I love my gadgets and this looks really smart and unlike most of my gadgets this will take up hardly any room in the kitchen as its only 28cm x 15cm x 30cm. It comes in 3 different colours, cream, red or brushed silver and it has an impressive 19 bars of pressure so the coffee should taste amazing too.
It takes the illy coffee pods / capsules and you can change the size of the drink in the settings. It has an 800ml tank and an onboard waste bin for 9 used capsules.
You don't get any capsules with the machine but they are all readily available from ocado, ebay, amazon,anothercoffee.co.uk etc.
Same machine is £109 from appliance house, £94.99 on eBay, £89.65 from Amazon and with the free delivery £29.99 seems a real bargain.
ah, Valid on 1 unit per transaction, for Local or Getaways deals. New customers only. Max discount £30
emribena
27 Oct 16#5
Ocado sell them 21 for £9.50, amazon, ebay, anothercoffee.co.uk - already checked! :smiley: OCADO 3 TYPES £9.50 for 21
caverncity
27 Oct 16#6
I know I forgot to put high street
paulj48
27 Oct 165#7
wow, over 45p per espresso with no milk capsule included. And I though my Nespresso at 31p a shot was expensive.
dark_shadow
27 Oct 163#8
Wow, that's ridiculous!
caverncity
27 Oct 16#9
Illy has always been expensive, good coffee but not much choice.
emribena
27 Oct 16#10
It's 37.36 per cup at espressocrazy
paulj48
27 Oct 161#11
I was quoting the supermarket prices, can you confirm if the IIIy coffee tastes 7p a cup better than the 20 odd Nespresso varieties?
emribena
27 Oct 161#12
All depends on your taste I guess - some people like mellow birds! :smile:
caverncity
27 Oct 1612#13
I like my birds rough!!!
emribena
27 Oct 162#14
Liver birds?
caverncity
27 Oct 161#15
Nah I live in Widnes now where most birds are rough however most Liver birds as you put it arent rough, majority are beautiful (except the ones with grating accents)
emribena
27 Oct 16#16
I am a liver bird! You live over the water now!
spatter
27 Oct 1618#17
Jeeze! It's just like buying a printer, they give 'em away and kill you on the ink.....
strettyp to spatter
27 Oct 16#20
I used to work in the murky world of printer consumables and we called it 'the drug model' - get people hooked cheaply (virtually give away the hardware) then zap them when they need the ink - caveat emptor!
Boyee
27 Oct 16#18
Mmm liver
brendinho
27 Oct 16#19
great!! cheers!!
MBeeching
27 Oct 16#21
Aliexpress sell a refillable capsule and tamper, though it's not cheap! Might as well buy a manual espresso machine in the first place.
Possibly not ideal for this particular model if it drops the used capsules into a tray.
luvsadeal
27 Oct 16#22
I voted hot. I have a tassimo for the office. Coffee is ok but capsules are expensive same as this thing. I have a bean to cup machine at home which can make lattes etc and while the initial outlay for the machine is more I think in the long run it's cheaper and the coffee is far superior.
Krizzo3
27 Oct 16#23
I would but I will not buy anything from a maker who engineers their appliances so poorly they catch on fire every now and then.
gogboy to Krizzo3
28 Oct 16#32
Be interesting to see the stats for the ones that went on fire, ie how regular they were cleaned out per guidance.
We had one of the affected models and it survived heavy usage for long enough but was fairly well looked after.
lonesomepuppet
28 Oct 16#24
heat, just bagged one for £22.49, thanks op !!!!!!!!!!!
coolio28 to lonesomepuppet
28 Oct 16#31
Umm proof?
Walgeon
28 Oct 16#25
So what is the best way to get these pods at a good price if i got this? Just looking because I don't want to invest if it will cost a lot to keep stocked
emribena to Walgeon
28 Oct 16#26
Bulk buy from one of the suppliers in the bottom of the deal description or look on amazon....
RUGAAL
28 Oct 16#27
Machine itsslf any good vs nespresso machines? Is it even worth what other shops sell for ? 60-130gbp
technobot
28 Oct 162#28
machine looks like Robocop, :laughing:
vinny_43
28 Oct 16#29
Is there Americano capsules available for this?
paulj48 to vinny_43
28 Oct 161#38
is an Americano not just a shot of espresso with some extra water so why would you need a specialised capsule?
