This model replaced our first Delonghi coffee maker and we are very satisfied with it.

 

My wife and I have been talking about a real coffee machine for some time so 400 later it arrived we chose one of the DeLonghi mid to upper range models and yes its brilliant a real cup of coffee at last, it’s easy to operate with very few knobs to worry about, it’s not silent especially grinding the coffee beans but that doesn’t take more than a few seconds so all good and the coffee produced is great and tastes great so fresh coffee every morning absolutely wonderful.
Go get one your self it’s great.

 

I bought this coffee machine 3 years ago. I took on board the reviewer who suggested using bottled water . ( ignore the red descaler light ) I do run the descaler program every now and then using a much cheaper descaler than the on supplied with the machine. Our water has has a high ph content. This machine makes great coffee . We use it every day . I wound highly recommend.

 

So it took me ages to buy a new coffee machine. Mainly because the reviews always include comments like the coffee was too weak or too cold. Anyway, I read the instructions – more accurately my wife read that out to me as I didn’t have my reading glasses, but that’s kind of irrelevant. It took about 15 mins to go through the start-up process until we got the part to make coffee.

The first coffee was too small,
The second coffee was too weak,
The third coffee was just right….

So it comes down to experimenting. After about 5 goes with the strength and amount controls we got a strong americano coffee for my wife which she was very pleased with. It was hot enough, strong enough and by hitting the two cups option, had enough coffee to fill a large sized coffee mug.

We moved onto the milk steamer. It took a few goes to get the milk like I wanted it (I usually order a wet latte in a coffee shop). Fiddled with the coffee controls a little more and now I get a brilliant latte. I’m using a well known coffee store bean and I can’t really tell the difference between the coffee shop and the machine.

This is good! Will it stay good? I hope so, this was a bit of an investment for me so I’m hoping the machine will work for a good long while.

We haven’t changed the temperature settings, nor the grinding wheel and have left these to their defaults so far. So yes, good machine….

 

This was bought to replace a machine which was more than double the price. The broken machine was the full barista experience (code for a real hassle!) This is bean to cup. I didn’t have high expectations because it isn’t very expensive but I cannot believe I didn’t get this sooner.
I’ve been using this for 6 months now and the last coffee I made just now is as good as the very first. This is important because even low range models can produce good coffee for a week but then it’s all downhill from then.
It’s easy to use. Easy to clean. Makes perfect coffee every time.
I’ve tried many bean, some very expensive but I’m using Aldi espresso beans (approx 1.50 250g) and they are perfect. Much better than some of the premium brands.
Couldn’t be happier.

 

Makes a good cup of coffee. Quick and easy to use. The milk frother is slow to use better using a electric milk warmer. It’s noisy in operation. The faults are outwayed by the quality of coffee it makes. Good entry level machine, well worth the cost. Would recommend.

 

I love this coffee machine so easy to use once you have sussed it out how to make coffee and it’s not that hard. You would be totally shocked as to how easy it is to use. It’s far better that I have had before plus it not my first DELONGHI machine. Although I didn’t take the extra warranty out. Now as soon as it arrived I did take a warranty out but I took it out with Domestic & General who all my electrical appliances are and have always been covers by. That’s the only reason I didn’t take the one that’s actually for sale with the machine. I would advise if you bought this machine and you would be mad to buy a different one if this is around the figure you want to pay I definitely definitely do recommend. Also as o was saying any appliances I would advise a warranty. I just wanted to keep all my warranty’s together with the same company

 

Bought this machine to replace my caffe corso machine which I gave to my daughter. So far I’m happy with the magnifica which is slightly smaller and quieter. Cleaning the grounds tray seems easier. Only criticisms are that the water reservoir could be bigger and the lights are difficult to see if you locate the machine in the sunlight.

 

This machine is compact for a bean to cup one, it looks tidy and after 7 months has proved easy to use and clean, though descaling has been a bit of an issue. More later.
It took me a while to find a blend and strength of coffee I was happy with but it’s now ok, although set almost at max settings for grind, (just below 1 on the dial) at 3.o’clock for coffee volume and 11.o’clock for water level/strength. If I wanted any stronger a flavour, not sure where I’d go other than to venture into stronger roast.
Other reviewers have commented on the noise. It is noisy and I’m not sure why it is so bad. Some of it seems to be material and construction which exacerbates the grind and infusion noise.
In this household, it’s predecessor was also a DeLonghi, Prima Donna costing 3 times as much. It made a far superior cup in my view but as it did not live very long (4 years, is that a good life for an 800 coffee machine?) I decided to try this less expensive model. Its doing alright. For the money I’d call it a good buy.
On the descaling I have found the instructions less than helpful. completed the task twice now and neither time did the process work as instructed nor take 30 mins as advised. Neither does it go “perform a series of rinses and pauses to remove limescale…” but pumps the cleaner through twice only before coming to a stop a) before the water tank is actually empty and b) within about 5-10 mins max. In fact the water tank cannot empty because the water outlet is necessarily above the bottom of the tank and therefore cannot drain the bottom. This also confused me initially on the actual rinsing process. The instructions say “When the tank is completely empty the descaling light goes out.” It doesn’t completely empty and in my case the light does not go out. “The water jug light, cup lights and steam lights flash.” In my case they all came on and stayed on. Confused again, I waited a few minutes and then turned the steam knob back to zero (as instructed). The machine then switched off as it was supposed to. Anyone else had this experience?

