Bottomless Portafilter reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 188 Reddit reviews across 12 subreddits and 77 posts to rank the best Bottomless Portafilter brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/espresso, r/gaggiaclassic, r/ranciliosilvia, r/Ascaso, r/ProfitecGo. Top-rated brands include Normcore (4.2/5), Bottomless Portafilter (4.0/5), Rancilio (4.7/5).
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Subreddits12
Posts77
Brands65
Products77
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#1
Normcore
4.2
(30)
"The Normcore flat bottomless portafilter with the IMS Big Bang works perfectly in the Profitec Go."
"I'm using the normcore flat bottomless with my Profitec Go for months now. With no problem."
"This is the one I use and it’s been great!"
"Thanks! I ended up going with the Normcore (originally didn't notice they had a 2-eared 51mm), and it fits like a dream!"
"I have a St Anthony and Normcore bottomless."
"Pretty quality company."
"I have the one from normcore and like it very much."
"I bought the normcore one, would recommend."
"The Normcore flat portafilter is semi flat and works."
"I’m currently using the Normcore basket. This needs a paper filter on the bottom of the basket to keep grinds from getting stuck in the holes."
#2
Bottomless Portafilter
4.0
(21)
"I've gotten bottomless from these people. search their site, when I was looking their price was significantly lower."
"You can get a genuine Gaggia bottomless in ash wood from Whole latte love."
"I bought the normcore and it’s worked pretty flawless."
"LILQ quality is pretty good. Their handles do not unscrew."
"But quickly switched to bottomless portafilters…like after a week or so. It’s my opinion that the view bottomless portafilters can offer is a great help in diagnosing shots."
"The brand to buy is an equally-easy question: any of the quality bottomless portafilters."
"I just got the cheapest nice one (wooden handle) i could find on Ali Express. Its been fine, no problems on my Bambino."
"I just upgraded to a bottomless porter filter last week (a cheap one - cost me 32 NZD). Well worth it imo."
"I got a bottomless and a depressurised two-spout from AliExpress, they both work like a charm."
"I finally gave up and ordered from Shades of Coffee, plus got their 9 Bar springs and some other things from them."
#3
Rancilio
4.7
(12)
"I got the original for less than the OEM you mentioned."
"I just got the OEM Rancilio with my new Silvia Pro X. Love it!"
"I use this one, it fits great and looks amazing."
"L bought a rancilio brand bottomless portafilter for $69 USD from Seattle coffee gear."
"I have purchased from them in the past and they ship fast."
"It’s so heavy and warms up great. And the price is great, it’s one of the best value bottomless portafilters out there"
"Second the RS1 bottomless portafilter."
"I really like my Rancilio Specialty RS1 bottomless portafilter."
"I got the OEM one when I picked up my Silva pro. I payed $65 for it at the time."
"There is a bottomless Portafilter from Rancilio tho. Crazy heavy too."
#4
Amazon
4.1
(10)
"I have this one. Works great for me."
"I am using this one since a few months and it works great with the existing 54mm Breville basket."
"I just got a cheap one on amazon, about $30. Came with a nice wood handle."
"I end up using one from Amazon. It works fine with my Touch Impress."
"I recently bought this one from Amazon which works well."
"I bought 2 on Amazon."
"I got this one and replaced the handle with one off aliexpress."
"Quality is excellent (though not wood)"
"I got a cheeeeeap amazon bottomless and an ims basket and have no complaints."
"I got one off Amazon with a wooden handle. It works fine, but I would love to get my hands on a Pesado one."
#5
Gaggia
4.4
(8)
"I bought this one. There are others on that site as well."
"This is the fancier wood handle version of the one I have and it's excellent."
"Bottomless Portafilter for Gaggia 58mm got this one and it works great."
"I ended up getting gaggia bottomless from amazon."
"I got the Gaggia one from Shades. I like how it keeps it stock."
"Quality feels good, it has a nice heft to it, and honestly feels better than the original portafilter."
"Still a noob to all this but loving the gaggia factory bottomless."
"The only weird thing is it clocks in about 25 degrees past straight on."
#6
Crema
4.4
(8)
"We got one that was like $40 from amazon! Wood handle, but we recently upgraded to the all metal one from crema."
"Another vote for the Crema bottomless PF."
"I use the Crema PF on my Breville Barista Touch and have zero complaints so far."
"Crema bottomless are pretty nice."
"Happy with the one from Crema"
"I got one from Crema and it does pretty well."
"PF buy whatever looks good to you. I've heard good about the Crema."
"The most popular is probably the one from Crema."
#7
Ascaso
4.7
(6)
"I just bought the official ascaso one and I love it!"
"I have this and it’s great."
"I bought the official ascaso one for $100 and it matches the same wood finishing."
"You might want to check out these guys."
