Rancilio

Update: I don’t recommend getting one even if you win it in a raffle or given one in any other way. The movable rubber feet are so annoying that it… Read more

makes making coffee a frustrating event & I regret buying it. Original review. The thing that really annoys me are the rubber feet which have been glued on, not screwed in. The glue unsticks & the machine becomes a three legged wobbly machine, you are continually looking for that fourth leg to stick back onto the machine. Whereas the Gaggia, a similar product, screws the feet in. How much more time or expense would it have cost to screw the feet in? This may may sound petty but as it is not a cheap machine you expect the basics to be reliable. On this alone I cannot recommend buying it.

Rocky is good....but – I had a Rocky for years, teamed with an Expobar twin boiler and a Giotto Rocket espresso machine. Being a chronic GAS victim (Gear Acquisition… Read more

Syndrome) I made an upgrade to the Compak K3 Touch grinder. The difference was obvious and immediate. The first shot was a huge improvement over the Rocky. I didn’t believe such a difference was possible, but there you have it. The non removable hopper on the Rocky was often annoying. Friends with Mazzer grinders say I’d gain nothing upgrading from the Compak to a Mazzer. But they’re both way ahead of the good old Rocky.