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81 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    3.7 (6)
  • Value for Money
    4.2 (6)
  • Ease of Use
    3.8 (6)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    3.5 (6)
  • Noise Level
    2.0 (3)
  • Product is used
    • Daily (5)
    • Weekly (1)
  • Consistency
    4.2 (5)
  • Milk Frothing
    3.4 (5)
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ROCK777

ROCK777AU

  • 2 reviews

Makes good coffee, but?

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The Piccolo makes good coffee, but?, water leakage from water container producing a water puddle under the machine. Not a very good design of the rubber valve? where the water container fits into the rubber insert of the body of the machine. Has any one heard about re-calls of this product?
Inexpensive, makes a good coffee reasonably quickly
Water leaking from water container



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Sunbeam
Brendan K.Sunbeam
another try
another try

Very disappointed .Coffee lukewarm NOT satisfied at all
Its a lemon

another try
another try
Suzie77

Suzie77Perth, Western Australia

Best cup of coffee I have had!

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Great Coffee but stopped working after 4 months

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I had this coffee machine bought for me as a present and it was great! Fantastic coffee and it takes up such a small amount of room on the kitchen bench. Unfortunately after using it for 4 months the machine stopped working. The people who gifted it to me moved house and don't have the receipt anymore and Sunbeam are quite blunt and unhelpful on the phone. I will be looking at another brand from now on but will hopefully be able to find a comparable product!
Great tasting coffee
Sunbeam Customer Service



1 comment
Sunbeam
Brendan K.Sunbeam
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H L B

H L BQld, 4659

  • 4 reviews
  • 5 likes

Fabulous for a small cheap capppccino machine

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I was fortunate enough to win this coffee machine and have been so happy with it. It is easy to use, and very easy to clean. They sell in the shops for a very reasonable price and for an entrance into espresso machines, you really can't wrong. It has been very reliable.
It has been very reliable, and is very inexpensive.

ren

renAU

  • 5 reviews
  • 2 likes

Makes great lattes!

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This is my first coffee machine so i thought i would try a cheap one to start off with.I love it,it makes great lattes after a bit of practice & experimenting.I am saving heaps of $$ not buying takeaway coffees everyday.I chose the piccolo after reading the great reviews and i am really happy with it.I love Vittoria Oro preground coffee and have also tried Lavazza and Gloria Jeans Caramel coffee which are both nice as well.The piccolo is easy to use and clean and doesn't take up much bench space. I like a tall mug so i just take out the tray to fit the mug under it.It is a bit noisy, the lid on the water tank rattles when machine in use but that doesn't bother me.Overall it makes a beautiful latte.
Easy to use and clean, works great.

3 comments
sue5555
sue5555
Sunbeam
Brendan K.Sunbeam
ren
ren

3 years later my Piccolo is still going strong! Has been such great value.

melodramie001

melodramie001Metropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 35 reviews

Great little machine, especially for the price

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Cheap Rubbish

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It makes a good coffee and froths milk well, the sad thing is the quality.
The first one I had, the frothier died in the first week, so I took in back to Big W, to swap it for another one.
The second one leaked water out, through the base, it's a shame it is made so cheaply because it does make a great coffee.
Makes a nice coffee.
Quality, Leaked and the frothier died in a week.

1 comment
Sunbeam
Brendan K.Sunbeam

Better than many machines 4 times the price.

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Ferg McDowell
Ferg McDowell

Off to buy one.

SAllewelt

SAlleweltSydney

Great for the price

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I bought my machine a few weeks ago, it's been great. I make a couple cups in the morning - the coffee is delicious and the machine is easy to maintain. While it isn't as robust as more expensive machines, treated with reasonable care I think it's value for money and should last years.
Good value, makes a nice cup of coffee

1 comment
gayle12
gayle12

Bought one today returning it tomorrow as it doesn't fit ordinary mugs under it and all my mugs are standard size. My Krups had no problems with cup size

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Thaifan

ThaifanSydney, NSW

  • 25 reviews
  • 2 likes

Further To Previous Review - Sunbeam Piccolo Expresso Machine

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Zina500500

Zina500500AU

  • 2 reviews

Very Good

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moondogi
moondogi

Hi Zina500500, I am not sure I have read your review correctly...Are you saying this takes coffee capsules/pods, as well as ground coffee, in this machine?
I would love to know!!

Sunbeam
Brendan K.Sunbeam
Jarrod18

Jarrod18CANBERRA

  • 3 reviews

Bang for your buck, this is a ripper.

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This little machine does the job, well. Great coffee, good crema, the steaming takes a little while to get up to speed but a little faith gets you a wonderful froth . Small enough to put away, big enough capacity to get you through an all nighter . Don't spend $1000's on a fancy coffee machine, spend $80 on a coffee grinder and buy eight more of these.
Great coffee, good froth, good capacity, ease of operation, easy to clean, compact size.
Lacks the weight of more substantial machine, you may think you'll break it.

