I’m extremely happy with my Profitec Pro 600, but after getting kids I just value sleep more than the perfect cup in the morning. After work it’s usually kindergarten pick-up, dinner, playtime and then too late for a cuppa.
Also, when having guests over, the constant noise of grinding 5-6 cups interrupts the conversation and takes time.
I’m seriously considering selling my dream machine and getting a capsule and/or the Fellow Aiden so I can at least make really good coffee, but with one grind and a batch for everybody at once.
What have been your experiences on this?
Am I being an idiot and should keep it stored for when I have more time in the future?
Do I just not love the process enough for such a quality machine?
Appreciate honest feedback!
I do agree, but I feel like keeping a machine this big and expensive around to make a couple of cups on the weekends is… wasteful?
It’s a lot of money tied up into a depreciating asset I feel deserves to be used more than I currently do, if that makes sense.
We’re not hurting financially, so it’s more of a “is this reasonable to keep around”-type of thing.
Fair enough. I get your point, I just personally disagree with it I suppose. Coffee is important enough to me that it’s worth the counter space, even if it isn’t getting used all the time. But that’s just me. Ultimately, this is a decision you and your partner should make, not random people on the internet. But I know if it was me and I sold it, I’d miss it and regret it.
Same.
I know you’re right so I’m leaning more towards waiting it out for the kids to grow and find a cheap solution for now.
The input here has been interesting.
That’s such a weird take. You already bought and enjoyed a machine most people would consider way too expensive “just for coffee”. Which means it’s a passion buy, not an utilitarian one. Especially since you, quote, “are not hurting financially”. Depreciating assets are for commodities, not passions and hobbies. Otherwise, what’s the point in life? Selling it would be a net loss anyways, because at some point in life, you might want to buy another one and you’d lose the depreciation on this one plus inflation.
Don’t sell or you’ll regret it. Kids grow up quick, you’ll find the time again to appreciate a nice espresso very soon. Get a cheap alternative for guests and/or inconvenient times. Keep the nice espresso machine.
I both get your point, and agree with most of it.
The core issue is that I don’t use it enough, find it impractical for the use cases I currently have, and don’t have the room to buy another machine to solve that issue.
Unless I go for a small capsule machine like Nespresso and stow it away between uses.
My main reason for pulling the financial argument was simply that it will keep losing value, and if I never find the joy again, it’d be better cutting my losses now.
I am leaning more and more towards just keeping it and accepting that life has its phases and stop feeling guilty about it often gathering dust.