Londinium C - Who's planning on buying one?

#1: Post by **jmarcus** » April 29th, 2020, 5:46 pm

Hi,
I am planning on buying a Londinium C, what about you?

#2: Post by **cccpu** » April 29th, 2020, 5:51 pm

Ummm... now that you just mentioned it... and its the first time I'm seeing it...
Nice.

#3: Post by **acg** » April 29th, 2020, 6:11 pm

jmarcus wrote:Hi,
I am planning on buying a Londinium C, what about you?

I don't see it on Londinium site. The last post on its forum was a year ago. Any news on LC?

#4: Post by **drH** » April 29th, 2020, 9:03 pm

I'm excited to see it and I'd love more info.

#5: Post by **wachuko** » April 29th, 2020, 10:07 pm

Londinium Compact.

And on the Londinium forum, Reiss mentioned that with the Covid situation it has given him more time to progress the LC development...

And as to the scope of the machine. A quote from Reiss:

...think of the little la pavoni, olympia cremina, ponte vecchio or the elektra mica casa e leva

that is the class of machine the LC will be in, a world away from the LR

April 29th, 2020, 10:52 pm

@acg Its not ready yet, but lots of us are dying for it.

#7: Post by **HoldTheOnions** » April 29th, 2020, 11:41 pm

A few threads on this, been coming for several years. My recollection is it was suppose to be a step up, but if it's the same class as "la pavoni, olympia cremina, ponte vecchio or the elektra mica casa e leva", then I would prolly just get one of those now.

#8: Post by **pizzaman383** » April 30th, 2020, 7:28 am

I think cost and the impact that has on the specific features/capabilities of the Londinium Compact will be interesting to see. For new levers, the Pavoni, Cremina, and Strietman all balance that differently. Reiss is innovative so I look forward to seeing how he chooses the trade offs.

#9: Post by **wachuko** » April 30th, 2020, 7:49 am

HoldTheOnions wrote:A few threads on this, been coming for several years. My recollection is it was suppose to be a step up, but if it's the same class as "la pavoni, olympia cremina, ponte vecchio or the elektra mica casa e leva", then I would prolly just get one of those now.

I believe the difference is in the group head... the Londinium C will have a 58mm setup. From that thread linked

around the size of a Cremina with a bit larger boiler and a 58mm spring lever group

I think that combination will make for an interesting machine...

But if you are looking to buy now, yes, the ones available are those listed already...

April 30th, 2020, 10:20 am

The last time I spoke to Reiss (sometime back in November probably), he mentioned some time around the end of the Q2 for release. Of course, a lot has changed since then