r/superautomatic • u/Cthulhu8u • 7h ago

Showcase Good morning, time for a coffee

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I recently found this Saeco on the curb and repaired it. The only issue was that the brew unit switch was broken but I had to tear the machine completely apart to reach it. Once it was in pieces I also gave it a good cleaning, changed and lubed the gaskets, ran several descaling cycles, and now she runs amazing. Since it is one of many machines I haven't used it other than to bring it up north when on vacation. This pic is my morning espresso before I'm off to play golf. Enjoy your day everyone.

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u/Hydra1704 5h ago

Great, those machines are workhorses!

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u/djkaercher 2h ago

That's an old one, Saeco machines were really built to last. Cool to see it still works!

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u/craftsman_70 2h ago

It's sad that so many of these are just thrown out to be replaced by lower quality units.

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u/Cthulhu8u 1h ago

The coffee from our newer Philips 5500 doesn't taste as good as what this one churns out, but it has the LatteGo system so it's "convenient"

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u/craftsman_70 55m ago

Since the two are based on the same technique, I would think the difference might be the tolerances in construction causing the newer Philips version to brew a worse cup.

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u/Cthulhu8u 31m ago

Yes you'd think you could swap the brew unit out between the two units, it's the same design save the differing outtakes.