written by on 16/12/2008
Good Points
Looks good
Bad Points
Noisy, leaks, pressure all wrong, heating up time too long
General Comments
This is my second Krups XP4020 (the first one went back to the shop within a week as the gasket died!) and the last! It's slow to heat up, you have to sit and watch it, whilst turning the knob various times in order to get to the heat stage you want; the frother nozzle pops off into the milk jug often, because it over-pressurises, sometimes it 'thinks' it's at temperature, then it changes its mind and just delivers brown water.
Spend a few quid extra, I wish I would have done in the first place. Gladly my beloved shares my coffee related frustrations and has promised me/us a new machine imminently :0 so I'm off to buy a Gaggia!