Belka smart portafilter soon to be launched
- baldheadracing
- Team HB
I've been watching this Korean portafilter for a while now and was excited to just read that they will soon be launching sales outside Korea.
It sure beats my current practice of shooting video of the pressure gauge on a Scace 2 and then transcribing the pressure readings from the video, and it is more flexible than the Smart Espresso profiler as it can be used on multiple machines that take the usual 58mm portafilters. However, it is restricted to the installed basket.
English website: https://belka-eng.imweb.me/home AFAIK, cost is unknown. Cost in Korea is about $650USD, not including VAT.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/belka_portafilter/ (check out the KvdW Idro (the new one) extraction)
Almost all of the available video is in Korean, but here's a ten minute video with English subtitles from a year ago:
It sure beats my current practice of shooting video of the pressure gauge on a Scace 2 and then transcribing the pressure readings from the video, and it is more flexible than the Smart Espresso profiler as it can be used on multiple machines that take the usual 58mm portafilters. However, it is restricted to the installed basket.
English website: https://belka-eng.imweb.me/home AFAIK, cost is unknown. Cost in Korea is about $650USD, not including VAT.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/belka_portafilter/ (check out the KvdW Idro (the new one) extraction)
Almost all of the available video is in Korean, but here's a ten minute video with English subtitles from a year ago:
-"Good quality brings happiness as you use it" - Nobuho Miya, Kamasada
It's one of those things that could've been out years ago. As for the filter basket, I guess it has to use its proprietary one which means no boutique high / ultra / hyper precision aftermarket baskets.
- baldheadracing (original poster)
- Team HB
You can specify the basket. Default is IMS Precision B70TH26.5M. However, the basket can't easily be swapped as some sensors are attached to the basket.
-"Good quality brings happiness as you use it" - Nobuho Miya, Kamasada
Seems like it has to be done at the factory thus no swapping at all by the users.baldheadracing wrote: the basket can't easily be swapped as some sensors are attached to the basket.
The bottom plate of portafilter is operable for inside cleaning. https://belka-eng.imweb.me/store/?idx=148pifko wrote:if you can't remove the basket?