Best Espresso Makers for Weight

positives: #1 well built (it's actually quite heavy)

pros: great cup of espresso, nice looking machine, heavy and solid....large water reservoir is a plus cons: low clearance on porta-filter holder and steam nozzle....first unit defective the

it is made out of metal, and has a nice weight to it (could make a good weapon in a pinch).

while not as heavy as, say, a kitchen aid mixer, it is quite well constructed.

(make sure you buy a heavy flat bottom tamper, and not a cheap rounded one like they had at crate & barrel).

one reviewer mentioned that this machine was heavy enough that when guiding the portafilter into place you did not have to hold onto the machine.

pros: looks great and is solid and heavy?but thats it.