[Hehe]

I ordered from out of province to save a bit of tax. The dealer happened to have one that I wanted (220v) in stock and was able to ship immediately. I was pleasantly surprised how fast their freight was able to bring it over here. (3days?) I guess I was lucky to have all the logistics aligned without having any delay in between.

As for the R58, I was totally happy with it. If my parents didn't ask for it, I'd still be using it right now.

There were 2 reasons for the upgrade: 1. dad needed an espresso machine for their cabin, and they were ok for me to go something better as they are enjoying coffee now (they were more of a tea person).
2. Some roast/beans that are hard to extract, I tend to spend a lot of time by purely trial-and-error; messing around with grind size, brew temp, dose... etc to get an extraction I was happy with. And even then, the result was not really consistent.
And that day when we tried the Slayer at my buddy's friend's place, we made 3 drinks, and all 3 came out the same. With GS3 AV that he had, it was a bit messing around a la R58.

At the end of the day, I believe R58, or GS3 would be able to extract certain roasts/beans the same or perhaps better than just straight with Slayer. But that involves messing around with them, and I just want to enjoy my coffee. I know messing around with them is part of the experience, but I was very impressed what the Slayer could do without having to mess around with it too much. So, I can't wait to see what it can do when I start messing around with it.