Bravo Tampers

Adrianmsmith haven’t compared side by side, but find myself reaching for the IMS basket. You think I should persevere with ACS basket?

nope, ims comp is better

Jason1wood

Normally, i agree with Jake 🤔

Depends what better means ,🤪🤭

Will try both tonight, maybe just been using it as an excuse to get new toys 🤣

Adrianmsmith well itll save a fortune in beans isnt the stock acs like 46litres

Cuprajake

Haha

Not quite, its 32mm same as the ims one. 19g with the 1.7mm puck screen. Ims is actually bigger as its 54.7mm not 54.4 diameter, so an extra half a bean bigger 🤭

I do have the 26mm ims but thats too small 🤭😎

i forget now the one i had but i used to dose 17g from memory

Cuprajake i forget now the one i had but i used to dose 17g from memory

Yeah! 17g is perfect on IMS26. Might get away up to 17.5 if not decaf.

The IMS 26 and IMS 32 take Bravo 54.9 mm in my case.

Dont rate normcore they wobble when tamping, at least the v3 did

Try to pick up a used decent tamper

Cuprajake

V4 was the same. Consistently unlevel. I sent it back.

I use an AliExpress special now, a copy of the force tamper, can’t recall who recommended it, was on this forum though I believe. It is doing a reasonable job, it’s pretty level I have to say. Not a fan of the click style though, it causes coffee grounds to accumulate underneath the levelling plate, above the tamping face.

As a result, every now and again it unseats the puck, I use an 18g vst basket. I find cleaning it thoroughly necessary and ensuring all parts have not loosened in their threads in order to avoid the puck being disturbed.

Tal was me lol

Most of that style with or without the punch get grounds under the top hat

Cuprajake

Yeh, when I was typing the above I had a thought that it may have been you that recommended it. It tamps very level, so on that front it’s a winner.

Just the odd occasion it disturbs the puck, can usually isolate the cause due to coffee grounds or part of it coming loose, but mostly likely just a very snug fit to the VST

Yeah they can lift, like vacuum, i take off at a slight angle

Cuprajake

On the bravo videos, it is even mentioned by the manufacturer to ensure releasing the first spring movement very slowly for this exact reason.

“Ye Cannae Change The Laws Of Physics” , Scotty

If its a tight fit you will get suction causing a bit of splatter if you pull it out too quickly 😎 .

Time for a coffee ☕

JimmyP I second that.

I have used normcore V4 and sent it back same day tamping was not level and tamper was wobbly. Got the mhw bomber click one, no problems so far. Quite like it.

Inspector You’re right about it wobbling and not always delivering a level puck, but I reckon the most important issue is that it “bottoms out”. It’s not providing a consistent pressure. Having said that it’s still better than a traditional tamper.

JimmyP it’s still better than a traditional tamper.

James !! Better ?! Than a Traditional tamper.

I never thought id hear such words from a traditional craftsman, im just, well ….. shocked 😃 thats it, my faith in humanity is shattered. 🤭

Bravo to the traditional🤪