Bought an Acaia Lunar 2021 for the flow rate indicator. Silly me, I imagined that the flow rate would be displayed as a number. Oh no, that would be far too easy to read. Instead the ~~Lunacy~~ Lunar displays a series of tiny LED lights. One tiny LED all lit up indicates 0.1ml/sec flow rate. Ten lights = 1.0ml/sec and so on. Ever wanted to try counting a constantly changing array of tiny LED lights flashing off and one and rising and falling across the screen of the scale? Me neither. And having now tried it a few times, I'm still not a fan. My solution was to cut up equally tiny golden arrow head stickers and stick them on to the scale at approximately (key word) 10 LEDs, 20 LEDs and 30 LEDS, being 1ml/sec, 2ml/sec etc (if you need help with the third one let me know). I hope this may help any other pour (sorry) souls who bought one of these. [URL=https://i.imgur.com/K3aYyx2.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/K3aYyx2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

PS And after 30 minutes of farting around cutting out tiny golden arrow heads, cleaning my glasses constantly because the pointy bits of the arrows kept going out of focus, sticking and scraping off crooked stickers with what feels like ten thumbs and no fingers ... before you politely point out that arrow number two is one dot too far to the right, please know that such a post will result in me commissioning a hit squad to sneak in to your house in the dead of night and place a million little golden arrow head stickers all over your espresso kit. Fair nuff? 😛

jewellers loupe ? Steamed glasses PIA.

@"tompoland"#121 massive thread resurrection so sorry for that :) I'm curious, how are you getting on with the lunar scales now? I'm in the market for some scales and considering three scales / types of scale which are almost polar opposites, either: 1. Yagua or similar 2. Timemore black mirror nano 3. Acaia Lunar There is £250 difference between the top and bottom and the timemore sits in the middle. So I'm thinking, are the Lunars really that good, e.g. good enough to warrant that extra cash? It's a lot of money for a scale… I won't be doing pourovers any time soon, though never say never, I may start. Mainly right now for espresso.

@"caffeinated-carp"#p45023 felicita arc… one to consider for 129

@"caffeinated-carp"#p45023 I do like them, despite my enduring annoyance at the lack of digital realtime display for the flow rate i.e. the dots mentioned in the original post. But I;ve used them so much now that I know what the flow rate is by the number of dots lit up as well as by (shock) the actual flow. So for me, they are still be go to.

@"tompoland"#p45028 Interestingly the timemore black mirror nano actually do display flow rate as a number

@"MattH"#p45027 You've got the arc haven't you? How do you find it?

@"caffeinated-carp"#p45029 they look pretty good. There is a white version too.

Acaia Lunacy 2021

tompoland

caffeinated-carp then I’d grab one of those! (All else being equal).

Thanks for the heads up. Will check them out.

caffeinated-carp

MattH You’ve got the arc haven’t you? How do you find it?

MattH

caffeinated-carp its great - as slim as the lunar so I can get most of my cups on it in the micra.

It does not do flow monitoring but has all the other standard options.

I use the auto tare auto pour - so once the cup goes on - it sets to Zero and starts the timer. It then stops once the flow is stopped. All i need to do is flip the switch once I put in the cup !

tompoland

caffeinated-carp they look pretty good. There is a white version too.

caffeinated-carp

tompoland yeh nice to have the white one, I was going to get a white luna 2021 but I’m struggling to push the button… £270, ouch

tompoland

caffeinated-carp I have never had a timemore but that’s a sizeable price difference.

The flow rate display (in numbers) is pretty cool, just wish they displayed duration, weight and flow simultaneously instead of having to toggle the duration and flow.

Think I’ll stick with the Lunar but if I was buying from scratch I would likely take the timemore. It’s not just the price difference, the numerical flow rate display is the main reason. Especially helpful as a newbie when using manual flow controller or a direct lever while you are getting a feel for translating from visual observation ofmthe pour to flow rates. Not for everyone, just for nerding out.

Jony

Bought my Lunar in 2018 they still going now . Well I sold them with my machine so all good.

PortafilterProcrastinator

caffeinated-carp @tompoland

I’ve got the Black Mirror Nano and apart from the auto pour over timer not working with multi-pour methods they are great.

Very responsive and the flow rate is helpful.

caffeinated-carp

Sod it, I’ve bought the lunar. I was very very tempted with the Felicita arc and honestly, I can’t really say with much certainty why I just spent more than double on the lunar. It’s white which I like which sounds like an insanely ridiculous waste of money but oh well…

I think I figured that when I’m dead, I won’t look back and worry about that £141… 🤷‍♂️

Timemore was a very close third, but right now I do actually use the portafilter spout on the micra and it’s tight in there, so thinner is better and the timemore is 20mm not 15mm.

All very ridiculous small things but then again, this is coffee…!

simonc

caffeinated-carp where did you get white lunar for £141? Not that I’m considering but…

Edit ah £141 extra to the timemore! Yeah the lunar is a LOT

MattH

Where did you buy it - seen it for 240….

caffeinated-carp

MattH a white one? Where was that from?

MattH

caffeinated-carp Ignore me Its gone now - it was northstarroast

caffeinated-carp

MattH I got mine from Horsham Coffee Roaster. £270. Coffee Omega was cheaper but they didn’t have very favourable reviews so thought I’d pay a little more

MattH

caffeinated-carp plus coffeeomega prices are exvat….

caffeinated-carp

MattH oh the site did not say that! Ok rubbish then..

shame as Horsham were £250 before the white came back in stock