This was a replacement for a unit 7+ years old that was high end machine. I did now want to spend same amount of money to replace, thinking 7 years of development new machine would be of equal quality. Unfortunately I was wrong. 

Machine is decent but quality of espresso just wasn’t that great compared to what I was used too. I went through half pound of bean just to get a decent pull. Unfortunately the 21mm portafilter just doesn’t deliver a quality shot compared to my prior 58mm portafilter.  

The frother is decent and very convenient but I prefer the control of a manual machine and the manual frothing just wasn’t up to par of higher end machine.  

Good machine for starters and for price range but once used to a higher quality this is disappointing.  I have returned after a week.