Hottop Price Increase

[germantown rob]

Originally Posted by floydpink

I have been seriously thinking of getting a Hottop programmable.

I roast dark and recently did the Behmor suggested inside cleaning every 40 roasts and what I saw inside made me cringe.

I gave it a good cleaning, but it reminded me of the Behmor's limitations.

For the amount of use I get out of a roaster, it more than pays for itself and the price increase, while not something I'm thrilled about, won't keep me off a quality purchase.

Pete, I would not purchase the programable unit, it does not have manual control and only allows you to cycle the burners off and on unlike the B which has full control of burner in 10% increments at anytime. I would also look very hard at the Quest M3 when making a decision.Quest m3 Tom from SM's is selling them at Coffee shrub. 4 years of heavy use is what my HT B got subjected to and it has held up perfectly. If HT is what you decide on send an email to Hottop USA to see if they have any reconditioned ones, I believe I paid $600 for mine.