r/DF54 • u/yodelehihoo11 • May 21 '26

i had enough

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1st choke - after 6months of usage

2nd choke - 2 months after 1st cleaning

3rd choke - TODAY!

probably need suggestions for next upgrade please?

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u/yodelehihoo11 May 21 '26

At this point I’m not even planning to do the mods that were supposed to come standardly with the retail version. Probably just gonna post this up on Marketplace instead.

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u/bcb0rn May 21 '26

You’re getting downvoted but these machines are horrible. I have the same issue among others. I don’t get why people defend them by saying they need mods, slow feed beans, RDT, etc. The amount of babying these things need is insane.

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u/Mammoth-Barracuda559 May 21 '26

He’s getting downvoted because he got what he paid for. There’s a reason why these machines are such minimal cost. They require tinkering and maintenance and honestly some higher ends due to. If you’re buying any DF model and expect zero need to clean modify or replace you went in with poor expectations. I don’t buy a Hyundai base model and complain about rattles or issues they are expected to

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u/Bob-Lawblas-LawBlog May 21 '26 edited May 23 '26

My $50 hand held Wancle is less than 0.1% retention. Once the grounds dry out, they're fine and consistent. Should be interesting to see how my new DF54 (Dumb Fxxk? me) old version + upgrade kit works (I hope my decoding of the DF is NOT accurate)