Bean to cup coffee machine recommendations

[Turtlestarfish]

After a new machine after my old one has finally given up the ghost. Can anyone please recommend a bean to cup coffee machine? Easyish to use, with a milk steamer preferably. Budget of around £300. Thank you

Oh jumping on please. Our DeLonghi Magnifica died and we can't decide on a new one.

Ninja! We changed from delonghi and ninja and love it

I've had a Sage Barista Express for about 18 months now and it's brilliant. Bit over budget at around £350-400 but honestly the built-in grinder and steam wand are quality - proper microfoam for lattes and flat whites. Only thing is it takes a bit of trial and error dialling in the grind setting when you first get it.

If £300 is a hard limit, the DeLonghi Magnifica S is a solid shout. My parents have one and it's dead simple - fill the beans, fill water, press a button. Coffee's decent and the steam wand does a good enough job for the price. Not as good as the Sage but then it's half the price.

Also worth checking if Sage do refurbished ones direct from their site - sometimes they've got returns or ex-display models for closer to £300.

I have a delongli magnifica start and am very happy with it

Though it's the only bean to cup machine I've had (the other ones have had baskets)

There seems to be plenty of spares available if it breaks out of warranty

But so far no problems (and it's been a while)

Though I wonder if I went for the next model up with the screen if descaling it would be easier (I have to watch a YouTube video each time as I can never remember how to do it), takes the beat part of 40 minutes to do and you need to twist and press things at the appropriate times

Though I'm still happy with it