If you are in the market for a purely domestic pump driven machine this is the best one under AUS $1000.00 hands down. Despite all the hoo haa written about it all over the net when all is said and done, it is a very basic domestic espresso machine design dating back many, many, MANY years. The difference between it and others with alsmot identical internal engineering is the larger then "standard" (for a domestic machine this size) sized boiler. This gives it a good deal more temperature stability in terms of the delivery brew water. This also gives it the best steaming capacity for a domestic "boiler" machine (power and longevity). The stuff mentioned above gives this machine better capacity for "entertaining" friends, smaller machines,whilst they do a god job, lack the capacity to make a number of coffees quickly for dinner parties. And that's about all there is to it. They are not always easy to get, the factory only builds 1000 units each month for the total world market, and there is always a shortage. Traders advertise them on their websites, but they dont always have them! The Rocky grinder is one the very best domestic grinders, I wouldn't waste time with a doser grinder, the "doserless" rocky is the go. We do have both in stock at this moment. Cheers, FC.
