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Sandbox Smart R1 and R2 roasters
mtbizzle	#1 Posted on 11/15/2020 6:58 PM
1/4 Pounder Posts: 101 Joined: April 22, 2020	Just saw this apparently new roaster. The price in relation to the batch size is obscene. Aside from that, curious what everyone's thoughts are! https://www.youtu...HoVu5NQe7I Edited by renatoa on 01/31/2022 1:41 AM Roast: Kaldi wide, SR800 + projects Grind: Lab sweet, Bentwood, giota w/ MP burrs, Commandante Pull: Decent, La Pavoni, Elektra Microcasa a Leva, Faemina anno 60, Kim Express


renatoa	#2 Posted on 11/16/2020 2:38 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	Price is new Taiwan dollar = 0.035 USD, so $732, reasonable for a bling roaster. If BT is measured right, it could be a bargain as a sampler, given the curent price of other samplers. I flirted for a while with such build roaster, bigger basket, 2-300 grams load, using as heat source a TO, but the gloves operating of hot basket was been indeed annoying, so moved to other build. Also, all the chaff remaining in the basket and burning... not good... Edited by renatoa on 11/16/2020 2:49 AM


renatoa	#3 Posted on 11/16/2020 5:33 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	On Amazon, as combo with a cooling tray: https://www.amazo...08J818GMR/


Turnado	#4 Posted on 11/26/2020 11:59 AM
Newbie Posts: 1 Joined: November 26, 2020	Bella Barista will stock Sandbox Smart R1 very soon. I?d like to see the reviews of this one. Could be just right for learning profiling at 100g batches.


renatoa	#5 Posted on 12/28/2020 7:52 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	Analysed the machine and I would refrain to buy it for many reasons. No visible chaff management. I built years ago such machine and the mesh baskets are bad for chaff, more than half will remain inside, and burnt. Smoky flavors. Inconsistency in load and dump beans. Doing these operations with a hot basket and gloved hands is an operation hard to reproduce exactly, that make you give up quickly. The most important is the reported temperature, as it is measured can't be enough precise for the requirements of an accurate RoR to be computed. Could be a reason RoR is not drawn on the graph, just shown as numbers only. Too jumpy and ugly to see, maybe. The temperature is measured using three IR sensors, placed in a vertical bar cluster, you can locate them right side of the shaft, about 3-5 hours position. The problem with that placement is that area contains no beans, it is simply void, in a normal operation, when the drum turns. Check the image showing a normal beans pile distribution. The beans are in left side, in the 6-9 hours segment, where are located also the radiant elements. The area where IR sensors are placed is exactly opposite of the beans pile, where is absolutely clear, just air, no beans. So those sensor can't measure anything other than the drum metal, and even this is questionable, because it is shinny, not a good target for an IR measurement. And the hue will change in time, as the drum is seasoned. Someone could write a piece of code to compute the beans temperature and simulate the whole roast process more accurate than this measurement system. I highly doubt this measurement is capable to show FC, flick or crash in a roast. I say this because I did such piece of code for Gene roaster, and the results of simulation were close to reality within 5 degrees window of approximation. I mean my code shows 195 C degrees when FC occurs, while Gene display reads 238 C degrees, hot air exhaust obviously. So, until more clarification from the manufacturers, for me this machine is just a nice try of contemporary design that roast coffee with a certain approximation. Others do it better for less money and larger loads. renatoa attached the following images: Edited by renatoa on 02/14/2021 2:34 AM


renatoa	#6 Posted on 02/14/2021 2:36 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	Available to buy at bellabarista, nothing new since last review. So I would keep my money for other machine.


baldheadracing	#7 Posted on 02/14/2021 8:29 PM
Newbie Posts: 48 Joined: November 06, 2015	Dave C did a review. He's usually pretty spot-on. https://sway.offi...UqjfiA30Eu


renatoa	#8 Posted on 11/27/2021 1:46 PM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	R2 announced: ... some $2000 early bird price on a crowdfunding style site. https://www.zecze...1361c77795


renatoa	#9 Posted on 01/23/2022 2:54 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	More R2 videos... ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Edited by renatoa on 03/07/2022 1:23 AM


renatoa	#10 Posted on 02/08/2022 3:01 AM
Administrator Posts: 2317 Joined: September 30, 2016	Starting commercial campaign... https://dailycoff...me-market/ Bullet price for half capacity... they should work hard to convince me... Edited by renatoa on 02/08/2022 1:07 PM


allenb	#11 Posted on 02/08/2022 12:00 PM
Administrator Posts: 3548 Joined: February 23, 2010	I would be very cautious of any IR roaster's ability to steer RoR during the development phase without hearing feedback from real third party reviews/tests results first. Also, any new product will need 2 years minimum to work out the bugs and modify the design. Also, toooo expensive for my tastes 1/2 lb and 1 lb drum, Siemens Sirocco fluidbed, presspot, chemex, cajun biggin brewer from the backwoods of Louisiana

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