Philips Saeco HD8751

usability, price, maintenance, design, performance

durability, capacity

88% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Quick and easy to use ; Automatic cleaning and descaling

Large and expensive

Quick and easy to use ; Automatic cleaning and descaling

Large and expensive

The Intelia is a cracking machine that has some of the flair of a professional machine with a bunch of design tweaks that make it dead easy to use and maintain.

I used to have a manual espresso machine, also a Saeco, I had trouble getting a consistent espresso shot out of it. This machine is perfect everytime, you set up the grind and then the amount for a shot and you're good to go! Now, anytime I feel like...

Cleanup requires a little more attention than a manual machine. If you use the milk frother, the wand needs to be cleaned almost right away, otherwise, milk gets cooked onto it. The removable brew unit needs to be cleaned once a week, which means...

I used to have a manual espresso machine, also a Saeco, I had trouble getting a consistent espresso shot out of it. This machine is perfect everytime, you set up the grind and then the amount for a shot and you're good to go! Now, anytime I feel like...

Cleanup requires a little more attention than a manual machine. If you use the milk frother, the wand needs to be cleaned almost right away, otherwise, milk gets cooked onto it. The removable brew unit needs to be cleaned once a week, which means...

Great machine. Very easy too use.

Maybe the need to apply grease every 500 cups.

You can be drinking a perfect espresso in less than a minute from switching on. Variable coffee strength is easy Super frothy milk for latte or cappuccino

Rather noisy (but not sure any other similar machine would be less so) Milk froth verses milk heat is difficult to control. I've actually taken now to pre-heating the milk before frothing it otherwise you need a litre container to allow for the froth...

Looks good, makes lovely espresso with lots of crema and has a useful progress bar on its screen to show you how far through each operation it is. It was cheaper to buy than my old bean-to-cup machine was to repair!

You'll constantly be reaching for the instructions for the various obscure warning symbols on screen, it advises you to clean it out daily, which for most will prove impractical and the descaling timetable is done on a calendar rather than by cups...

Well made machine that also looks very good. Its very good at doing what it was built for.

None at the moment

Very quick and easy to use, Fabulous Coffee! Never had a bean to cup machine before, definitely wouldn't go back.

Cleaning is a little tedious but I suspect I'm nit picking because everything else about this machine is just sooo good