Pompeyexile Same here, I have got EV and home charger. Recently I moved to Intelligent Octopus and the price of charging my EV is amazing. I would not say that the smart meter is making me pay more for what we use. I am still trying to understand what about smart meter makes so many people to dislike it. I must be missing something.

Current setup: ACS Vesuvius, Nuova Simonelli Mythos One. Past experience, Nuova Simonelli Apia 1 gr., San Remo Capri 1 gr., Bezzera BZ 35e, Fracino Heavenly. Anfim Super Lusso.

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    OldGregg It’s the same over here, though sometimes we’ll have a main switch to isolate the supply after the meter, but everything after that is the responsibility of the home owner.

    We don’t have a ‘choice’ per se, but the staggered/slow roll out of smart meters here means that some people still have the old style analogue or digital one way meters.

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      So I have finally got around to taking a look at my Octopus account. How does this compare to others?

      Those standing charges are outrageous

        I’m with OVO and paying 27.72p a day for gas and 41.67p a day for electricity.

        Unit prices are 7.04p /kWh gas and because I’m on Economy 7 I have two prices for electricity.

        At the moment the E7 time is between 1:00am to 8:00am and is 19.81p/kWh and the rest of the time its 33.62p/kWh.

        I get to warm the coffee machine and have my first coffee before 8:00 every day which is a good saving.

        dutchy101 my electricity standing charge is at 49 p per day. The gas standing charge is the same. You are at 8 p cheaper standing charge. I am with Octopus

        Current setup: ACS Vesuvius, Nuova Simonelli Mythos One. Past experience, Nuova Simonelli Apia 1 gr., San Remo Capri 1 gr., Bezzera BZ 35e, Fracino Heavenly. Anfim Super Lusso.

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            I’m with Octopus tracker until November hope I can extend this for another year.


              Inspector hmmm i extended mine but they put me on the latest version of the tracker which has the higher daily rate and the cap on the electric and gas was much much higher than my old tariff….

              just checked and it looks the same as the above.. i must have got lucky last year when i extended previously

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                  Daily rate is already scandalous, how high they can go. Smh.

                  Our daily rate charges were both higher than what we actually spent for the actual gas& electric in June.

                      Inspector Do you not use much electric then (gas I can see - at the moment its just the hot water usage and cooking)

                          MattH we weren’t home for two weeks, it was just fridge freezer during that time. But in summer actual usage and daily charge is about head to head.

                          When we are home we use about 3.5-4kw a day. No TV, full led lights, no AC/fan, no electric shower and having gas hob makes a difference 😁

                            This is my Octopus account details….

                            At the moment I am paying £230 per month for both and having just looked seems I am over £1,102 in the black!
                            I’ll give it until the end of December when the bad weather hits and if I am still anywhere near that figure I will be asking for a Christmas re-fund and readjusting my direct debit.

                              Pompeyexile Your standing charge seems quite high at 54p per day , otherwise same rates here.

                              Current setup: ACS Vesuvius, Nuova Simonelli Mythos One. Past experience, Nuova Simonelli Apia 1 gr., San Remo Capri 1 gr., Bezzera BZ 35e, Fracino Heavenly. Anfim Super Lusso.

                              Contact me at: john_yossarian11@yahoo.com

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                                DavecUK sorry for asking, but - is it a VBM Domobar Super? How do you like it? It seems to have pressure profiling as well, right?

                                    delta76 sorry for asking, but - is it a VBM Domobar Super? How does you like it? It seems to have pressure profiling as well, right?

                                    yes, it’s the Vibiemme Domobar Super Digital (digital has is a lever group, electronic is a solenoid group). It does do pressure profiling. It’s fine, nice build quality. I should sell it really as I’ve too many machines and it gets no use. Only used for testing. https://www.vbmespresso.com/en/home-barista/domobar-super/

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                                        delta76 It seems you do like it but not as strong as some other machines.

                                        That’s quite correct…but it is well made, better than many.

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                                            DavecUK yeah I am aware, you only review or otherwise involve with machines that you think good enough. Which is why I was asking, to see if I missed something good. Given that your praise is not as high as with some other machines, and the machine does not look that good to me (i am not super critical on look, as long as it is not too ugly, but yes looking good is a plus), I will pass on this one. Nice to know it would be a good option performance wise though. Thanks

                                              I had an old Vibiemme single boiler. Liked it a lot but not having to mess about waiting for steam and then having to cool it down again for the next espresso. I’ve often been tempted to have a look at the current dual boiler machines.