AcidJiles
28 Oct 16#30
How is illy Hot Chocolate?
gogboy
28 Oct 16#33
Is it just me or if this cheap due to the heavy price to pay for a cup of coffee, unless of course your basing it on cafe costs then it sounds cheap
wildecat
28 Oct 16#34
I like Illy coffee but not another coffee pod system...
I've seen Tassimo, Nespresso, Dolce Gusto and Modo Mio in most supermarkets.
ASDA offer 3 boxes for £10 on the above or I buy a box to get up to £10 in Waitrose for a free Sunday Times.
Krizzo3
28 Oct 16#35
We will never see such data but somehow other brands are not known for it as hotpoint is, I would imagine the general user is most likely the same as for the caring/maintenance of the machine.
What they say in the manual is one world, and what people do is another, the trick is to make the stuff for people :wink:
mrtea99
28 Oct 16#36
Dam I would have snapped this up if it wasn't the iperEspresso the choice is really limited, need the TASSIMO really. great price if you don't mind the iperEspresso lock in but I guess this is probably why they are trying to offload these units cheap
pew41
28 Oct 161#37
fool's gold
chrisdog
28 Oct 161#39
Why do people think that 19 bars means a better coffee?thats how they trick you into buying these machine. A real, proper coffee is made at 9 bars. No more than that. 19 bars is a s**** coffee and its a marketing things.
PS: and price/kg when it comes to pods is waaay more than a famous coffee. Long term - its a rip off:)
fazered to chrisdog
28 Oct 16#44
Spot on. The trend had been to go even lower than 9 bars.
This machine is ****. The coffee is mediocre at very best, expensive and bad for the environment.
gogboy
28 Oct 16#40
Wouldn't personally buy hotpoint white good but the reason we ended up with this was my mother wanted one and we bought it for her but ended up taking it when she passed away.
She wanted hotpoint to replace her off white goods, had always had them and they obviously don't make them like they used to because she had them for years.
Wasn't long ago Beko had to send engineers out to replace something in a fridge freezer think it was due to some going on fire where someone was killed.
I watched the engineer take our machine apart and he showed me where it could potentially go wrong but it really boils down to probably not maintaining the machine
crazylegs
28 Oct 162#41
Why would you want proof that some muppet has it for £22.49, to be honest who gives a fig!
Stud
28 Oct 16#42
Meh. Think I'll stick with my Lavazza Modo Mio. ~25p a shot, and machine looks better imo. I've got one at home, and one at work. Both came with free milk heater/frother, which if you like milk in your coffee is essential.
Also, I've had nespresso a few times, normally in a hotel room when the machine is part of the kit that is offered. Even as a straight espresso, it always tastes/smells really disappointing. Never had a shot as good from a pod machine as I have had from my Lavazza.
Right, off to make a coffee!!
spatter
28 Oct 16#43
I'm not mad on pod machines as there isn't enough flexibility and they are environmentally rubbish but my work has a Nespresso machine that must have 100 pods a day going through it and it's still going strong after three years!
aibon
28 Oct 16#45
False economy. Absolutely ridiculous prices for the coffee required for this machine to work
Sentral
28 Oct 161#46
Good price, but if you actually like coffee you'll be wanting a real espresso machine, beans and a grinder.
benjai to Sentral
28 Oct 161#52
But only snobs actually think like that. I like my coffee and have all of the above. But I also have a Nespresso, moka pot and filter pot and I like them all.
tom6195
28 Oct 16#47
any good? better than my aeg lavazza espria?
nomad01
28 Oct 16#48
People comparing the capsule prices to bags of beans... beans go off very quickly. If I open a bag of beans at the weekend, by the following weekend, they're starting to taste stale. Beans are great if you can get through a whole bag in a week but otherwise it's a waste... unless you just can't tell your coffee is stale.
The capsules last ages. Read Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood's findings regarding pods. He actually knows what he's talking about.
I've spent fortunes in the past on Gaggia and Rancillio equipment. Sure, if all the stars are aligned, you can get a "god shot" of espresso but generally, the standard of Nespresso pods is more consistent if less interesting. Go to Colonna coffee for more interesting "proper" coffee in pod form.