1 comment
Ritu

RituQueensland, 4214

  • 9 reviews

Excellent buy!

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Its a great little machine that doesn't make you regret not having the up market ones. It is nice and compact, easy to fit in any kitchen and since we only need to make about 4 cups a day, it is ideal for us. I bought one for my parents as well and they love it.
Compact, light, inexpensive

Mel54

Mel54NSW, 2567

  • 6 reviews
  • 2 likes

Love my Piccolo Espresso

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I was given one of these as a gift and i think it was the best gift ever. Love waking up everyday to use it, hubby loves me waking up every day to use it as well.

It froths the milk really well and it produces a really great coffee.
Frother, great coffee

One word will do - perfect

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I've had an expensive Jura for many years which was new over $2k and worked fine if looked after. But it died recently and I bought the Sunbeam Piccolo - Whow!

I just love it. It heats up very quickly, froths the milk much better than the Jura and the crema is much better than the Jura also.

It only uses half the space but makes our latte's in half the time and they taste fantastic. I also love the "crude" switch, no soft-touch relay controlled switch (something else that could otherwise break).

Fantastic little machine!
Everything. Size, Simplicity, Capability Price

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Awesome! Easy to use and makes a great cup.

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grahamn

grahamnAU

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Nope - don't believe the glowing reviews

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I bought this based on glowing reviews here. Unfortunately, I have no idea why most people seem so happy with it.

Its pretty standard that a single espresso shot is around 30 ml in 30 seconds. This machine either squirts the coffee too quickly and its watery, or if the grind is finer or tamped harder, springs leaks from around the group seal.

This is fairly much a no win situation for the owner.

I reboxed it and sent it back to Target for a refund. The only good experience with this machine is that I discovered that Target online doesnt charge me return postage for sending it back and they processed the refund without problems.
Small
Springs leaks

coastie501

coastie501NORTH SYDNEY

  • 2 reviews

Easy to Use and Great Machine

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This is a great machine for everyday use, and takes next to no space in the kitchen (unlike the larger ones that need their own bench!) Simple and easy to use without needing a degree and works well with all pre ground coffee from the supermarket that we have tried.
Simple to use and clean
Wish it had a lager jug to heat enough for two cups at a time

Excellent - No need to pay hundreds more

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6 comments
FrankleBear
FrankleBear
Thaifan
Thaifan
Rusty1989
Rusty1989

Thaifan, I sent you a PM on coffeesnobs needing some help with the machine. Please reply if you have time. Thanks!

qualityshopper

qualityshopperFar North Queensland, QLD

  • 5 reviews
  • 4 likes

Close to Cafe Quality

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I bought this machine thinking I could make coffee at home and it would be as good as my local cafe. It wasn't! But as it turned out is wasn't the machine's fault it was the operator. So I had lessons and now I and the machine can make coffee close to cafe quality.
Inexpensive

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Questions & Answers

Evy

Evyasked

Help!! Can anyone tell me please, if there should be a single hole in the base of each of the 1 and 2 cup filters?
Mine have no holes, yet I can't see anything in the instruction booklet about piercing the holes initially. Although in the 'Care and Cleaning' section, it states "Insert a pin into the single hole in the base of the filter".

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Boba
Boba

Yes. There is a single hole in the exact centre of the base of each filter. It is below the words 1-Cup or 2-Cup.
You don't have to make the hole it is already there.
Bob

Evy
Evy

Thank you Boba. I was expecting the holes to be right through the filters, which is not the case. On closer inspection after reading your answer, I could see it clearer, They are like shallow holes!!!

Deano

Deanoasked

Hi,,my son bought me the Sunbeam Picolo coffee machine in 2014,it's still going strong,makes a great cuppachino and froths the milk well too.It's just dripping a little water from the seal around the tamper,just wondering if i can get a replacement seal and put it in myself.
Thanks.

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ShaneA
ShaneA

Yes you can.

I got one a couple weeks back from eBay, it was about $18 delivered. Just search for Sunbeam EM2800 coffee machine seal.

The hard part is getting the old one off. I used a precision flat-blade screwdriver, and made the change in under a minute.

Just be sure to clean the surface of the machine, under the seal. You will be surprised at how much coffee sneaks its way under there.

Deano
Deano

Thanks Shane
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
All the best to you.
Regards Dean.

Tiff M

Tiff Masked

The steam pressure is not working. I turn it on and wait a few seconds and then the steam that’s built up expels through the machine. This is the second time I’ve bought this sunbeam piccolo machine because of its capability. And the second time I’ve had this issue, it’s only just outside of its 12 month warranty also. What can I do?

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ShaneA
ShaneA

I usually turn my machine on about 10 minutes before I want to use it. It only takes about 30 seconds to warm up though. On my one, the steam can take a couple of cycles of the internal pump, then it gets going properly. Mine dumps the excess steam through the water outlet, once I turn the dial back to the top position.

Hopefully this description helps you.

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