DeLonghi Primadonna S Deluxe ESAM6600

8 years and still going strong
13,000+ cups of coffee
Never been serviced EVER
Good coffee - can adjust grimd, water etc to your liking.
Wish other appliances lasted this long.
Great buy. Enough said

Bought the machine nearly 13 years ago, and we have never once had an issue with the machine.
The coffee is great for a machine of its age, and is extremely consistent in quality. The temperature of the coffee is always a bit too hot, but that doesn't matter as the coffee you get out of this machine is worth it's time.

Machine was great for the first 6 months but went downhill quickly after that. Coffee was never the same, you pretty much have to brew it manually to get a half decent taste. Consistently breaking down, we have replaced several thermal switches, milk jug, water pump, boiler and repaired the display cable, the machine is only used 3/4 times a week too!
Currently collecting dust as the coffee grinder doesn't turn off, waste of good money and won't buy Delonghi again!

2008 we bought our DeLonghi 6600. It is now 2022. Have used it every day in eleven years. Once in for worn grinder repair. Short microwave burst to increase temp. Overall highly satisfied.

Love that it has an auto-on timer.. my husband is up at 4.30am so its on timer to turn on and be heated ready to be used by the time he wakes up. Fully automatic machine.. just press a button and walk away and it makes you a coffee. Easy to clean, maintain and descale. I wish you were able to manually froth milk yourself, that is the only downfall.

I've had this machine for nearly 4 years, first it was at my house with 3 coffee drinkers making at least 10 coffees per day for 2 years! Then we purchase a newer model for home and I took this machine to work. This machine still makes at least 10 coffees per day and still works as good as the first day I got it!!!
Please creep in mind that you must always de scale it and you will be set for many years!!

Purchased a Primadonna S Deluxe to replace a Nespresso machine. It was on sale at my local Harvey Norman store. This machine is simple to use and makes excellent coffee, whether it is long black, cappuccino, latte or whatever. Cleaning is also a simple matter. Would not got back to a Nespresso machine and have not wasted money in a cafe since the purchase. Would highly recommend this coffee maker to anyone that likes fresh ground coffee made as simply as possible.

Within months the coffee started tasting strange even though we cleaned it religiously. After about a year the screen text broke and you couldn't see the lines of text anymore. Got repaired under warranty but the same problem returned and because by then it was out of warranty they wouldn't fix it and the store only gave a month warranty on their repairs! Dodgy. Machine cost me $2000, the most expensive appliance in my house even more than my fridge and yet all my other appliances are working perfectly for years. I also bought a kettle and toaster from Delonghi and they are painfully slow. Never again.

I must've gotten lucky with mine!
I have the ESAM6600 model.
I've had mine for over 8yrs now, never had a single complaint. It's true that the coffee isn't the hottest, but... If you learn to use the cleaning method on the jug first, warming up the spout (for at least 8 pumps) you'll find your coffee is hot. I also find the longer it's on, the better it works.
I only have one complaint about it atm, and that's that my blue light display has gone. It's still making beautiful coffee, it's just that I can't see my settings, lol... Lucky I know my machine back to front. I'll have to get this checked. First time in over 8yrs I've had to bring it somewhere!
Yummy yummy yummy coffee... I love it!

Previous to this product, I owned a $100 Sunbeam cappuccino machine, which made hotter, stronger and overall better coffee. There are many problems with this coffee machine; the coffees are always luke warm, I can't get the coffee to taste strong, it costs $200 every year to service and it feels as though the machine is asking me all the time to descale it (cheap way is to use half vinegar and half water).

For the ridiculous asking price, I expected something bulletproof and trouble free.

I think coffee machines are kind of like BBQs. By...

We bought this machine to replace a manual machine as we were short on time with a newborn. Great from six months then the time spend standing in front of milk jug trying to get it to work was about the same as making a better coffee in a good quality manual machine. After this things went down hill as everytime it was serviced it cost another $500 for some big issue milk lines had it (even though it was cleaned after every use) and fried circuit boards. Three milk jugs as well all of this in three years. Machine also spend 6 months of its life...

Purchased thi machine 2 months ago. Very happy with it. Took a little while to get the coffee strength settings correct to keep my liking, but once set, perfect every time. Milk frother is the only downfall. Can not get a creamy frothed latte have improved I by my trailing differ hrands of skimmed milk but still not over 100%. Using the machine daily. Very happy.

As a user (coffee maker) problem, the user will need to thoroughly and weekly clean the milk canister nozzle. Ours has become blocked with congealed milk within the elbow of the nozzle.

The blocked nozzle if difficult to clean given access to the inside of the elbow as it is very restricted. We now use CLR: 1 part CLR and 10 parts water and soak the elbow enabling the congealed milk to break down and exit the nozzle.

My hubby spent a heap of money on this machine without my knowledge. Wow best thing he ever did. Had the machine now for 6/7/8 years and it hasn't missed a beat. Daily use - Great, Fundraiser for Biggest morning tea - Great, Christmas and Easter gatherings - Great. Love it, love it. Thanks hubby!! Mewah

A sound product which produces the required result, without any issues. Good grind, and milk temp is set by conducting a quick clean before use. Wish the water container was larger and if you use filtered water, the constant descale is a bit annoying when its not required. Overall a sound unit, if you pay the right money..
Ps..paid 995 on special at Harvey Norman