It's impressive how you can actually communicate directly with the machine. The sound, the smell, the steam, the muscle memory become part of the ritual. Once you get used to them, it's almost impossible to go back to coffee at the push of a button, even on a well-established espresso machine. It needs, as a companion, a good grinder to show what it's really capable of. It's the kind of machine that, if you see it, you know clearly what it's made for and makes you curious to use it. It doesn't inspire fear with all kinds of interfaces like buttons, pressure gauges, thermometers. I like it. That's exactly what I wanted... good coffee and a little tradition. Great! There's no need to give any more details about the delivery and package... impeccable!

I love it, it's a great coffee maker, I bought it as a second one to go with a Lelit HX machine, I love making coffee with it :)

A great machine for connoisseurs. With well-ground quality coffee (grinder next to the machine of course), it always makes the best espresso. Nothing for the coffee drinker who wants to have 'coffee" in a second with the phone to his ear! :)

I am satisfied with the coffee machine overall, but at this price I would have expected better quality of some components. The plastic bowl and such don't look too pro. In addition, when squeezing the lever, I sometimes worry that the joints may break over time. It's probably meant to be that way and you need to push with the other hand to counteract.
Otherwise everything works as it should, so I'm satisfied.

+ proven quality
the quality of the espresso is largely influenced by the user
So far everything works as it should, I still need to fine tune the espresso preparation process :)
compactness
At this price, I would have expected a better quality of some parts. It bothers me that some components are plastic, it looks cheap and not quite nice.
Also, when I push the lever, I feel like I can rip off the lever head which is riveted to the water reservoir. I hope that doesn't happen.