Gaggia Syncrony Logic

Still going strong – Easy to use- easy to clean- make your coffee any strength by adjusting water ( more or less on the dial ) its a bit bulky but strongly made. Grinds the beans or fill with your ground ones. Easy to remove drip tray and dregs tray. Milk heater/frother. Swivel base.  Show details

I love mine. :) – I read the other reviews here and was really surprised. My experience has been great. It's really old now, but still kicking on strong. A couple of times I got a bit of water in the grinder which blocked it up. The first time, I took it to be serviced but it cost around $140 for a service. The second time I did it myself. I was really nervous… Read more

because I'm not great at that sort of thing but found a great youtube guide and it was surprisingly easy. I've never cleaned out the filter other than those 2 times, but will do so regularly now that I see how easy it is.

Another slight bug I've had in the past is that the error light sometimes goes on and it won't brew, even though everything seems to be in place. I *think* I've narrowed it down to a problem with the water jug, coz sometimes banging it down a few times gets it working.

I agree that this doesn't make very strong coffee when using the grinder. But having said that, I like mine strong, and I find this does a passable strength if the settings are tweaked/maxed (with small water and using 2 x shots -ie hitting coffee twice).

I've also had my frothing wand pop right off the metal tubing several times, but I tend to not use it and just microwave my milk anyway.

I love being able to wake up or get home from work and hit the button. Having used my housemate's KitchenAid coffee machine, I'm so happy to go back to this one, as the convenience of this (including the clean up) is just sooo good.

Quality of the coffee: better than caffeteria barristas, worse than good hipster cafe barristas. And better than any pod coffee I've had.

One day maybe I'll be able to splash my cash around and upgrade. But for now, I'm really happy with this.

Reliable machine produces average coffee – We saw this machine on Ebay and after a couple of goes we bought it for about $490 from someone in QLD. We fiddled with the grind and dose settings and tried to get a good strong brew with little success. Changing beans did not make much difference they seemed to all taste the same. So we put it on the strongest setting and dose and if we wanted… Read more

it stronger cut down on the water and press the button twice. To be fair, our Gaggia has just kept on working every day with no breakdown at all. We have done minimal maintenance except clean and three descales and unblock a drain hole. One thing did break and that was the dose adjust. As it was set on maximum I didn't bother further.

Would I buy it again? Not so sure even though it has been very reliable and convenient. Everyone else's coffee seems to taste better, but when people come here they compliment us!

I would like the milk frother to be a little more reliable. Coffee grinder is ok. Water tank a bit small. I think we have had value for money out of it but I would not buy an identical one. I do have a problem with the prices of new ones. I know what is inside of them and I cannot justify over $1500 for coffee. I have a $30 Sunbeam dripolator which is just as good in my opinion. Recommend it? Maybe if someone was on a tight budget. Cost effective, reliable no fuss. A bit bulky. Makes average coffee (I think)

Terrible – BUYER BEWARE. If your machine dies after waranty, even if it is only just out, you are on your own. We even wonder if the "authorised" repairer Knew what a Gaggia machine was. Looking at buying another machine but will stay well clear of Gaggia and will never recomend them, not even to our worst enemy. No one deserves that. I just wish I could… Read more

give an overall rating in the minus, mayby minus 100. for the first 14 months it was great, but when it broke it was and is a dissaster. Hard to clean and bulky. When it broke down we took it to the local repairer for a quote, $100, lasted 4 wks, again $100 didn't work once so were told buy a new machine, or pay for a new computer board and see if that works. NO WAY. CHUCK IT OUT.

Excellent – Love it its my best friend in the kitchen, especially when we have visitors. It makes a great coffee with quality crema and is so easy to use. Because the machine is such great value I can afford good quality beans. For the cost of the machine it represents great value. Our family members are jealous as they have costly machines that don't grind… Read more

the beans. Their machines cost over $2000.00 ours cost a fraction of that. The water tank is not big enough, I get lazy as the machine does everything and I get used to being spoiled by Syncrony Logic.

Bad – Wish we had brought a different brand, VERY glad we had an extended Warranty as recommended by Salesman ( he must have Known Something ) When it is working makes good coffee at the press of a button Very unreliable, third time back to be repaired in less than 3 years. Repairs can be lengthy if parts required from Eastern States

Good – Overall it is a good coffee machine. We have had it for about 1 year and it works well with no problems. I would recomend it. Makes nice coffee. Simple to use. It's a bit bulky and not so modern looking. The 'cup warmer' does not have any heat at all.

Terrible – Do NOT under any circumstance buy one of these as it will only bring you grief. I have moved on to a semi automatic and do not regret the move and the extra money. It made good coffee once you had the inside knowledge about how to make it work and keep it clean. The engineer at Gaggia was great. It was basically rubbish and finally broke down with… Read more

pump gone and the repair place said uneconomic to repair. This machine has single handedly destroyed the good name of Gaggia in coffee machines.

Terrible – I wish i never bought this thing, and I wonder why I replaced my ol' Breville! Italian brand....you would assume it would make good espresso, wouldn't you? Weak and horrible to drink! Don't buy this thing! Easy to use Makes dreadfully weak coffee! Een at maximum dose and minimum water, it's as weak as instant coffee!