DeLonghi Magnifica S Smart ECAM250.33.TB

Worked well for 4 months, then stopped working. So I give it 2 stars because 500$ for making coffee for 4 months is a bit expensive. Show details

Can't get a decent coffee the grind is terrible but mostly I have emailed Delonghi several times with no joy the customer service is very poor would definitely not recommend purchasing this machine. Show details

Great machine but a cosmetic refresh or differentiation would have been nice – Upgraded from the Magnifica S to the "smart" version. The Magnifica S was already a very good machine but the "smart" panarello wand on the Smart version makes frothing pretty much idiot proof. The smart version has a rinse button which I find handy. As for reviews commenting on weak coffee, you can set the volume of water that runs thru on… Read more

the Magnifica S so presumably you could do the same.

Criticisms are that the drip plate no longer lips over the plastic tray meaning the top edge of the tray can get scuffed now and that although the machine looks good, a makeover would have been welcome to distinguish it from the non smart version. An LCD screen or something perhaps? Also would be nice if there were separate error lights for specific errors instead of a certain combination being lit up meaning something.

Overall both versions are a good machines and I'd recommend them. Looks great on the counter top too unlike the Phillips ones which are a bit boring I think.

Delonghi magnifica machine – Hi This is my second machine. Both have provided great coffee and been easy to use. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one and will certainly replace mine with another when required Regards Roger Show details

Very weak coffee, poor milk frothing, fiddly to use – We have one of these in the office but I greatly prefer my Breville Infuser and Macap M2m Grinder at home. Firstly the coffee is extremely weak, even with the grind at the finest setting and the strength dial turned to max, the coffee comes out very watery. I think the grind needs to be able to go much finer. I don't quite get why there is a… Read more

grind setting as well as a strength dial. (As well as a single and double shot espresso option) If you want a weaker coffee, you'd just make a single shot, if you want stronger, make a double. I don't get why an additional strength meter is neccessary, I don't even know what it controls, but doesn't seem to make much difference as the coffee is always too weak.

The milk frother is also very strange, it's nothing like a regular steam wand, the pressure seems very weak and you can not get any kind of vortex going. Moving the frother around or trying different angles makes no difference, either you get basically no air in the milk, or it starts spurting and bubbling if you move it a tiny bit, there's no midpoint that gives a nice introduction of air. I'm left with either very flat milk or an extremely bubbly mess. It also takes a very long time to heat up milk even just for a single coffee. (Over 2 minutes of steaming until the jub starts to get slightly hot to hold) I've tried it with both the hot milk and cappucino settings, I can't honestly tell what the difference is, they both seem very inadequate.

I don't really know who the target audience is with this product, but if you prefer proper steam wand usage and control over the grind, I'd stay away.

The manual says to achieve proper milk quality, try using semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, or trying a different brand, which is stupid. I steam several types of milk at home with my own steam wand (Skim, fullcream, soy, oat, barista and non barista versions) and I'm able to get great microfoam with all of them, it's just a matter of finding the right angle and temperature, and not overheating the milk.

They seem to have put a very average frothing system with this, and blamed it on the milk if it doesn't turn out properly.

In addition, the machine takes a while to turn on and run it's "purge" function every single time. Sometimes I'll switch it on, walk away for a minute, come back, and it's already switched off, and now I have to wait for it to switch on and purge again.

The steam functionality has a similar issue where you press the steam button, and wait a bit for it to switch over, but then if you don't use it within a very short time (It feels like 10 seconds or less) it switches back to non steam. If you don't remember to double check first, you'll just get hot water going into your milk instead of steam.

Long rant, but I wish we had a different machine. I'm definitely going to stay away from "smart" coffee machines in the future.

Amazing fast machine – Hi there I’ve two enquiries First which milk froth jug suits the machine? Can I get the serial number to order one Second, I’m still facing weak coffees! I’ve tried all the options and cleaned the back of the machine and no much different Any help? Appreciated

Weak Coffee – The coffee comes out too weak. I have tried to adjust the settings for grind size and strength of coffee but coffee comes out too watery. Not sure what else can be done to make it stronger

Compact and really easy to use – After having a Delonghi for 14 years we needed an upgraded model. We have had this machine for 3 months now and Im really glad we chose this model. Its compact in size so less bench space and is really quick to heat up. The options are simple and very easy to use. The Magnifica S Smart makes a great coffee every time, Im glad we stuck to Delonghi its a really good brand. Show details ·  1