Currently other retailers have it on offer £129.99 (Currys etc) - Good reviews, good price :smile:
First Nespresso connected machine which heats up in only 25 seconds. Created to please both Nespresso coffee drinkers and lovers of modern design, 'Prodigio' by Magimix represents the union of functionality and retro modern design, for the perfect espresso every time and all in the comfort of your own home. This stylish and premium finishing, compact design fits perfectly in your kitchen and has 3 cup size. Includes: automatic capsule ejection, rotating water tank, descaling alert and new Nespresso LED to remind the consumer that his/her capsules stock is low (reached the desired threshold) or is empty.
Yep the picture shows normal Nespresso caps. Looks like a new cleaned-up design of the older Krups/Magimix Nespresso machines. If the build quaity is as good as the old machines the price is a good bargain.
jhw
20 Sep 17#3
All of these machines look nice - but make horrible weak/overpriced espresso.
SymeonR to jhw
20 Sep 17#5
35p for a good coffee isn't bad. Unless you want to go cheap and use nespresso compatible capsules. Those are horrible!
Deano1972 to SymeonR
23 Sep 17#56
Nespresso are excellent. Not weak! Overpriced maybe!
Compatibles are good nowadays. Try Cru Kafe or Lor.
humphmeister to jhw
20 Sep 17#6
Agree, do yourself a favour and spend more on a bean to cup machine.
deeperthought to humphmeister
20 Sep 17#8
I think the coffee is very good and better than ‘baristas’ most can produce however a lot of people try and get much more than an espresso measure out of it thus don’t appreciate that. Also the variety is nice. Grinding your own and a decent machine is best however and a fair bit cheaper. I have tried several of these machine now, they all seem to be the same coffee, to be expected with standard pump pressures and so on between machines, they just vary in water capacity and extra feature and looks.
humphmeister to deeperthought
20 Sep 17#12
I am no expert, you seem way better informed than me. I bought this courtesy of HUKD and it has been fantastic. One of the best buys I've had from here.
Sadly just done a quick search and all the saeco machines now seem way more expensive.
RhinoCharger to deeperthought
21 Sep 17#30
What machines would you recommend? I've got the Nespresso Lattissima but don;t like being tied to the pods and don't really use the latte function as much anymore.
Arold to humphmeister
20 Sep 17#14
Only if you can find a bean to cup that's likely to be still working in 2 or 3 years' time. Most Nespresso machines are very reliable over the long term. This one may be less reliable than others because there's more to go wrong, such as mechanised rather than manual capsule ejection. And I certainly wouldn't buy it for Bluetooth or the app. (I have one that I was given). You'll need a lot more space for a bean to cup, incidentally, and will spend a lot more time maintaining it.
sanny87 to humphmeister
21 Sep 17#39
Could you recommend one?
Chz to sanny87
21 Sep 17#43
The cheapest one that keeps coming up on sale at Amazon is the DeLonghi 4200S, which can frequently be found for £250-280. Price bobbles around a lot, though. The fact of the matter is, much like the Nespresso machines, the innards of most of the DeLonghis are the same and you pay for style, integrated milk frothers and whatnot. I've got the 4200, and it makes great coffee and has proven to be pretty reliable. The downside is that I've now got a taste for fancy coffee, so it didn't really save me money in the end. But I do have *vastly* better coffee than the pod machine ever made and it's a lot more environmentally friendly since all the waste products can go into the compost bin.
sanny87 to Chz
21 Sep 17#44
Thank you.
theprofinuk to Chz
23 Sep 17#57
I have tried the coffee from many bean to cup machines and while decent I find that it lacks depth on a lungo. I have the suspicion that somehow they cannot achieve the same pressure on the coffee chamber due to the mechanic seal.
In my book the cheapest option at home remains the bialetti moka. It does not make crema, but taste is great. For the office I vote nespresso (I have a pixie and an inissia).
Chz to theprofinuk
25 Sep 17#58
I think that's a marketing issue, nothing to do with pressure. They're espresso machines. Yes, they allow you to over-extract 18g of coffee all to hell and back, but that doesn't mean you should. The Nespresso is the same. We have one in the office and anything bigger than a double espresso is muck. You want a full cup of coffee, make a double and turn it into an americano.
Moka pots are a different drink. Personally, I don't like 'em but lots of people do. I don't really think they compete with proper espresso machines, or with filter machines. They're their own thing.
fazzy-bhoy to jhw
21 Sep 17#33
Serious question - Are any of these nespresso machines any better than any other nespresso machine, regardless of price?
