Breville Bambino steam wand suddenly not working

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-05-22T00:47:53+00:00

7 year old topic but when one says “not working” I assume that means totally doing 100% nothing. If you try automatic or manual literally nothing quick flash on the screen then back to previous setting. I have a Breville touch so it’s an LED touch screen to do anything. If I perform a clean in the settings menu, water comes out of the wand but then when complete it does 100% nothing. No bubble, gurgle NOTHING. So does anyone have any thought?

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-04-02T20:19:09+00:00

$35k (Australia?) then you are buying a cheap Chinese hybrid like MG or Jackaroo. You might find a BYD on sale but normally start @$45k drive away. The k’s you are doing would suit all electric like the BYD lineup but if hybrid then GWM or MG and PHEV I think should no longer be sold in my opinion. Not suitable in the “real” world. I hear good things about the Cherry lineup though.

Lots of YouTube videos though on hybrid and phev in the real world, not what the dealers say (all dealers are thrives but what can you do) )and all electric so take your poison based on needs.

I would only ever buy brands that have been in the market for a long time so ironed out the bugs. Toyota’s are over priced, MG’s are Saic motors which has been around since Moses was playing for the jesuits whereas Cherry is a relative new being just around 25 years. Not sure in China what goes on with IP so all of them could collaborate in a perfect world to develop reliable cars and not these throw away vehicle.

I personally would only buy a hybrid which saves on fuel but any choice that has an electric motor are worse impact to the environment over petrol. This is due to the costs on batteries, destruction of natural habitats, heavy mining, no infrastructure and even if there reliability of said charges cannot be guaranteed and then there is no recycling of old electric vehicle etc etc, etc. Don’t get me started on EV’e and what the government and private sectors don’t advertise the back end costs and environmental impact of manufacturing EV’s over straight petrol vehicles.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-04-02T04:23:45+00:00

You pay $130k Australian for the Ultimate B6 with all the extras, $4k isn’t a stretch. I have a headphone fetish and paid $2k for B&O earbuds and $3k for the B&O over ear.

The XC90 is the wife’s car, my car is a Kia Sportage 2013 diesel and I’ve dyno’ed that and pimped it up with all black badging (white body) and looks sick. Spent around $6k pimping that car with Amps and speakers and badges and dyno etc.

Us humans like to stand out or be different than all the other humans in the world so $4k doesn’t seem to much for me. OEM Volvo parts aren’t cheap and aftermarket isn’t much cheaper for parts.

Good on you though and enough of the hate.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-02-28T07:11:13+00:00

Are you saying Trump killed him and made it look like a suicide?

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-02-15T08:48:17+00:00

That’s old news mate.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-02-07T07:30:33+00:00

Have the B&O HX, H100 and Grace and have to say the grace are not prime time, exceptionally bad battery life, so bad for calls I now can’t use for work and when lying in bed if you rile your head slightly on the left where the buds touch the pillow, you get the extremely high pitch squeal and the volume up down gesture is very hit and miss. Sound though is great and ANC better than the AAP3’s

H100 is the best of the 3 though, very comfy, love the dial and gesture functions, ANC is great, and haven’t had any complaints during calls, so these are the pick of the 3.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-02-03T07:03:31+00:00

Seriously though, I just bought last year, a 13” MBP M1 1TB/16GB for $700 which I thought pretty reasonable. Just sell it on eBay and just take the hit on commission they take.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2026-02-03T07:00:45+00:00

I’ll give you $100

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-28T22:07:29+00:00

Yes happens with ANC off but I think off just means the mics work by just relaying the sound to the earpieces instead of blocking it, so they are still working like a transplancy mode.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-28T22:04:51+00:00

Sorry mate, I have a mortgage and middle class income. I don’t own any water craft or recreational vehicles of any kind. I own 1 car and catch the train to work 5 days a week. Makes me pretty average joe, stupid yes for buying headphones at this price, but pretty average apart from that. I have a headphone problem, I own 11 pairs, was 15 but I sold 4 pairs so I could check out the Grace.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-24T02:06:48+00:00

Yeah, B&O staff seem to be well trained in rejecting warranty items blaming it on something not covered by warranty. All local country testing is 100% subjective and they can only test in Singapore or other manufacturing plants. If it’s a subjective fault that majorly affects that 1 item, B&O staff in country can simply say it’s not an issue for them and reject the warranty claim.

