R58 Cinquantotto

We had a Rocket R58 and Eureka grinder pair in all our floors of my previous company's office. Terrible idea, go with a superautomatic. People are gross. I was the one who maintained the one in my floor, but you should've seen the others.

This is one of the reasons Rocket Espresso doesn't recommend descaling yourself. Its hard to completely flush descaler or citric acid out of the system entirely. This is why I took my boilers out of my r58 to descale.

Draining and packing an R58 is certainly a drag. You replaced it with a machine (The Linea Mini R) that weighs broadly the same (32kg). So unless your local tech is giving you on-site visits, you're exposed to the same issue when regular service is required. Is there really nobody servicing Rocket E

Bezzera is on my watchlist, for sure! I did research on the Rocket R58, as well as the R9 One, but people said the repairability on those machines are quite a pain? And they often have issues? Not sure 100%, but that’s the general consensus when I ask around about the higher end Rocket models.

I have previously restored a R58 V1, (replacing the heating elements the E61 group, along with several pipes). The chassis is the most difficult part to fix. A chassis issue requires a total teardown to swap the frame and this part is very extensive, you need to order a chassis from rocket. The repa