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The thing about Decent is that the machine is not really anything to write home about.

In high-end machines, they all have some or all commercial grade stuff that are not only good for longevity, but also consistency. Because ultimately, the major difference between a home-based machine vs. a commercial grade one is that the commercial machines can pull shot after shot with little to no variation in flavour assuming everything else stay equal.

That's the main reason I decided against a Decent. It's amazing to mess around as one is able to tweek pretty much everything on the fly. However, its hardware is sometimes not up to the job. That is why I don't think any higher volume cafe would actually feature Decent as their main machine. It's actually really hard to keep up even if you want to make say 3-4 shots continuously.

My best guess is that Decent would eventually one day introduce a model that features all commercial grade components. And if Victoria Arduino P1 is any indication, we'd see other manufacturer to come up with machines that have commercial grade components with a software that can rival Decent.

However, I'm not really into messing around coffee from a nerdy/geeky perspective. I still truly believe in the artistic form of coffee. Where a good cup of coffee is not defined by numbers, but actually working with the beans... to taste them and adjust the grind, dose... etc to make a great cup. A machine such as Slayer just eliminate some guesswork out of the equation.