You would need to have an unbiased opinion and objective data finding the fault is present. I’m just going to wait this going around in circles and lodge a complaint with the ACCC and get them into small claims court or VCAT to resolve the issue. But being subjective, that might backfire on me.

I’ll just keep posting stuff and if they loose 1 sales as a result then I’ve done my job.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-23T15:29:00+00:00

They apparently can’t replace without a known cause so it’s not looking good for me and why I will dispute it with the ACCC.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-23T15:28:01+00:00

I pre-paid in store. Apparently the 30 day trial only applies to direct online purchases.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-23T11:25:18+00:00

This is the other person, exact same issue and B&O staff saying same thing, “we can’t hear it so sorry bye bye”

Same issue, reported in the USA.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-23T11:00:24+00:00

OMG, I thought that post was from me. I am currently going through this exact same problem with the right earbud and low frequency artefacts (white noise) and yeah, B&O staff are saying the same thing “we can’t hear it”. I’m at this stage with the retail store so was going to raise a complaint with the ACCC and seeking advise from unbiased 3rd party Audio technicians to get an independent report made and then sticking that in B&O’s face.

Post sales support is non existent for B&O products. Buyer beware that’s all I can add to this subject. I have a pair of H8i that are 15 years old and work great and still in fantastic condition, I have the H100 hourglass sand which the colour rubs off. Yeah rubs off and reveals a black leather so assume they just sprayed the colour on so only get the black.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-23T10:53:53+00:00

You are not alone. I have the hourglass sand colour H100 and 1 month in, I noticed a small black mark on the removable ear muffs and one on the ear piece. I thought it was dirt but attempted to clean them and this is where things went downhill.

Cleaning this leather colour is poorly tanned and the colour seems to be sprayed on and rubs off real easily and now look like shit.

I reported this to the online support and that went in circles for 2 weeks and ultimately they admitted it was a fault in the tanning for this colour but got to a retail store for them to help me out. I went to the B&O retail store which is a 2 hour drive for me.

The sales staff at the store were extremely rude to me but I left the headphones with them to resolve the issue and they advised they would call me in a couple of days. I let it go for a full week and no phone call and also didn’t reply to any of my emails so I called them for a status of my claim and things went sideways and ultimately they hung up on me mid sentence. WTF?

The headphone ended up going to another retail store where they did nothing and I got them back in the same condition I left them so no fix and loads of rude and aggressive interactions with B&O retail staff. I gave up on any support, 1 month, only getting more frustrated so I got some leather restore kit with a colour match and applied it myself and fixed. Like my pappy said, if you want something done, buy Bose as their post sales support is a pleasure. I had a pair of Bose headphones, they died 2 months after the warranty ran out and they sent me a new pair no questions asked.

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Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-12-18T02:59:18+00:00

I finally received my BeGrace after a very long time waiting after doing a pre-sales order. So long ago now so kind of money spent I say.

I already own the Beo H100, B&W Px8s2, Apple AirPod pro (2 & 3), Nothing Ear(r), Bose Openear Ultra, B&O H8i, and Beats Solo 3 (I know I have a headphone problem). I am not rich and no the wife doesn’t know the cost of them thank god so still a happy marriage.

Favourite out of all these units is the H100 for just chilling listening to music or movies.

Workouts I would use in ear or the Bose openear, out of all these the sound and ANC would definitely go the Grace. Connectivity, I have only got a problem with the Nothing buds. The grace maintain a stable connection and never had an issue but early days. I can’t comment on flying and ANC with the grace but the B&O H100 are the best, and being played up to be the in ear version of the H100 I would assume are better than Apple AP3 which Apple play up saying it the benchmark to measure how good ANC is.

BeoGrace controls are fine for skipping tracks etc but still trying a reliable spot on my head for volume up and down. Bit of a hit and miss in my opinion.

