I have - long wondered whether the machine is to get four or five star - if only because of distrust of the high rating. Ultimately, I decided for the five, for they will do exactly what I expected of her: Good coffee in a number of different strengths and quantities - albeit with little complaints. The list of pluses will save me. They are sufficiently discussed in the other positive reviews. Rather, I want to do a comparison with our Saeco Incanto Sirius, who gave up her mind suddenly after six years and more than 26,000 references. The ECAM 23420 we have to prompt delivery by Amazon for about five weeks in use. Commissioning and operation ran smoothly. My wife came without studying the manual deal with the device. What we noticed compared to the Incanto Sirius? - Until the operational readiness it takes longer than the Saeco. Although I have not measured the time, however, there are likely to pass the two minutes for the coffee runs. (They allow you to accustom however.) - You flushed on power at least the amount of a large coffee. That is more than in the Saeco. When the machine is turned on several times a day, fast comes the invitation to fill the water tank. It also flushes in both cases. It is recommended that the insinuation of a container. (No problem) - I have compared the SBS (pre brew) Saeco searching for a setting or device: It does not exist. It is also not necessary, because in comparison with the Saeco coffee tastes even better, perhaps a result of many possible settings. However, I must say: The Saeco coffee brewed hotter. In the highest temperature setting one of the ECAM is us just hot enough. If you want hotter coffee, must make such contortions Preheat cups or double flush for heating the wires. Anyone who attaches importance to hot coffee, would deduct a point here. - There are, thank God, no sensor keys, but well usable keys with the correct pressure point. I can not remember how often a thin water film has paralyzed our Incanto. In conjunction with the display, the key operation is comprehensible in itself. Only the operation of the major strengths and amount knob underneath the display has to be looked up in the manual. - The display is easier than that of Incanto. But it is sufficient. Beautiful I would have found if the ad wiedergäbe correct German, for example, "a great coffee" instead of "a great coffee". But these are also actions at a high level. - I can not tell you how happy I am about the fact that the water tank can be pulled forward out of the machine. Anyone ever - as in the Sirius - the tank (possibly with little space available) had to go to fumble back in the coffee maker, will understand this. It seems that DeLonghi got the problem with the faulty tank gasket into the handle. Unlike described in many negative reviews, our machine stays dry after inserting the water tank. The tank is also wider than that of Sirius, so that it can be cleaned by hand. Annoying, though, is that it has a removable cover. A hinged lid as in the Saeco would have improved comfort. About the size of the water tank, no one should complain, who has seen the size of the machine. Who wants a larger tank, must buy a bigger machine. However, the small size also has an advantage: The water is not from. - Why, however, the lid of the coffee bean container received no hinge, does not want to open up to me. DeLonghi should learn a lesson from Saeco here. After all, in contrast to Incanto, a rubber seal for the purpose of flavor protection available. - In contrast to Sirius the ECAM has no sensor, which measures the amount existing coffee beans. So demand is personal observation of the capacity. This is annoying and sometimes leads to the fact that the machine grinds without beans. Thankfully, you can cancel the brewing process by pressing the coffee dispensing button on the top right or center right. However, the absence of the sensor need not necessarily be a drawback. About two and a half years ago, we were surprised by our Saeco with the message "refill coffee beans", although the container was filled plentiful. So much so that about half of Brühvorgänge broke if you do not nachdrückte the coffee beans manually. Then the customer service before about einbeinhalb years for about 180.- moved from the grinder without changed to the existing fault anything. Conclusion: Despite minor "bumps" We are completely satisfied with the ECAM 23420.
