Good morning everyone normal and abnormal in this thread! (I personally belong to the second category). As promised, I issue a report on
Max Gran pasta 26.
So, my throes of choice ended))) I really wanted a wide roll of 26 cm.Therefore, I was waiting for handsome Maksik from Italy (here is a clever system - Max is made in China by order of Italy, then goes to Italy, and from there goes to us. I think if they were supplied from China, it would be much cheaper). Since I suspected that China might not suit me, they immediately brought me Ampia 180 for comparison.
I had to go to see as much as 40 km (for our village, this is the distance). Fortunately, my husband is wonderful, so we chose together. He personally twisted pens and cut paper. Therefore, my report will consist of two parts - the first review is completely its text, the second - from me.
Review of her husband.
1. Appearance. In appearance, the quality of the product in comparison with Marcato (Ampia) is significantly lower. This can be seen from the joints, gaps and general appearance upon closer inspection (twirling in the hands). When they stood next to each other, Ampia looked like a Mercedes, and Max looked like a Zhiguli.
2. Rollers
IRON, and not stainless steel or food-grade aluminum, therefore, the possibility of rust is likely. And on Ampia food grade aluminum.
3. The drive mechanism during torsion immediately showed itself to be more coarse, with fine ripples (like jerks), which is immediately noticeable in comparison with the smooth and soft stroke of the Ampia. This may indicate incorrect meshing of the teeth in the gears (either the part is of poor quality, or it is incorrectly exposed, or this particular device is a defect). And the seller also mentioned that he had to repair this model (the reason for the repair was called external damage during transportation), and he had to disassemble one of these dough rollers, which I (my husband) have a lot of doubt about (you can say anything).
4. Test cutting of ordinary xerox paper turned out to be "impressive" - Max did not just cut it slightly, but almost the entire sheet was notched, not cut. Even, rather, it could be called paper pushing. Ampia perfectly spread the same paper (in terms of quality and moisture content) into strips.
My review.
You can take Max only if you plan to use it mainly as a dough sheeter. The rollers are level - it is quite possible to roll out the dough. Yes, the move is not very smooth, like Marcato's, but it also costs other money. If you plan to cut noodles on it, then only very dry dough.(Ideally, manufacturers need to remove the noodle cutter, leave the dough roll, reduce the price of the model - and there will be a wonderful device in the kitchen in addition to Empires and Marcato - cleanly roll the dough into pizza, cake, large dumplings).
Personally, I really needed the noodle cutter. Therefore, Max, who did not cut the paper, lost. But if I only needed a dough sheeter, then I would have already chosen, because I love to eat cakes, but to roll out ...
And further. I spoke to the vendor's wife. She personally uses Max and Atlas. So she assures that her Max cuts everything well and works fine, although it is not comparable with Atlas. Since I immediately said that I would not leave without a purchase, there was no point in persuading me ... I was already willing. But, as my husband likes to say, you can say anything you want ...
So like this ... Think, decide.
Yours sincerely, Julia.