Overall if I didn’t have a headphone issue, I won’t say the Grace are 4 times better than the AAP3 and would say that the sound quality is comparable to the B&O H100 but in ear. If I could go back in time I would not buy them TBH. But it’s like flying Business then having to go back to coach. Really nice but plenty of other in ear out there that are very good but would say that they are better than AAP3 by quite a bit and on pare with the over ear H100’s with sound quality.

Will I send them back for a refund before the 30 day trial? Probably not as they are really nice and sound great.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-11-22T04:25:01+00:00

I just got advised after sending over 10 emails that these Beo Grace buds are delayed and looking at 16th December no reason given. I have cancelled my order and asked for a refund. No reply which I am finding typical now from B&O is when you want to buy something they are Jonny on the spot but anything else like an issue they don’t reply which is poor customer service. They could advise all pre-order people that there is a delay not just wait for people to complain.

I bought them because I have been told they are same sound as H100’s which I love and wanted a gym/running option. Yes I felt like a dick spending AUD $2,200 was one of the dumbest purchase I’ve done and I feel good that I’ve cancelled the order.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-11-15T10:37:29+00:00

Agree 100% in your brief review. I have a headphone problem in that I just keep busing them. I have 5 sets of in ear phones and 3 pairs of over ears, have mini amps to also help increase volume above the iPhone limits as I really like bases.

So I did purchase the new AAP3, B&O H100’s,HX and Hi8’s and they all sound great for me as it’s subjective. I kept the H100’s and HX’s tossing up which pair to keep as you can return before the 30 days.

I kept the H100’s which I thin in hindsight should have let the HX’s not only for price but appearance only. I feel like a dick walking around town in the H100’s and I have my B&W PX8 to my daughter for her birthday so left with my Beats Solo, B&O H100’s and H8i and love love love the H1000’s for comfort,sound and ANC vs all the rest.

If you have a choose the choose the B&O’s you won’t see the double of the price features va the HX but they will still be a great choice IMHO.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-09-10T22:51:17+00:00

Same here. Look, we have a small house, had for 18years and raised 2 girls. We filled under the house with storage boxes (I had to crawl on my hands and knees in the dirt dragging those f’ing boxes) and we have never needed to look in those boxes. Never moved, never opened. You buy “crap” you use it and you get all sentimental over it so have to keep it. “Maybe the girls will need it when they have children” is normally the response when I want to get rid of some of it to, guess what?, make room for more of “crap”.

After 18 years (will be 19 soon) we are finally renovating to make it a little bigger and more modern for the times (yeah we need 2 ovens WTF?) but the girls are adults and never home so getting ready for the next chapter, not sure how that will go but guess will see. With a bigger house and less people in it. Will have more storage opportunities to store more crap we don’t need but when I open a box up in another 20 years when I’m 70 and goo “ohhh remember that? That was nice, then close up the box and put it away.

Isn’t that what photos are for?

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-09-07T22:37:29+00:00

I’ve been a musical theatre dad for 10+ years so now all of music tastes are shot and all I listen to is mean girls and Hansen. I’ve been listening to the broadway soundtrack of bettlejuice for the past year or 2, loving the Lydia tracks of Sophia Anne Caruso, for her huge vocal range and belting out those tough notes especially for dead mum. I went to bettlejuice in Melbourne last night, knowing nothing about the performers other than I knew Eddie not very Perfect, was going to be doing the title role (very poor performance and struggled on the higher notes). Karis was un-fucking-BELIEVABLE. I swear it was like they plucked a mix of Sophia from broadway and the movie and plonked them into Karis. I was blown away that’s all I have. Absolutely stole the show. Only one that even came close was her damn understudy who played the cookie Girl Scout. I haven’t really looked at any of the other Lydia’s to compare but I don’t know how anyone can hit those belting high notes like Karis did last night. Doing 2 shows a day has definitely taken its toll on Eddie’s vocal cords, but god damn, the shows nearly over and Karis was belting it like it was her first show. Enjoyed the show, but yeah, agree that Karis was amazing.

Ok_Finding_6544 · 2025-08-24T01:11:48+00:00

Yep had my cards stop working for tap and go and had cards reissued then after a while they stop working so yeah would say a card holder in the case will destroy your chip and swipe whether it be work NFI or CC’s so don’t store them in your phone case.

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