Amazon Prime Day is here. For 24 hours, Prime members will be able to get their hands on thousands of deals across homeware, tech, beauty, food and drink and more. Gadgets and tech are always popular choices for shoppers during seasonal sales. As a consumer journalist, I have been scouring the reductions to find the biggest savings.
I have been keeping an eye on the top deals for kitchen and homeware gadgets. As a new homeowner, I am currently upgrading my devices to match my new kitchen. One of the things I am keen on updating is my coffee machine. I have a L’OR machine which I adore but it’s black, and won’t match the backsplash, so I am scouring the Amazon sales for a new pod coffee machine that looks good and is reasonably priced.
I’ve spotted a fantastic deal on a best-selling Nespresso Vertuo Next Automatic Pod Coffee Machine. The machine is usually £200 but has been significantly reduced to £89.99 for Amazon Prime Day, saving shoppers a whopping £110. The machine is matte black, so wouldn’t be one I’ll be adding to my basket, but it is a brilliant offer for anyone wanting to nab a machine in the sale.
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The Nespresso machine comes with a milk frother. It exclusively works with Nespresso Vertuo pods featuring over 30 blends. This Nespresso coffee machine brews 7 coffee cup sizes: Ristretto 25ml, espresso 40ml, double espresso 80ml, gran lungo Cup 150ml, Mug 230ml, Large mug 355ml and carafe 535ml.
The kitchen device comes with a set of 12 pods to get you started. Over in the comments section, one happy customer said: “I use this coffee machine regularly and it is great. Simple to use and the pods give great tasting coffee. The only downside is that there still limited variety of pods available… But don’t let that put you off this great machine.”
A second wrote: “Had a larger Nespresso machine which eventually died. So I bought this smaller one and must say I’m impressed. Works faster and quieter than the previous machine.”
A third shopper added: “Everything about this product has been designed with you in mind, it’s incredibly simple to use and very difficult to break, plus the size of the machine is rather small so it fits in your kitchen very easily. Great product hasn’t had a fault yet and it’s easy to clean. one downside is the plastic cup to put your pods in is annoying to clean as you have to get your hand in at weird angles but it’s not so uncomfortable I’d knock down a star.”
However, one customer said that the pods can only be purchased directly from Nespresso and so awarded the machine three stars. The customer added: “I didn’t realise you could only purchase the coffee pods from Nespresso direct and the order had to be 50 and their pods are not very nice very bitter for my taste even the Barista range which is supposed to give you Latte or cappuccino.
“All in all I’ve wasted my money I’m stuck with all those pods and a coffee maker I don’t use very disappointed as a pensioner I don’t have that amount of money to waste – I thought it would be cheaper than going out for coffee.”
Another customer awarded it two stars as they said it broke within two months, explaining: “I was excited about having a quick way to make coffee as my mornings are mostly rushed and disappointment hit when it stopped working within 2 months of purchase. I read the manual and did everything that it said but it’s not working. Very disappointed as it is not cheap. I thought it would be an easy way to make coffee but has caused more hassle than not.”
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This specific model of the Nespresso coffee machine is an Amazon exclusive, you won’t find it anywhere else. However, there are similar makes on the market from the brand. For instance, on Wayfair, you can pick up this Nespresso Vertuo Next Deluxe Coffee Machine with Milk Frother by Magimix version for £109, down from £160.63.
Curry has this Nespresso by Krups Vertuo on sale for £79.99, down from £149.99 – making you a saving of £70. There are more than 30 kinds of coffee pods that are compatible with the machine. It has five different cup sizes.
Meanwhile, over on John Lewis, you can buy a TASSIMO machine for £69.99. It is compatible with Costa pods, as well as pods from other brands such as L’OR and Kenco. You can buy it here.