 

Bought this back early Dec’20. It was a present for when the family could meet and it was used non-stop!
Having used a cafeteria for years, this seemed a little noisy but you get used to that..
It takes time to get familiar with the flashing buttons but you get to know after a while. Sometimes the clean button flashes when there are only a few grounds to empty. This is simple to do and then unusable again.
I clean this container with small paint brush as the grounds are slightly damp and stick a little. Not a problem. Then occasionally rinse out.
I always leave a cup under the spouts to catch the rinsing water thus saving time cleaning the tray so often.
I use it on the hottest water setting.
The water tank is easy to slide in and out on the right hand side.
It is trial and error with your size of cup and dial settings. I have shown you the settings used for my mug.
As you can see, when the spouts are pulled down above the mug/cup, the coffee comes out almost creamy. No milk added to this mug yet!
The coffee smells and tastes lovely. I have tried a few but Aldi & Lidl’s own coffee bean are very affordable and just as good. The beans are easy to insert…just lift lid left side and pour in
I am very happy with my Delongue Magnifica.

 

Bought to stop all the plastic waste my previous machine created, should have got this first. I used to spend at least 50 a month on the plastic pods, now I spend about a tenner a month on the beans, saving 40 a month. I’ve already had it 4 months so it has almost half paid for itself already, and the spent grinds go in my wormer rather than staying encased in a plastic pod in a landfill site somewhere. Only downside is you can’t vary the flavours easily like you can with the pods, but a small price to pay for all the benefits it brings.

 

Bought to stop all the plastic waste my previous machine created, should have got this first. I used to spend at least 50 a month on the plastic pods, now I spend about a tenner a month on the beans, saving 40 a month. I’ve already had it 4 months so it has almost half paid for itself already, and the spent grinds go in my wormer rather than staying encased in a plastic pod in a landfill site somewhere. Only downside is you can’t vary the flavours easily like you can with the pods, but a small price to pay for all the benefits it brings.

 

I’ve been a Nespresso/Starbucks pod user for many years until my Nespresso machine began leaking for the second time, so I decided to try something different. I didn’t want to go too mad price wise initially and, looked at the De’Longhi Magnifica bean to cup machine reviews and decided to buy one. Probably the best 252 I’ve ever spent. I’ve been using Starbucks coffee beans at 15 kg which works out at about 11p per cup. That’s a third of the price of Starbucks pods by the way, and more like a quarter the price of Nespresso ones. Not only that, it makes a great coffee exactly to your liking with your preferred coffee bean. Personally, I like Starbucks Dark Roast.

 

I did a lot of homework before splashing out on a coffee machine and this came highly recommended.

It’s honestly one of the best purchases I’ve made in recent times and I can’t stop telling people about it.
It’s very quick, not too noisy and makes a glorious cup of coffee.
It is very easy to clean and the large water container means you’re not changing the water every few cups.
I’ve had it for 6 months now, it’s used multiple times a day and I only had to descale it once so far, which was a few weeks ago.
Life changing purchase

 

Firstly I’ve had this coffee machine for a few months now and I can definitely say the coffee from this machine is very nice. You can change all sorts of settings to design your perfect cup. The steamer is brilliant and you can hone (or try to) your latte art. So that’s the ultra positive element, the slightly off putting for some is the noise level it is quite a noisy machine so 5am coffees mean doors are getting shut this doesn’t really affect us as we shut the door and it’s not that bad. The 2nd slight annoyance is the consistent de-scaling indicator that comes on all too regularly now this is a mixed point for me as we live in a hard water area so if we actually want our machine working in a year or so and want to keep it working well then regular de-scaling is a must to be honest so it depends how much you value your machine. We’ve kept it clean and look after it and so far have had nothing but amazing coffee and a nice machine on display. Overall we’re very happy and nothing about this machine causes us any issues 🙂

 

So to completely honest I didn’t pay full price for this item, I got it from amazon warehouse as a used item at a significantly reduced price. That being said, now I have used it I would pay full price if I had to buy it again (and there was no warehouse options).

As for the machine, it’s fairly big but still fit’s nicely on my worktop under my kitchen cabinets. It’s a little noisy but not that much more than the Tassimo I’d been using previously. Noisiest part is the bean grinding but only last a few seconds so it’s no big deal.

Using it is easy enough once you get the dials set how you like it. As the headline says my two year old won’t let anyone make their own coffee, he has to do it (Just need to get him to keep that up when he’s a teenager ). Cleaning is easy enough too just rinse the trays under the tap and every week or 2 pull out the infuser and let it soak in some warm water for a few minutes then rinse it off as well.

The important part however is the coffee.

If I’d written this a few weeks ago I’d have said it’s on par with my previous Tassimo, that is until i actually had a Tassimo coffee again at my mother-in-law’s. Seems this machine has spoiled me somewhat as the Tassimo coffee tasted bitter and very burnt in comparison. So, considering I’ve not exactly been using super expensive premium beans, the coffee is very good. Perhaps not quite on par with Starbucks or Costa, but more than close enough for the price.