“Generally pleased with the product, it is the second Lelit Mara I have purchased. The latest model appears to be constructed of a lighter gauge stainless, and much quieter than the older model.
I really disliked the safety cut out, so many times I went to the machine for a coffee and it had automatically shut down, first change I made was to disconnect the safety shut down mode.
The two handles attached to the water reservoir are inadequate. A couple of times I have pulled the handles out of their slots when trying to put a full water container back into the machine resulting in water spillage, I favour lowering the full water container into the machine griping the container inside and out on the top, rather than use the handles, which is difficult and annoying, but safer.
The drip tray when full is a struggles to remove, it requires a slight tilt upwards and then press down to remove, for the unaware it is a struggle to remove, sometimes resulting in waste water ending up all over the kitchen top, it requires fractionally more clearance under the 45 degree lip above the tray.”
