... (question A) general thoughts? and (question B) non-Rocket loyalists interest? I have "A" covered below with my observation that the Tune is a mixed bag of incredible with some criticisms. Q

You and I think alike! I started down the path putting a load cell under the top part of the drip tray of my Rocket R58 before chickening out. I'd used one once to hack a tea kettle to send push notifications when it was empty. I found that to be a little fiddly with the cheap-o controllers I was us

I was in your current situation. I had a BBE with a Niche Zero and saw an opportunity to upgrade to a refurbished Rocket R58 Cinquantotto and upgraded. The thing is built like a tank. Has the classic E61 group head + a modern touch screen to the side where you can control temperature of the boilers

I also upgraded from BBE to Rocket R-58 many years ago, and thought my next move would be LM, but few years into R-58, I don’t see the need to spend more for something bigger in size which may or may not be a better machine. Instead, I did some upgrades on my R-58 (older version). I added a shot tim

Hello, i found this may work with bicocca without changing the entire valve https://coweetwares.com/products/rocket-r58-joystick-ecm-style-steam-hot-48480?variant=41594757677137

As far as i know they have been in the market for close to 10 years but mostly in the asian market l, also from what i know most of the part is of the shelf parts, i am now thinking of upgrading my rocket r58 v3 to wendougee DATA now after it is available in the Netherlands