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So a high quality brand on sale should be presumed to be low quality?

• nosianu 4y ago
  You should look at the specific appliance and not just the brand. Even known "good" brands mess up. For example and speaking about grinders, I had a Mahlkönig Vario at first, 370 Euro (https://www.mahlkoenig.com/de/products/vario-home https://www.mahlkoenig.com/de/products/vario-home). Mahlkönig is a brand for professional-grade coffee grinders, with some few expensive top-consumer-grade ones in the mix. It's their cheapest coffee grinder. That particular model wasn't their own, I think they got it from Baratza (https://baratza.com/grinder/vario/ https://baratza.com/grinder/vario/), probably to extend their presence in the top-segment of the household market. Too bad, that model is not a good fit for them at all. Lots of issues. I had mine repaired and it went so badly they sent me a brand new one after I complained with pictures. It's not bad per se or terrible, it just does not quite deliver what one expects from that brand. For example, the seal that prevents the espresso-grade finely ground coffee to get into the machine is just some barely attached rubber ring. Leakage into the machine is an issue. Also, lots of plastic. Very hard to disassemble, soooo many steps and parts, bad for repairs and maintenance.