This was says it heats up water in 25 seconds. So what? What does it do for a hundred and sixty quid (ok, it's half price now, but was £160) that a nespresso machine at 40 quid doesn't?
paulbohs to fazzy-bhoy
21 Sep 17#36
I think the difference is how it looks. The internals should be the same. Maybe the water container size is slightly different but no real difference. This one does have Bluetooth so you can insert the pod, walk away and then use an app on your phone to start making the coffee instead of pressing the start button while you were over there. Bluetooth may even save you 25 seconds in the morning if you use the app to start the pre loaded coffee.
JamesSmith to paulbohs
22 Sep 17#53
My god. I thought you were joking!
freerangeninja to jhw
21 Sep 17#51
I was a barista on and off for a few years and tbh I don't think its half bad.
Noxia to freerangeninja
22 Sep 17#54
No offence meant but I don't think that makes ones opinion any more valid. That's like me saying because I'm Italian mine is more valid.
JamesSmith to Noxia
23 Sep 17#55
That's a bit harsh.
A barista acquires skills to deliver a good espresso - to do that requires learning the difference between a good espresso and bad. They naturally have a great deal more experience in coffee tasting informed by the processes involved than the average person.
Picard123
20 Sep 17#7
Those pods are an environmental disaster.
johnnystorm to Picard123
20 Sep 17#9
Any worse than a yoghurt pot, coke can or plastic bottle of water bought on the high street and not recycled?
Worse than the car the person drinking the coffee owns?
Use nespresso caps and they'll collect them and recycle the coffee and pod material.
Picard123 to johnnystorm
20 Sep 17#13
Coke cans etc get recycled.
Cars you need to get around the place, for food delivery etc
Pods you don't need.
johnnystorm to Picard123
20 Sep 17#16
I'm pretty sure that LOADS of coke cans end up in landfill, plenty of people drive when they could walk, buy new cars just for the heck of it and watch TVs that use hundreds of watts of energy.
Singling out a coffee pod seems a bit harsh to be honest. Particularly when if you use the manufacturers own pods they will actively provide you with the means to recycle them at no extra cost to the user.
Arold to Picard123
20 Sep 17#17
Only a minority of Coke cans get recycled. No one NEEDS a car. A majority of pods DO get recycled (if they come from Nespresso).
Picard123 to Arold
20 Sep 17#22
The majority of those pods get a dumped in a landfill or get washed out to sea.
Pods take up to 500 years to breakdown
Even the former boss of Nespresso said that they're an environmental disaster.
All of which applies to any other container that doesnt get recycled. Why, specifically is a gram of plastic drom a pod worse than a gram of plastic from a yoghurt pot or a gram of aluminium (from an official pod) worse than a a gram of aluminium from a coke can?
Also, I notice the guy saying they are a disaster is selling a rival product. :kissing_heart:
And washed out to sea? Really? :grin:
Leonintelex to johnnystorm
21 Sep 17#29
Wow - HUKDs very own Donald Trump. Surprised you didn't utter the words "fake news" :joy:
johnnystorm to Leonintelex
21 Sep 17#41
Now that I do take offence to! :joy:
Burgmeister to Arold
21 Sep 17#32
Really? What a very interesting comment. I guess if you are able-bodied and live in a city or large town with good transport links that MAY be true, but if you are disabled and/or live in an area that has no public transport you definitely need a car.
Bogami to Picard123
20 Sep 17#20
You so crazy you live in the dreamworld where unicorns dance around hyperspectral rainbows while whistling The Flight of the Bumblebee :joy:
thelion to Picard123
21 Sep 17#47
The nespresso pods can be recycled you get the recyling bags from nespresso and use local click and collect shops
1982john to johnnystorm
20 Sep 17#19
They are a lot worse than even an unrecycled yogurt pot. I try to recycle mine but there's not many places doing it
johnnystorm to 1982john
20 Sep 17#21
I'm interested in why you think this?
Same amount, probably less plastic in a pod. I spend as long having a coffee as I do eating a yoghurt.
You can take your nespresso pods to their shops, any collect plus shop or a passing yodel van will collect, or you could just pop them, tip the coffee on the garden and rinse them in the sink.
1982john to johnnystorm
21 Sep 17#34
If you recycle them then there's no problem I'm talking about here if you just chuck them in the bin.
