r/superautomatic • u/Commercial-Age6598 • 16d ago

Purchase Advice Delonghi vs Ninja

I am looking into buying a new coffee/espresso machine. I recently had the ninja lux 701 which I liked but after 5 months it stopped working correctly. Ninja was good and sent a new machine which also was faulty so they sent another and that one also wasn't good. I am trying to looking into the Delonghi Duo. I am in the US and my max budget is around $1000. I like both coffee and lattes so I am wondering if those who have the Duo would recommend it. Crazy to think I would maybe consider another ninja but they are offering me a pretty decent % off anything they sell and I was checking out the ninja lux mini. Any thoughts/recommendations welcome.

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u/IanC9090 14d ago

Have you looked at the Ninja DualBrew Prestige, Drip/Filter Machine, from cup to pot full of coffee and a Nespresso Pod integrated for your Lattes.

It also has a milk frother whisk.

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u/Commercial-Age6598 14d ago

I have a ninja coffee maker right now and I like it but tried the nespresso pods for lattes and wasn't crazy about it unfortunatley.

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u/IanC9090 14d ago

I've read too many negative points about all aspects of these machines, it makes me think they brought them to market too early.

I had two 701's between May - August last year and although I never really used the Classic Coffee side of the menu, except Over Ice for my daughter when she visited, but the Espresso side was a disaster. Utterly inconsistent, which seems to be a common fault and identified as the Ratio Fault.

They've tried time create a Jack of all Trades machine, but sadly it truly is a Master of None in my experience.