2/15/07 Received coffee maker with minor outside box damage but eveything seemed intact. Made several pots of very good coffee and espresso but after 4 days the main switch and digital readout went crazy and the water heating element for the coffee side refused to turn off. I had to unplug the unit fearing a fire. I am returning the unit to Delonghi. I will review the new unit after I have had it for a while.4/2/07 I recieved the new unit in good condition and set it up with some trepidation (see earlier review). All the functions work fine and the coffee/espresso maker has been chugging along fine. It has made more than 50 pots of very good coffe and about 30 pots of espresso that even my Cuban colleagues enjoy. Based on my experience with the new unit so far, I would increase my rating to 4 stars, however Amazon will only allow one review per person.
7/15/08 When I first started using this product, I must admit that I was impressed. It packed a lot of funtionality in a reasonably priced product. I have now had this machine a little over a year and I can no longer use the coffee side of the machine because it leaks water all over my counter. Since it was out of warranty, I disassembled the machine to find out what was leaking. There was a fitting at the top of the machine where the water was pumped from the reservoir to the sprayer. I could not take that fitting apart because all of the screws were rusted completely. They just fell apart when I tried to unscrew them. I would think that a company such as this could afford to spend a few extra cents per machine to put in stainless steel screws! Is this another example of planned obsolescence? Based on this experience, I would downgrade my rating to one star.
12/18/09 Well now a little over a year after the coffee side went belly up, the expresso side has now bitten the dust as well. Into the trash bin it goes. Wow! for $150 you would think you should get more than two years use out of a coffee machine. DeLonghi... Never again!!! Definately downgraded to one star, if that.
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Last December I bought the BCO-130T machine. I thoroughly enjoyed it the coffee it made and the very good espresso and cappuccino. It worked fine for awhile. About June/July it started leaking water from the bottom of the machine. I called the suggested repair facility in Virginia. As soon as I started to explain the problem to the owner, he told me the problem and that it was common and the machine would be replaced. I sent it in for repairs. Well that process took about 8 weeks, an absolutely ridiculous amount of time.I finally get a replacement and now a couple/few months later this new machine is also leaking. So now I am two for two of machines that are defective and do not work. Although I have "had" the machine for about 11 months I have not been able to use it but about 8+months.
I have no confidence whatsoever in going through the process again not to mention that I will again have to pay shipping and be without a coffee maker for weeks. To spend ANY more money on this inferior product would be throwing good money after bad.
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Makes a good cup of coffee and the espresso machine part is easy to use and does a good job. I really like the built in milk frother. As long as you rinse it right away it is easy to clean and makes perfectly frothed milk everytime! The 1/5 feature allows you to make a half a pot of coffee that still tastes good.Want DeLonghi BCO130T Combination Coffee/Espresso Machine Discount?
Few things that could be better but overall a very good machine.The weak points are:
1. Instructions are so-so, not as direct and to the point as they could be if this is your 1st cappuccino machine. After a few brews, you should finally get it all down pat.
2. The carafes do not have hinged lids so they are a pain to use. Having had many coffee makers in the past, I was surprised to see this on an 'upscale' coffee maker. If you pour to quickly, they tend to spill coffee on the counter.
Now for the good part, once you figure it out it makes excellent coffee and cappuccino. I'm a coffee drinker but my wife prefers cappuccino. So she decided that a combination machine would be a great Christmas present rather then a separate machine because it would take less counter space. It is an added bonus that it can make both at the same time. We researched a lot of machines before landing on this one and are both quite happy with the results. As I said, in the big picture, the complaints were minor and if we were to do it over again, we would still purchase this machine.
Update, After 5, count 'em 5 of these machines I give up. Cappuccino side worked well on all of them, frother did a pretty good job but sometimes would just not froth. Coffee side tended to prove the old saying about multi-function units not doing everything well. Every unit leaked water on it's way to the coffee. The repair place was about a 45 minute drive and would be without a machine for a few weeks, then a new one would appear. After a bit it would leak again. It got to the point where they just had me cut off the cord and return it, which was easier but still annoying. I offered to pay to upgrade to a better unit but was told nothing existed. They offered a model down without the frother but since that seemed to work just fine i saw no purpose in that plus reviews on that one said it was a leaker too.
Would have kept it for the cappuccino side but it takes up to much room for that so it's off to the re-cycle bin. Too bad, great idea, poor execution. We now have 2 units, take up about the same amount of room and do a much better job.
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