CoyoteOldMan
The prices quoted for the nurri on the net seem to show a price cinsiderably below 5200 euros for all versioms of the nurri leva anywhere in the world through dealers - which shows that while the direct to cinsumer model seems to lower the price in UK for some reason, it doesn’t do that necessarily for the rest of the world where nurri has distributors in the particular country.
For example in Australia the Nurri has about 3 distributors and the price of the nurri leva is only about 4149 euros. In belgium, it is available for 4513 euros and that is for the most expensive version wirh painted steel and zebrano or walnut panels and handles.
I dont know where the OP is based, but based on that, if the OP has a dealer in his country who is importing in the nurri l-type, it is entirely likely based on that that he can quote a significantly lower price than 5200 euros….
On the capabilities of each machine, I was not trying to suggest that the nurri is ‘better’ than the acs evo or vice versa. What I was trying to point out is that all of the functions of the acs evo are also found in the nurri except the smart timer AFAIK - for instance while the nurri has one 3-channel PID controlling the temperatures of brew boiler, steam boiler and grouphead while the acs has three pid doing the same jobs, the point is that both machines have pid controlled and regulated temperature for all three components. So if the OP finds the price of the evo after paying tax and customs and shipping too much, then he can consider the nurri leva if he has dealers serving his country. On top of that, there is the peace of mind of dealer support for repair and maintenance if he has a dealer in his country which is no.small comfort.