Breville Nespresso Essenza Mini Solo BEC220

I enjoy this machine very much, I bought it from Amazon where I found is the cheapest price

Has made consistently great coffee for almost 3 years - I have no complaints at all. I live in a motorhome so it’s perfect for me. The price I paid included a milk frother so I’m more than happy with my purchase.

After 12 months of use with no problems, water and leaking coffee started to appear, dripping from somewhere in large quantities from underneath. I discovered after thoroughly cleaning it that the bottom plastic panel had buckled and was leaking profusely…

We've had this machine since about Sept 2019 and my husband would make about 3 cups a week on average.
Recently he had trouble getting a pod to click into place and we even tried to do this manually but it either drops through to the tray or doesn't seem to pierce properly. The machine is now redundant and no doubt out of warranty. There's definitely a fault but for the price we paid for it, there's no point having it fixed. We have no idea how this happened/what the cause was. You'd be better spending more on a better quality machine from the start

We've had this for a few weeks now and we've greatly appreciated it.

Pros:
- it's very compact. It does not take up a lot of space on your bench and sits flat against a side wall. It looks good and does everything you need it to do.
- it's streamlined. It only has 2 buttons, and yet it doesn't need any more than this.
- it's clever and simple. You press either button (short or long shot) to turn it on, then press the button you want and it will start dispensing coffee automatically once it's warmed up.
- it turns off automatically after 9 minutes (or 30 minutes if you adjust the settings)
- the used pod container and drip tray are easy to clean.
- the water container is like a tall cup and is easy to refill.
- it's not expensive

Upgraded to this machine from my cafiality system due to wanting more variety with coffee pods.

Pros:
- looks good
- small size (doesn’t take too much real estate from the bench
- easy to use

Cons:
- very noisy (compared to the cafiality)
- needs just a few more mm space to fit a mug. Have to remove drip tray to fit the mug.

Never fails to make my morning coffee. The quality of the machine is good, havent had any issues so far. I have my coffee black and need it fast in the morning so it was so convenient. I also use pods from woolworths for 45c and they taste the same to me.

I liked it until I found much better machines. I am not commenting on taste the taste depends of cartridge, it difficult to determine how machine affects the taste.
Here is what I found is better in other machines:
In Nespresso there is container of the water which is good for a few cups. There is no warning when there is no enough water. Many times I tried to make a coffee only to find that there is no enough water. Some machine have no water container you have to put a cup of water for each coffee you prepare. I think it is much better sol

Great machine, that never fails to supply me with my hot morning hot chocolate, who says you need to start the day with coffee. Easy to use and simple to clean. Totally recommend this machine.

Nespresso make quality machines. This is the second Nespresso machine I have purchased and it is a pleasure to use. Coffee is delicious and takes very minimal time to make. It is important to keep up with regular de-scaling and cleaning, but no other problems!

100 free Nespresso pods plus an Aerocinno (auto milk heater & frother) tipped me over and I succumbed to the Nespresso coffee lure after holding out for 5 years with the Dolce Gusto. We’d loved the Dolce Gusto when we bought it (reviewed on this site), but were using it less and less as the pods we wanted were never available in the shops and I didn’t want to buy a whole lot online at one go.

After considering the 2 design options of the Essenza Mini, I chose the sleek angular Breville model in shiny black (to match the black Aerocinno) over