Sunbeam PU6910 Espresso (EM6910 + EM0440) $499 at The Good Guys eBay (Free Pickup)

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  AssociatedBargaingeek @ The Good Guys on 10/08/2016 - 23:35

  Why can't they make a machine that grinds then brews automatically

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    zzymurgy on 10/08/2016 - 23:38

    Funny you should say that. I considered the Delonghi Magnifica Fully Automatic machine for the same price, but I strongly prefer the oldskool barista experience. Much more satisfying and tastes better too.

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    garage sale on 11/08/2016 - 07:06

    they do, but when something breaks, or needs to be cleaned it is such a chore, if seperate you don't have ro replace the lot.

    I use to own an all in one …… much happier now with separates.

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    Tgb on 12/08/2016 - 08:07

    +1

    Also, the heat from the espresso machines ruins the beans that are sitting in the grinder.

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  hamza23 on 10/08/2016 - 23:46

  +2

  Comes to $449.10 with code CTENOFF if you buy it in the next 15 minutes :)

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  best choices on 10/08/2016 - 23:52

  How is it compare to this one apart from prices. Thanks

  https://www.jbhifi.com.au/whitegoods-appliances/coffee-machi…

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    schwinn on 11/08/2016 - 00:28

    The breville can't brew and steam milk concurrently. Breville will save you some bench space. If the breville grinder breaks, you will have to lose more bench space. IF the breville brewer breaks, you have a supremely large grinder. Breville has PID, which gives better temperature control.

    The sunbeam is super duper noisy, its the nature of the thermoblock.

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    tanksinatra on 11/08/2016 - 08:01

    +1

    As noted by schwinn, these units are quite different. I have the PU6910, I am a fan. It is a fantastic unit. It has twin thermoblocks which it can make coffee and steam milk at the same time. No waiting for the machine to cool or heat between coffee and milk. This is fantastic when you have guests, you can churn out lovely coffee while someone steams the milk, or if you are handy you can do both in each hand (I can do this). Productivity doubled.

    The "Breville the Barista Express" is a single thermoblock (thermocoil). It can only do one function at a time. That means you have to wait between making coffee and steaming milk, and usually there will be a delay in the switchover due to heating/cooling. These units also tend to burn coffee if you switch from steaming to coffee making too quickly as the temperature is too high.

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    wfdTamar on 11/08/2016 - 10:15

    +1

    The grinder that comes with this deal is pretty average (very inconsistent). Best thing you could do is sell it without using it (you might get $75 for it) and get something like the Breville SmartGrinder (often $200 or less).

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      Ayanami on 11/08/2016 - 11:58

      Agreed. That grinder is rubbish, about as effective as chopping your vegetables with a mallet.

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  bargaino on 11/08/2016 - 10:14

  neglecting to do any maintenance on it at all.

  What maintenance? Just the occasional clean and run some citric acid etc through to descale?
  Are there seals to replace or something?

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    wfdTamar on 11/08/2016 - 10:17

    Backflushing. Run cleaner through every few months. Regular thermoblock seal replacement. No big deal and all coffee machines need this kind of thing.

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    zzymurgy on 11/08/2016 - 13:22

    I never even descaled it or ran a cleaner through, and it still lasted around ten years without issue.
    And that's with Adelaide water.

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  Matt P on 12/08/2016 - 00:31

  +1

  I knock out between 6 & 8 coffees from this machine each day. Damn cheap coffee with $12/kg coles beans.

  I started at a company who had one in their kitchen, unused for years, they were using a nespresso pod machine. This thing is back in action now, pod machine is neglected. I don't have a grinder at home for my delonghi so i grind about 100gm of beans for teh weekend on fri arvo. Going strong

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  dbun1 on 14/08/2016 - 18:27

  This seems to be $499 all the time at the Sunbeam outlet near me.

  They also have some whiz bang machine that is $1999 - I would think for that kind of money you would get an Italian made machine