Love it. Great buy at a great price.

I love this machine! Though its taken me a wile to learn the ropes of espresso, this machine has worked with all of my mistakes in triumphs. Highly suggest for someone getting into the espresso world.

What I love:
- Quick heating: perfect for rushed mornings
- Manual steam wand: allowed me to learn how to properly steam milk (look up Lance Hendrick video)
- Customizability: one is able to change timing for espresso buttons and mod machine with new tools easily
- Included Steaming pitcher

Suggestions/things to keep in mind:
- If you're looking to have good shots, make sure you have a good grinder that does proper espresso.
- For those hoping to use knock box: get a new, non-pressurized portafilter. The included portafilter does not knock well and is very messy. They made it cheap to lower price of machine!
- Tamper: the plastic tamper is not ideal; may be good to invest in a new, heftier one
- Hot Water: the hot water spout in the Bambino works, but is very slow. For quicker hot water, think about customizing the time setting for one of the espresso buttons to fill a mug.

So far it?s a nice travel machine. My regular machine is a Barista Pro.

I got this for use in my camper van?.it works great & fits!

I love that it?s ready in three seconds. I love the operation of it. It?s very easy to be successful as a beginner.

Loving my little Bambino! I live by myself so this is the right machine for me. I have been making espresso at home for years and finally decided to downsize and it works for me! I make a latte every morning and may have a cappuccino sometime during the day. I love that it isn?t a huge monster on my counter??room at last. Very simple?.makes good espresso?..win win??

I have had a big breville for 3 yrs and I bought the bambino to take to my place in Vallarta. Tried it and it works as good as big machine. In fact, better. steaming is a bit stronger. Coffee is pretty much the same quality

Excellent machine for the price.

I bought the Bambino as a Christmas gift for my partner and he loves it so far (and so do I). This is our first home espresso machine and it is simple, small, and makes great drinks. I was torn trying to decide whether to buy this model or the Plus version. I have no regrets about passing on the Plus. While we enjoy frothed milk drinks, we've found a new passion for Americanos in place of our drip coffee. One note: the machine "counts" drinks and when it reaches a certain number it requires a cleaning cycle before you can use the machine. We were really surprised when the machine required us to put it through a cleaning cycle in its first month of use. So I'm wondering if the hot water we use for Americanos was causing the high count? In any case, we have an electric kettle to get hot water so I'm trying that-- unfortunately, not enough time/drinks have passed for me to give a conclusion about this, but FYI. Overall, we love our Bambino!

Takes up little space on my counter. After about a week of use, I got the hang of it and can now make a great latte.