Quick Mill - QM67 Evo

Overall, how are the QuickMill machines holding up? My QM67 evo turns two years old on Sunday aka end of warranty. It's been mostly solid and we use the heck out of it but has started being a touch annoying the last few days. Can I expect this machine to last my 5+ years? Side note - what are your thoughts on descaling dual boiler machines, especially sealed boilers that do not have drains like the Quickmill? My manual explicitly says descaling is not recommended for this machine but that seems to be the goto fix for anything when contacting my dealer.

Why are focused on Diletta when there are so many other similar machines available? For a very similar machine sold by dealers on the East coast, consider Profitec Ride (Whole Latte Love) or Quick Mill QM67 (Chris Coffee). Both are priced similar to the Diletta and are available with flow control. For a moderate price increase over the Diletta (but much less than LMLM), you could get Lelit Bianca, Profitec Drive, Quick Mill Vetrano, ECM Synchronika II (my favorite), as well as many others, all of which come with flow control standard or optional. All of these have rotary pumps, which make the machines much quieter and more pleasant to use, as well as allowing them to be plumbed in. If you want flow control, then Linea Mini makes no sense since it is a flat 9 bar machine. But if you have your heart set on La Marzocco, the Micra makes more sense than the Mini for most home users. Please take a deep breath and do more research before you dive in.

Chris Coffee for Quick Mill, they are great! Clive Coffee for Profitec. Clive also sells Lucca Tempo which is rebranded Pop Up.

If you like the look of Apartamento but want a dual boiler, you have lots of choices. If you are OK with a vibe pump, Profitec Ride or Quick Mill QM67. If you want a rotary pump for quiet operation and ability to be plumbed in, then Lelit Bianca, Profitec Drive, or ECM Synchronika. If you like La Marzocco, then the Linea Micra is cheaper and makes much more sense than the Mini for most home users.

You are thinking of the Quick Mill Silvano, which has a brew boiler and a thermoblock for steam. The Pop Up appears to trade the separate steam thermoblock for flow control and a $100 lower price. I love my Quick Mill QM67! I got great pre and post sale service from Chris Coffee. The Pop Up is brand new without much of a track record, but it may be worth taking the risk of being an early adopter.

I have an espresso machine that has sat for about a year on the table. What should I do to bring it back. It’s a quik mill qm 67 dual boiler setup. The steam wand works great, the hot water doesn’t dispense well from that side. Cheers

I say spend $3K on a double boiler, rotary pump e61 machine like the Ventano and then go hog wild on a grinder like the Compak PK 100 Single Dose.

I'm very pleased with my Profitec, I've had it about a year after 8 years with a Quick Mill E61, which was also an excellent, reliable machine. I like E61 machines for their abundant availability on parts. I can even get them locally! So I would skip the Profitec Move myself, and also don't think the ECM is worth the price premium. So there you go, **Profitec Drive.**

I have an Italian made completely stainless steel Quick Mill machine for the last 20 years no complaints with mine

I started out with a Quick Mill, but quickly found that machines using the E61 brew group are a class apart. I have been using a pre-owned Isomac Millennium together with a Bezzerra BZ05 coffeegrinder for at least 7 years now, love them both :-)