[Jumbo Ratty]

I’ll weigh in with the Profitec Go. I own one.
I make about 4 milk based drinks a day always in batches of 2, and I don’t know how much time people are saving with a duel boiler cos I don’t even think it’s 60 seconds between me pouring my last espresso and me steaming the milk.
hand made in Germany & Italy so the say, and have no reason to doubt that.
Built in PID with shot timer and an adjustable pressure OPV that’s externally accessible.
fast heat up time from switching on, think they made it even faster on the MK2 and very stable temp during shots.
im very impressed with the quality, and it has a smallish footprint, which is sometimes appealing as some people might not have a large space available for them to take over in a kitchen.
I’d go for one of them new, and a 2nd hand niche zero.

 

[Jumbo Ratty]

Waiting for it to cool takes no time,, I just purge the water out of the group and it’s back down to 93 in seconds
And boiler size is 0.4 L so feel your experience with the tiny 0.1 L boiler of the gaggia classic shouldn’t be used as a yard stick of what a single boiler can do.

out of interest, how long does it take for a duel boiler machine to get up to usable temp after being switched on, and the same question again for a HX machine ?
Is it so long you actually end up just leaving them on all day ?

think running cost must be a consideration what with the cost of electricity

but horses for courses 👍

 

[Jumbo Ratty]

100ml v 400ml is a MASSIVE difference
When pulling the shot, let’s say 18g in 32g out that’s a third of the gaggia boiler being filled with cold water during the shot, leading to a big drop in temp of the water running through the puck.
Not so with the 400ml boiler

 

[Jumbo Ratty]

@Tal, FFWD to 6.45

 

[Jumbo Ratty]

That points covered at 10.30,,think he says 75 seconds to go from brew to steam, then covers going from steam to brew, again, 75 seconds.
that machine looks like the MK1 and I’m sure I’ve read the MK2 has been made faster in heat up, but that might just be from stone cold to brew group fully heated and ready to GO hence the name 🤗😊😂