They are inherently difficult to recycle due to the mix of aluminium and plastic
Yep and I fully agree with that. My POV was that the idea they are somehow a disaster for the environment when there are plenty of equal or worse offenders. Nobody posts up on cheap mobile phones they are an environmental disaster, or cans of drink, or moulded plastic toys, etc.
Picard123 to 1982john
21 Sep 17#45
Even if you recycling them, the recycling takes a disproportionate amount of energy and resource in terms of its massive carbon footprint and energy wastage. A truck has to drive your used coffee pods to Nespresso's facility in Congleton, Cheshire as there are no local facilities and due to the mix of materials Council run recycling facilities cannot be used. How much pollution and diesel do you think gets wasted every week driving hundreds of thousands of these stupid used pods around the country?
Basically, these nespresso pods are an environmental disaster.
1982john to Picard123
21 Sep 17#46
I agree that compared to instant/b2c coffee this has a way higher carbon footprint. All I'd say is we all have our vices and have to reasonable adjustments to our lifestyle. Is it worse than frequent flyers or people who loads of meat? I have no idea.
Picard123 to 1982john
21 Sep 17#48
I like my coffees but I wouldn't regularly use these Nespresso aluminium pods. They're too much of an environmental disaster. Unless consumers are more discerning, Nespresso will just carry on as they're ultimately just interested in the ££££s they can make.
Every man and his dog knows that these pods are an environmental disaster.
You just seem to be denial.
Arold to Picard123
20 Sep 17#15
Nonsense. Send them back to Nespresso for recycling. Just don't buy the non-Nespresso versions.
dreamz
20 Sep 17#10
This looks like a better deal to me as it comes with the milk machine for £20 more m.debenhams.com/web…795
paulbohs to dreamz
21 Sep 17#31
If you buy the Nespresso Inissia Coffee Machine, Black by Magimix for £49, you get a "free" milk machine when you buy 150 coffee pods for about £50. Similar to your deal but you get 150 coffees to try out.
Wish I liked taste of coffee, love my gadgets. Wasn't interested until I saw there was an app, would be pretty straight forward to get it working with Alexa.
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Nespresso Prodigio Coffee Maker, Silver by Magimix amazon.co.uk/dp/…S3E
Something's not right there..
Compatibles are good nowadays. Try Cru Kafe or Lor.
I have tried several of these machine now, they all seem to be the same coffee, to be expected with standard pump pressures and so on between machines, they just vary in water capacity and extra feature and looks.
hotukdeals.com/dea…125
Sadly just done a quick search and all the saeco machines now seem way more expensive.
I've got the 4200, and it makes great coffee and has proven to be pretty reliable. The downside is that I've now got a taste for fancy coffee, so it didn't really save me money in the end. But I do have *vastly* better coffee than the pod machine ever made and it's a lot more environmentally friendly since all the waste products can go into the compost bin.
In my book the cheapest option at home remains the bialetti moka. It does not make crema, but taste is great. For the office I vote nespresso (I have a pixie and an inissia).
Moka pots are a different drink. Personally, I don't like 'em but lots of people do. I don't really think they compete with proper espresso machines, or with filter machines. They're their own thing.
This was says it heats up water in 25 seconds. So what? What does it do for a hundred and sixty quid (ok, it's half price now, but was £160) that a nespresso machine at 40 quid doesn't?
A barista acquires skills to deliver a good espresso - to do that requires learning the difference between a good espresso and bad. They naturally have a great deal more experience in coffee tasting informed by the processes involved than the average person.
Worse than the car the person drinking the coffee owns?
Use nespresso caps and they'll collect them and recycle the coffee and pod material.
Cars you need to get around the place, for food delivery etc
Pods you don't need.
Singling out a coffee pod seems a bit harsh to be honest. Particularly when if you use the manufacturers own pods they will actively provide you with the means to recycle them at no extra cost to the user.
Pods take up to 500 years to breakdown
abc.net.au/new…810
Also, I notice the guy saying they are a disaster is selling a rival product. :kissing_heart:
And washed out to sea? Really? :grin:
I try to recycle mine but there's not many places doing it
Same amount, probably less plastic in a pod. I spend as long having a coffee as I do eating a yoghurt.
You can take your nespresso pods to their shops, any collect plus shop or a passing yodel van will collect, or you could just pop them, tip the coffee on the garden and rinse them in the sink.
They are inherently difficult to recycle due to the mix of aluminium and plastic
bbc.co.uk/new…927
Basically, these nespresso pods are an environmental disaster.
nespresso.com/uk/…ing
You just seem to be denial.
m.debenhams.com/web…795
Can you get earl grey tea capsules?