This looks quite smart for the price, seems to be a fair bit more elsewhere. Available in Red, Cream or Black - £25 + £1.99 P&P
The Specifics
Can be programmed to set the preferred serving size of coffee
19 bar pressure
Compatible with Illy Espresso capsules
Automatic capsule ejection after usage
Container for up to nine used capsules
Water tank capacity: 0.8L
Dimensions: 28cm x 15cm x 30cm
Available colours: cream, red, black
No capsules included
All comments (64)
donslibi
20 Aug 17#1
So cheap for this particular pod machine. Makes the best tasting espresso out of all pod machines (I've had this and Tasimo, Lavazza and Nespresso machine) but the pods are expensive (~50p each but sometimes down to ~35p on offer / bulk buy).
unfortunately I have had 3 of these machines in 4 months and finally gave up, water chamber not registering and leaking problems all 3.
4810510
20 Aug 17#3
Cold for me. Hotpoint is a toxic brand with a terrible record of appliances catching fire.
rdbradshaw to 4810510
20 Aug 17#4
True hence the name "hotpoint"
gr8h8me to 4810510
20 Aug 17#5
So you must hate Beko and Bosch as well then because I'm in the trade and they all do it because of neglect of the consumer. Water and electricity don't go together especially in filth.
4810510 to gr8h8me
20 Aug 17#8
I'm not 'in the trade' but just bought a Bosch tumble dryer for £500 as I couldn't find anything to suggest they were dangerous. Hotpoint were aware of the danger their products and done nothing. I used the Which? rating to decide.
mickrick to gr8h8me
21 Aug 17#41
So when a considerable number of appliances catch fire, resulting in a safety recall, it is as much, if not more, the customers' fault as it is the manufacturers'? You don't happen to work as an adviser to a certain US president, by any chance?
SlightlyFoxed to 4810510
21 Aug 17#27
Oh look, an uninformed FUD spreader. Hotpoint/Indesit did have that problem with tumbledryers catching fire. But, of course, the idiot brigade immediately assume that all their appliances are faulty. Grenfell tower - the fire originated in a flat that had a Hotpoint fridge, so that MUST be the cause - hotpoint appliances are about as rare as Ford cars.
I am a service engineer for kitchen appliances and I can tell you, without doubt, the "flawed" tumbledryers only caught fire after being seriously neglected. You strip the rear panel off and see the buildup and you know they aren't cleaning the filter as often as stated in the manual (which nobody reads).
I own a Hotpoint Dryer, and Indesit Washer - both are well cared for and have never given us a moment's trouble. Go and have a look at Beko or the crap that Currys peddle as their own brand. You'll soon run into problems.
TN567 to SlightlyFoxed
21 Aug 17#28
This ^^
4810510 to SlightlyFoxed
23 Aug 17#58
Oh here we go a 'service engineer' supporting Hotpoint. Of course you are correct Hotpoint are spending millions because consumers are negligent.
I'm clearly not as knowledgeable - or as into personal insults as you - but Which? rate Hotpoint as Don't Buy and I'll stick with them.
You know nothing about Grenfell so you should keep your mouth shut.
tfish to 4810510
4 Sep 17#64
LOL. Literally Nazis.
jfhopkin
20 Aug 17#6
These machines are approaching inkjet printers in terms of the "razor and blades model" - sell the appliance at a loss and make your profit on the consumables.
If you want decent coffee, buy a cafetiere and get freshly ground coffee. Cheaper, easier to clean, results just as good, plus you have a huge range of coffees to choose from, not just what the pod people want to sell you.
cafetiere and pressure brewed coffee are 2 different things.
if you want great coffee without an espresso machine then get an Aeropress
TN567 to jough
20 Aug 17#13
Aeropress are decent but for me I bit the bullet on a bean to cup, knocks spots off everything ive had previously which included a tassimo, nespresso and aeropress
One that did surprise me on my long coffee journey was the zyliss cafetiere hot mug for about £7, decent easy enough brew
roooby to jfhopkin
20 Aug 17#14
These are really decent too, as well as being easier to clean/more compact than a cafetiere:
Nothing is easier to clean than a machine that doesn't need cleaning is it? You might might be able to argue that a cafetiere with good coffee is better but how could you argue that a cafetiere is easier than banging a capsule in a machine that dispenses, instantly, straight into your cup?
mattturner756
20 Aug 17#7
Worth pointing out with pods you can’t recycle them - with cafetière you can recycle the packaging (if you buy starbucks ground coffee... and you get a free latte)
Still a good deal thou, just pointing out a lot of people think most pods are recyclable when they aren’t.
