Price / performance: outstanding! We have been about 5 years Nespresso - Customer, Unfortunately (or thank goodness), the machine has given up the ghost and we wanted for the following reasons on an espresso - Fully automatic switch: - The coffee in the Nespresso - capsules costs approximately to 70 - 80 per Kg As has the DeLungho -. Fully automatic reckoned loosely in approximately 2 years! - The used aluminum - Nespresso capsules are not "bio - waste", but waste! - The Nespresso - machines - repair would - 99 - - cost regardless of the defect. This is "rip"! 5 weeks before the DeLungho was - machine ordered from Amazon and shipped fast. Relatively low stress on the machine: 2 people - household, but occasionally some visits. Upon receipt, we began with the testing of various coffee beans - varieties, both the "short" espresso, as well as for the "Lungo". What is very positive that the "DeLonghi" fully automatic machine is equipped with a water filter, because the tap water is extremely hard or kalkhältig with us. This filter prevents that the machine quickly scaled up and he certainly also improves the taste of the end product, but is not cheap in the long run. Our home is in Klagenfurt, which is only about 1/2 hour by car from Italy (Tarvisio) away. After our coffee - taste is certainly influenced by Italy, we tried the more roasted "Lavazza Espresso Crema e Gusto" even under other varieties. Unfortunately this coffee appeared very mild and atypical in comparison with Italian espressos, as well as the Espresso - beans of Tchibo / Eduscho. Ultimately, the race was a local roaster in Klagenfurt: the products of "Exzelsior". This coffee you get way also on Amazon. However, we mix 50: 50% Exzelsior - varieties "Caffee Crema" (white box) with "Espresso finest from Brasil" (red packet). So finally we have a suitable for our taste beans - mix, found both the "short coffee", as well as for the "Lungo"! After a thorough study of the fully automatic from the technical side all functions are very easy to understand. Only when cleaning the "brewing" there was the problem to expand this. It was not easy! In general, we are very satisfied with the espresso - Fully automatic and hope that he still gives us a few years without any problems joy. A certain degree of comfort is also in the 3-year warranty (with registration at DeLonghi via Internet).
