DavecUK Melitta Aromaboy is about the same as the Switch in price & pours the water for you :-)
£200-£300 for a good drip machine doesn’t seem crazy, add £200 or so for a built in grinder.
If the Xbloom can fast track you to a representative brew, by downloading data from the roaster, seems worth a few quid. But, how many UK roasters have Xbloom compatible expressions? I’m also a bit confused as to why any drip machine would require the Xbloom’s level of complexity/adjustability built in,