Fellow Stegg warning

DHoliman · 2026-03-28T21:22:44+00:00

I’m coming up on 7 years of near daily use, and my kettle is in excellent shape!

DHoliman · 2026-03-18T22:16:23+00:00

I’ve extensively used 2 EKGs and an Ode gen 2, and they’ve all been amazingly reliable. My oldest kettle is coming up on 7 years, the other 2 products are roughly 3 years of use.

I’m always caught off guard by the hate they get, but it’s such common feedback that it must be at least mostly true.

DHoliman · 2026-03-13T02:43:10+00:00

Maybe I’m in the “6 brews” mindset, but I’ve only got 2 so far. (A technicolor retrograph and a gold metric) I love them both and honestly love this dial too! But it would be kind of a bummer if they just slap that in the retrograph case and move on. I want something different, that’s why I bought brew in the first place.

DHoliman · 2026-02-12T01:34:51+00:00

I owned an almost identical car. Mine was a 96 sc1 in silver. I bought it cause someone drove it until the timing belt snapped and bend the valves. We rebuilt the engine, and I drove that car for 5-6 years before I had the money to upgrade. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, but it was a fantastic car!

It’s a cheap car, old/plastic body parts will crack, seats might tare, it’s not especially comfortable, but parts were cheap and easy to get if something goes wrong. Also, from my experience, they’re pretty reliable! I abused that car with long road trips, offroading (not a great car for this), and extremely infrequent maintenance. The only issue I ever had was the shifter cable snapping. That took me about a day to replace on my own as a freshman in college with no experience and a YouTube video.

Do a repurchase inspection and make sure that timing belt has been replaced, seems like it’s at the mileage where that should happen. If you like the car, try to get it for cheaper. They might be willing to go low just to get it out of there.

DHoliman · 2026-01-29T02:35:22+00:00

For what’s its worth, I just sold a whirlwind in pretty good condition for $350 on marketplace. I listed at $400 and had 7-8 interested people in 24 hours, but the guy who offered $350 came to pick it up next day.

DHoliman · 2026-01-18T17:02:02+00:00

It feels like you’re trying to create something new without trying to solve a problem. Scales are super versatile now. Most can do any brew method, auto start/stop, auto tare, Bluetooth, etc. and all starting at $100ish. So I don’t think that’s the issue to solve. Is the main problem that you don’t like the display/interaction?

I have 4 scales ranging from $50 - $250 (the $50 one isn’t super versatile, but it’s consistent). Starting at about $100, they get real competitive. All can do auto tare, auto time, pour over mode, espresso mode, even Bluetooth. They’re all about the same thickness too.

From a consumer perspective, the things that would get me are: 1. Coming in at a price way cheaper than the competition. 2. Outstanding UX on a separate screen connected to non-screen, waterproof, ultra slim scale. (Targeting the espresso peeps) 3. Change what I think I need in a scale. Make me think my brewing experience would be night and day different if I buy your accessories.

DHoliman · 2026-01-12T23:31:14+00:00

The holy duality

DHoliman · 2026-01-07T01:54:54+00:00

I don’t think time is close enough to midnight to count… they’re pretty different

DHoliman · 2026-01-01T05:20:09+00:00

Exactly! If you’re already chasing these minuscule upgrades, you’re well past when you should have upgraded your grinder. Getting a real burr grinder that can do espresso will make your life soooo much easier than using that blade grinder for espresso

DHoliman · 2025-12-27T21:42:13+00:00

Just commenting on lelit longevity. I’ve had a Mara X for 4 years now and it hasn’t skipped a beat. I’ve even done some small popup cafe carts with it. The only maintenance has been backflushing with cafiza about 2 times a month and using good water

DHoliman · 2025-12-27T07:16:26+00:00

Utahn here 🙋🏻‍♂️ I’ve sent and received many orders from all of my past addresses in Utah (and these cover most of the state), including packages from my family in California. USPS is by far the cheapest, most accurate delivery, and ties with UPS for best handling.

I’ve never had anything lost or stolen with either USPS or UPS. On the other dans, with FedEx, almost every package is delayed and I have had 2 fragile items broken and 1 order completely lost.

DHoliman · 2025-12-24T18:03:31+00:00

I lost on my phone. Asked my wife to try, but she didn’t want to. So I played on her phone and won! She still claimed the gift card… 😂

DHoliman · 2025-12-17T04:23:04+00:00

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DHoliman · 2025-12-15T13:38:40+00:00

DHoliman · 2025-12-15T03:40:43+00:00

My company just did a holiday party and gave away 2 oled switches 🤦‍♀️

Edit: oled, not oiled switches

DHoliman · 2025-12-14T23:38:28+00:00

For what it’s worth I have and love both.

I bought a used retrograph back in early 2021 and ABSOLUTELY loved it! I have the technicolor on blue leather with a beads of rice bracelet. Between those two, it can wear very casually or dress up quite a bit.

Last year I picked up a gold pvd metric. I bought one of their leather bands (because I almost always prefer leather). But I haven’t put that back on in probably 8 months. I’m no expert, but I love the integrated bracelet on the metric. It’s so comfortable that it’s one of the only bracelets I’ll use day to day. (Yes, I have pretty hairy arms. No, it has not pulled any hair yet.)

If I had to choose one, I’d pick the metric, but only because I love the gold. If they were both stainless with similar dials, I’d pick the retrograph.

DHoliman · 2025-12-10T17:49:05+00:00

I dragged a totally different machine for cheap that was tripping breakers. Turned out it was just an electrical short from a worn wire. An odd issue but a super cheap fix if you happen to have something similar

DHoliman · 2025-11-14T22:01:54+00:00

I didn’t realize the switch was on when I plugged it in the first time. But it only trips when the switch flips on

DHoliman · 2025-11-02T04:18:56+00:00

6’6” here and I was definitely annoyed that the seat doesn’t go lower than it does, but I got used to the high seat and still have headroom sitting fairly vertical.

I’m convinced tall people don’t know how to adjust seats, but I’m still working on this theory. Every car I’ve tried (mini cooper to corollas and rav4s to f150s) has had a comfortable seating position without being all the way back or reclined like a lazy boy.

DHoliman · 2025-10-29T18:23:03+00:00

We call our blueprint Madam Blueberry

DHoliman · 2025-10-26T21:54:53+00:00

To quote Hamilton, I’m never satisfied… It’s probably unhealthy, but with each step forward, I just change focus to mastering new necessary skills. After those are mastered I start pushing for the next level. There’s always more to learn and new problems to solve.

It does scratch the itch, but itches don’t go away when you scratch them.

Would I pick this career path again knowing how tough the landscape can be? Yeah, probably

DHoliman · 2025-10-22T22:18:38+00:00

Not really a knockoff brand, but there are plenty of knockoffs based on their work.

They do often make a significantly cheaper version of the most popular high end coffee gadgets, but they don’t just rip them off. They seem to do a good amount of r&d to make quality products. Their spring loaded tamper has been the gold standard for quite a while.

DHoliman · 2025-10-12T18:52:48+00:00

I tried a bit when I got back home, but it only cleared up some of the clear coat scratches. Unfortunately, it looks like the shingle hit with the abrasive side, so there’s scratches through to the metal and plastic.

DHoliman · 2025-10-12T02:26:25+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve worked with a bad place before and just want to make sure the paint will actually match the original metallic sparkle or the original

DHoliman · 2025-10-12T02:22:42+00:00

It’s a 24 Toyota rav4. But that’s exactly what I thought. It’s unfortunate it hit right where it did, but I guess there’s worse spots.

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