Drip tray pop/buckle on Profitec Pro 800

#1: Post by **TonyP** » Oct 07, 2019, 5:24 pm

Is it normal for the drip tray on the Pro 800 to pop/buckle when hot water is flushed onto it? I have uploaded a short video. The sound on the video doesn't really do it justice, it's quite loud. Made me jump the first time it happened.

#2: Post by **belegnole** » Oct 07, 2019, 6:35 pm

lol, probably not. I haven't see metal memory like that in quite some time though. You could check with the people you purchased it from to see if you could get a different one.

#3: Post by **[creative nickname]** » Oct 07, 2019, 6:49 pm

Mine definitely does not do that, fwiw!

#4: Post by **truemagellen** » Oct 07, 2019, 10:07 pm

You can probably stress relieve it

#5: Post by **sweaner** » replying to truemagellen » Oct 07, 2019, 11:02 pm

What, give it some Prozac?

#6: Post by **truemagellen** » replying to sweaner » Oct 08, 2019, 1:52 am

Just a light massage will do. Play some relaxing music. Start with pouring a little red wine on it to get in the mood.

#7: Post by **redbone** » Oct 08, 2019, 7:31 am

Had a kitchen sink that did that.

#8: Post by **TheMadTamper** » Oct 08, 2019, 9:33 am

That's it, Pro 800 is off my list!

#9: Post by **maxbmello** » Oct 08, 2019, 7:23 pm

Mine does it occasionally when flushing a bit of water. Never really concerned me all that much since the espresso is so good

#10: Post by **TonyP** » Oct 14, 2019, 4:00 pm

TheMadTamper wrote:That's it, Pro 800 is off my list!

Not so fast! I contacted the shop that I bought it from and they suggested taking the tray off and pushing it permanently into the down position. I put about half my body weight onto it and it didn't seem to budge, let alone "pop". I flushed hot water over it afterwards, and no pop! I've tried at least a dozen times since, and it hasn't popped once. It was doing it every time before.