Cuprajake LMSC You might break even cost wise - good deal saves £350 from £2K listed before and whatever the B is worth. It’s only 8 months as you say; you shouldn’t lose much. But, you stand to gain in terms of the V’s features and capabilities. 😊 yeah, im not sure if you would get customs on it or not so add poss 20% ontop?
Stevebee Fantastic deal for a great machine. Had mine 4 years, used for over 200 shots each weekend, and it hasn’t missed a beat. Steaming good and with the right profile for the bean can produce stunning shots.
Cuprajake well, that depends on your budget and love for espresso, this is an end game machine, it does flow profiling, and is very temp stable,
Grahamsphillips Meldrew At this price? Its a no brainer. End game machine (you’d pay what £6500 for a LM GS3 which won’t produce better coffee). This is an extraordinary bargain and you’ll likely NEVER feel the need to upgrade!
Grahamsphillips Hi @John_Yossarian : The original Vesuvius had (I think) nylon pipes and in V2 these were replaced with stainless steel. Same functionality but improved longevity. Yours is like V2 anyway - @DavecUK will doubtless supply chapter and verse
DavecUK Grahamsphillips Hi @John_Yossarian : The original Vesuvius had (I think) nylon pipes and in V2 these were replaced with stainless steel. Same functionality but improved longevity. Yours is like V2 anyway - @DavecUK will doubtless supply chapter and verse I’m not sure, I suspect it will come with PTFE high pressure pipework, far superior to nylon and personally, I prefer compared to steel, for ease of maintenance.
John_Yossarian DavecUK Grahamsphillips Thank you both for the clarification. I hope the nylon (I believe this should be HDPE) would be OK for several years more but I believe replacing them with high pressure PTFE later should not be a major issue.
Meldrew Thanks for the positive feedback. I have sent an email to Paolo so now I will Just have to wait and see what he comes back with.
Meldrew DavecUK Just saw a YouTube video where they stated the v2 updates are the stainless steel tubing and a updated water level sensor which is more accurate.
DavecUK John_Yossarian Thank you both for the clarification. I hope the nylon (I believe this should be HDPE) would be OK for several years more but I believe replacing them with high pressure PTFE later should not be a major issue. Your pipes will be high quality high pressure PTFE tubing, it’s what they have always used….they never used the type of pipes you see in the cheaper machines.
DavecUK Meldrew Just saw a YouTube video where they stated the v2 updates are the stainless steel tubing and a updated water level sensor which is more accurate. The water sensor won’t be capacitive like mine…it will be the float on the end of the tube type and I don’t think the pipework will be steel…it’s a very expensive option.