“Garbage. Wasted money. Super dissappointed. Keep getting emails insisting i write a review. Sk here it is. Fit my portafilter in principle, but the threads were not the right pitch. From what i have gathered online this is a common issue. There should be a better description regarding this, like what the pitch is--apparently your standardized size is a myth.
Also, the gauge itself is plastic not metal like every other gsuge i have ever owned. It has one tiny screw holding it to the interior metal bits. Suffice it to say while fussing with it to get it to stay on my portafilter it broke. The entire plastic case dismantled and i was left with just the inside bits with no way to read it. So i junked that piece of garbage and put on one of my own gauges. Added a rubber washer and about 1 gallon of liquid teflon plumbers goo. I was then able to get a reading without leaks.
Frankly, its an overpriced piece of mis-characterized garbage. Super dissappointed overall, i think i spent more trying to make what i bought here work than it would have cost to just build one from parts from home depot.
Yrmv.”
“Fantastic. You can probably build one similar if you know exactly what you're doing and already have the tools for maybe $5 or $10 less, but it was well worth the convenience and accuracy. Now have my Ms Silvia adjusted and the coffee quality has increased dramatically. Set it to 8 bars at the portafilter because you usually lose about a bar between the opv and the portafilter.”
“This kit would not hold pressure, therefore was useless. I even tried installing using teflon tape on the threading to try to get a better seal -- no luck. Not a good product.”
“I specifically looked up the supposed Portafilter pressure gauge for a Cimbali group head and handle and come to find out it is a nightmare to retro-fit the unique group filter with close to 5-6 add ons plus brazing copper tubing to handle PERMANENTLY!”
