I DID MEGA RESEARCH, ON LEVER MACHINES,AND THE EXPOBAR COMPANY,TALKED TO ESPRESSO MACHINE REPAIRMAN, READ EVERY POSSIBLE REVIEW, B-4 I BOUGHT IT, I TRIED SHOTS FROM A FRIENDS ROCKET GIOTTO, ISOMAC TEA [THIS WAS CLOSE] AND QUICK MILL ALEXIA , NOPE, THE EXPOBAR WAS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AND THE PRICE WAS 500$OR MORE LESS, WITH THE CANADIAN DOLLAR BEING AT PAR NOW THE DEALS ARE FANTASTIC, LOTS OF STEAM AND FAST, THE WORKMANSHIP IS OUTSTANDING, A GOOD FRIEND WHO I VISIT WEEKLY HAS A ROCKET GIOTTO, AND IVE GONE OVER AND OVER HIS MACHINE, TO TRY AND SEE WHY IT COST 775$ MORE NEW, CANT FIND IT, ANOTHER FRIEND WHO HAS ASMALL CAFE!! HAS THE ISOMAC TEA, MACHINE, SAME DEAL $2000 PLUS, I CANT SEE THE DIFFERANCE, A REPAIRMAN I TALKED TO WHO SEES THE GUTS OF THESE MACHINES DAILY TOLD ME, MACHINES COMING OUT OF SPAIN, GENERALLY ARE BUILT AS GOOD OR BETTER, AND ARE 100S LESS, I DONT EVER SEE WHAT I WOULD MOVE UP TO!!!!! [FOR HOME USE] MY WIFES SISTER JUST GOT A NOUVA SIMONILE OSCAR IN RED, LOOKS GREAT, BUT THAT MACHINE JUST DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO THE OLD EXPOBAR, BUT SHE PAID 1250$ I GUESS, VERY HANDSOME MACHINE THOUGH. IN MY OPINION IF YOUR GOING UP TO A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING AND WORKING, STAINLESS STEEL LEVER, WITH THE E61 GP HEAD, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXPOBAR, FORGET THE OVER PRICED ITALIAN MACHINES, [ SOME YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT " made in italy sticker",] you do not have to spend $2000 plus for a good lever maqchine w the e61, b-4 spending all that coin, try and find a expobar and use it or at least get a shot, im lucky i owned a cafe, a alot of my friends are into the BEAN, [less alcohol and more caffine in our 50s i guesS im always testing proding, questioning, its a very fine machine, and you can get 1 BRAND NEW FOR $1285.00, OR SO, SHOPPING AROUND, another thing ive learned in this economy, DONT BE AFRAID TO MAKE A OFFER, NOT A STUPID ONE BUT REASONALBE, MY SELLER CAME DOWN 55.00$ GOOD LUCK |
