Murphy's Law, #457 You will figure it out yourself within minutes after ranting about it publicly. That is all

I hope this isn't cross-posting. I'm trying to register at S1Cafe.com and I've never felt more stupid. To prove I'm human, I have to answer this question: "What do you need to make a latte?" I'm presented with a list of items I have to categorize as either needed or not. Here's the

Peter, Thanks for this timely post. I'm nearing a purchase and keep going hot and cold on the BDB. Your experience with it so far makes it hotter for me again. Which one do you have? 900 or 920? Sorry I don't recall when the 920 came out. I've seen many reviews out there

Three machines with differences in total functionality but with a glaring similarity. All display solid engineering and smart design, but send their manufacturing to Asia. I had "ruled out" CC1 and BDB because of their Asian connection, but now find myself lusting for a DE1. (I was "this close" to p...

Thanks but this is about hx machines. For instance, I noticed today the Oscar II manual said if the machine were idle for 8 hours, to completely cycle fresh water into the boiler. Really? Do people actually do this?

LOL at Tom C. Yes I'm certain there are some features as you climb the price scale that would be overkill for me. Like using a 12 lb race bike for an 8 mile commute. But having a big steam boiler and almost never using it... Is that like keeping an old Ferrari and never driving it?

So, with Hx machines, if you're not steaming, you're not cycling fresh water through the boiler, correct? The same is true for a DB. What's the recommended practice for this situation? Drain and refill periodically? If so, how often?

So do you find yourself making more milk drinks now with the hx vs when you had the sbdu?

There's so much info here on H-B that I didn't think I'd need to post, but here I go after digging around for quite a while. So, bottom line first: Is there a downside, such as maintenance hassles, to having a capability (such as steaming) that hardly ever gets used? A little about me. I've been doing

Well, how many people are registered here at H-B? And how widely was the "contest" marketed? Did the participation change from year to year? If so, how? And, what might have caused that?