4810510 to mattturner756
20 Aug 17#9
Nespresso will give you a postage free bag to recycle genuine capsules.
Rickardo to mattturner756
21 Aug 17#31
I can't speak for this brand, but as someone else has said, original Nespresso pods are recyclable if you use their own service. I used to buy Lidl's own compatible Nespresso pods, which were plastic and recyclable by my council, once I had stripped the foil off the top and emptied the grounds. I now use Percol's compostable Nespresso compatible pods.
mattturner756 to Rickardo
22 Aug 17#49
Thanks, that’s really helpful especially as I do frequent Lidl.
technobot
20 Aug 17#10
It's back again, the machine that looks like robocop!
TN567 to technobot
20 Aug 17#11
Your move creep
zshamas to technobot
20 Aug 17#15
I was trying to work out what it reminded me of.
Like many of these capsule machines you pay relatively modest amounts for the machines and then pay through the nose for the consumables.
Bear in mind this machine is a couple of years old now and Hotpoint not having a very long history of making coffee machines you might be better off with a more mainstream coffee machine, the machine looks like its not being sold by very many other retailers.
alcot33uk to technobot
21 Aug 17#30
Dead or alive you’re frothing with me.
peterkay11
20 Aug 17#16
Got one on Groupon for £24.99 a few months ago. They come with at least 20 pods probably about as much worth as the machine cost. It's under the sink now, the refillable pods on eBay are garbage and the pods you get with them are impossible to reuse. Total white elephant and the original very very very expensive pods are nothing to write home about.
kevinyork to peterkay11
21 Aug 17#29
Current groupon advert says no pods included.
peterkay11 to kevinyork
21 Aug 17#34
I got a bag full, when these ran out it went in a cupboard. At 50p a pod no wonder the machines are cheap!
knocik
20 Aug 17#18
Video: 0:53 is something not right there, as normally you wouldn't have 2 pipes connected to 1 point.
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All comments (64)
unfortunately I have had 3 of these machines in 4 months and finally gave up, water chamber not registering and leaking problems all 3.
I am a service engineer for kitchen appliances and I can tell you, without doubt, the "flawed" tumbledryers only caught fire after being seriously neglected. You strip the rear panel off and see the buildup and you know they aren't cleaning the filter as often as stated in the manual (which nobody reads).
I own a Hotpoint Dryer, and Indesit Washer - both are well cared for and have never given us a moment's trouble. Go and have a look at Beko or the crap that Currys peddle as their own brand. You'll soon run into problems.
I'm clearly not as knowledgeable - or as into personal insults as you - but Which? rate Hotpoint as Don't Buy and I'll stick with them.
You know nothing about Grenfell so you should keep your mouth shut.
If you want decent coffee, buy a cafetiere and get freshly ground coffee. Cheaper, easier to clean, results just as good, plus you have a huge range of coffees to choose from, not just what the pod people want to sell you.
Wikipedia on the "razor and blades model"
if you want great coffee without an espresso machine then get an Aeropress
One that did surprise me on my long coffee journey was the zyliss cafetiere hot mug for about £7, decent easy enough brew
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God knows how much money I have saved :grin:
Still a good deal thou, just pointing out a lot of people think most pods are recyclable when they aren’t.
Like many of these capsule machines you pay relatively modest amounts for the machines and then pay through the nose for the consumables.
Bear in mind this machine is a couple of years old now and Hotpoint not having a very long history of making coffee machines you might be better off with a more mainstream coffee machine, the machine looks like its not being sold by very many other retailers.