As for the environment, we recycle all our pods with Nespresso.
chrisdog to nomad01
28 Oct 16#51
What about the chemicals in it?what about when you drink a late from a machine like this?that milk comes from a lot a chemicals. Real beans, kept as it should be, a good grinder and a real espresso machine gives you proper coffee. Not this invention that is a big lie.
kyeung
28 Oct 16#49
Any cheap 3rd party/re-useable pods that I can use with this machine please? Thinking re-filling by powder.
orochiguyver
28 Oct 16#50
A purchase like this isn't about the cost if machine, it's about the consideration of longevity of consumables. Vs. Nespresso and Tassimo who already dominate a challenging market, this is such a risk of becoming a dusty gadget destined for the bin within the year.
voted got.... cheaper than a Costa whichever way you look at it..... but I'll stick with my little stove top pot
kpmatthews
1 Nov 16#55
Proof is further up the page where it says 25% off for new customers
coolio28
1 Nov 161#56
Doesn't work that code. So it's not proof
ph1981
1 Nov 16#57
Are there any other compatible capsules out there for this?
Liverpool_Bear
2 Nov 16#58
Looks great, is it any good?
MartyDawg
7 Nov 16#59
Could anyone please tell me if this is just for espresso, as in, would it make cappuccino also? I can't see any reference to a milk compartment.
downing86
16 Nov 16#60
Has anybody else received there's yet?
Ordered mine a fortnight ago and still waiting. contacted groupon but no response...
sgw22
23 Nov 16#61
Received mine the day after ordering, but have only had a chance to use it twice so far. Seemed a little bit on the cold side and didn’t make much coffee, however I’ve since seen that you can adjust how much coffee comes out on each of the two settings, so will try that.
Part of me is wondering if I should have paid an extra £2 and got the Bosch Tassimo Vivy. Would be interested to hear what other people think about it if they’ve received it yet?
Ballady
11 Dec 16#62
You can get a Nespresso machine for £50 or a Lavazza for £40 and the pods are much cheaper and lot's of other companies do their own pods for these machines as well (especially Nespresso, both Lidl and Aldi do decent pods for Nespresso now) so I have to vote cold.
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It takes the illy coffee pods / capsules and you can change the size of the drink in the settings. It has an 800ml tank and an onboard waste bin for 9 used capsules.
You don't get any capsules with the machine but they are all readily available from ocado, ebay, amazon,anothercoffee.co.uk etc.
Same machine is £109 from appliance house, £94.99 on eBay, £89.65 from Amazon and with the free delivery £29.99 seems a real bargain.
Mixed capsules £45.21 for 126 delivered here....
http://www.espressocrazy.com/coffee/iperespresso_capsules/
Ocado 3 different types £9.50 for 21 capsules
https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getSearchProducts.do?clearTabs=yes&isFreshSearch=true&chosenSuggestionPosition=&entry=illy+capsules
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Possibly not ideal for this particular model if it drops the used capsules into a tray.
We had one of the affected models and it survived heavy usage for long enough but was fairly well looked after.
I've seen Tassimo, Nespresso, Dolce Gusto and Modo Mio in most supermarkets.
ASDA offer 3 boxes for £10 on the above or I buy a box to get up to £10 in Waitrose for a free Sunday Times.
What they say in the manual is one world, and what people do is another, the trick is to make the stuff for people :wink:
PS: and price/kg when it comes to pods is waaay more than a famous coffee. Long term - its a rip off:)
This machine is ****. The coffee is mediocre at very best, expensive and bad for the environment.
She wanted hotpoint to replace her off white goods, had always had them and they obviously don't make them like they used to because she had them for years.
Wasn't long ago Beko had to send engineers out to replace something in a fridge freezer think it was due to some going on fire where someone was killed.
I watched the engineer take our machine apart and he showed me where it could potentially go wrong but it really boils down to probably not maintaining the machine
Also, I've had nespresso a few times, normally in a hotel room when the machine is part of the kit that is offered. Even as a straight espresso, it always tastes/smells really disappointing. Never had a shot as good from a pod machine as I have had from my Lavazza.
Right, off to make a coffee!!
The capsules last ages. Read Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood's findings regarding pods. He actually knows what he's talking about.
I've spent fortunes in the past on Gaggia and Rancillio equipment. Sure, if all the stars are aligned, you can get a "god shot" of espresso but generally, the standard of Nespresso pods is more consistent if less interesting. Go to Colonna coffee for more interesting "proper" coffee in pod form.
As for the environment, we recycle all our pods with Nespresso.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bialetti-Moka-Express-Espresso-Maker/dp/B00004RFRU/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1477694010&sr=1-4
Ordered mine a fortnight ago and still waiting. contacted groupon but no response...
Part of me is wondering if I should have paid an extra £2 and got the Bosch Tassimo Vivy. Would be interested to hear what other people think about it if they’ve received it yet?