"I've got my original ascaso pf without handle from www.ascaso.lt"
"You can find generic and orignal ascaso portafilters here - [https://www.bluestarcoffee.eu/en/Bottomless-Portafilters/c-81.aspx?BrandIDs=15](https://www.bluestarcoffee.eu/en/Bottomless-Portafilters/c-81.aspx?BrandIDs=15)"
#8
LILQ
4.3
(6)
"Absolutely love their quality and customer service."
"I got two of them and very happy with them and the customer service was excellent too."
"I have one of the Lilq’s and a Normcore titanium, I use the Lilq more often with darker roasts with my Breville"
"Is very nice and inexpensive!"
"I like mine a lot."
"I use LILQ portafilter and the fitting is pretty close to the OEM."
#9
IMS
4.6
(5)
"I got a IMS Baristapro Nanotech Precision Ridgeless Double Portafilter Basket."
"If you can, i'd recommend getting an ims basket and then any random portafilter will be fine."
"Buy an IMS basket. Trust me."
"I got the IMS precision 20gr. ridgeless basket and the difference is like day and night."
"IMS basket and any bottomless portafilter from Amazon that will fit."
#10
Pesado
4.4
(5)
"[Pesado] bottomless portafilter did the job for me"
"Pesado PFs are very nice and iirc they also make PFs for 54mm breville machines."
"Pesado makes nice bottomless portafilters for Breville 58mm"
"It doesn't feel cheap and it's easily deep enough for a triple."
"I use a double spouted portafilter from pesado for my flair 58. Works well."
#11
AliExpress
4.2
(5)
"I paid £17 on AliExpress. It’s infinitely higher quality than the stock one and does the job a treat."
"Much cheaper than you're looking for and feels much much better than the stock bambino PF."
"They many options for about $15 + free 10 day shipping."
"The slightly cheaper junk on ali is the same as the amazon stuff, so buy it from there."
"I got all my stuff, filter and portafilter, etc from Aliexpress and work perfectly."
#12
ECM
4.5
(4)
"Just go with ECM, if you want to replace the knob as well go with brewspire."
"Hands down. And the basket it comes with is very well made, too."
"The ECM one works fine, as does the Profitec bottomless."
"You need an ecm or profitec portafilter. Yes other e61 brands will technically fit but they won’t lock all the way they are slightly bigger."
#13
Breville
3.8
(4)
"If you want the same thing from ebay it cost me 26 and shouldn't cost you much more over there."
"Breville bottomless if you like stock look"
"If you like the finish and feel of the stock spouted portafilter, you'll be happy with the Breville one."
"Also got breville bottomless portafilter"
#14
Capfei
4.7
(3)
"Just grab the Capfei. It’s better quality than the stock portafilter and reasonably priced."
"This works with it. I have one with my Gevi 20 bar. Works very well"
"I’ve been using the capfei portafilter from Amazon for a year now with no issues."
#15
Coffee Sensor
5.0
(2)
"That’s where I get all my la pavoni gear. They have some great stuff."
"I'm personally a fan of Coffee Sensor for accessories for the LP"
#16
Buck
4.5
(2)
"The Buck actually fits my mini R perfectly at 6:00 o’clock. I did replaced the rubber gasket with the silicone gasket(Orange color)"
"I’ve got the buck with a Mini R, works perfectly but you need the silicone gasket to lock correctly"
#17
NEOUZA
4.5
(2)
"I used it with my dedica and didn't have any issues."
"I just bought one fron Neouza with 8 accessories from their online store."
#18
Shades of Coffee
4.5
(2)
"Shades of Coffee bottomless portafilter and 18g VST precision basket. Great quality and I’ve been pulling great shots with this combo."
"I need one too, shades of coffee UK is what folks have recommended but seems a bit pricey to be shipped to the US."
#19
Bezzera
4.5
(2)
"I have this one and it’s great!"
"It is made in italy if you care about such things like me."
#20
Edessia
4.0
(2)
"I think it's by Edessia, and it works just as well, for a fraction of the cost of a genuine Gaggia."
"I have one by Edessia, with an 18g IMS basket. It was pretty inexpensive, but it does the job just the same as any other."
#21
CrossCreek
4.0
(2)
"Has been mentioned favorably here (you can do a search), has a nice-looking style, and is half the price of your budget :) ."
"Has been mentioned positively here, and is priced well (last I checked, ~US$35 for one of the portafilters)."
#22
Wega
4.0
(2)
"I'm happy with it."
"I got one Wega portafilter at a reasonable price. I'm happy with it."
#23
Neouza
4.0
(2)
"I took the neouza for 30€, it is fine for the bambino."
"Bought a Neouza 51mm bottomless portafilter, and it came with 3 baskets, among other things."
#24
Mischief
4.0
(2)
"I use a Weber Buck knockoff from Mischief Workshop."
"I also bought a MisChief workshop flat portafilter, that one is actually flat."
#25
VST
5.0
(1)
"Honestly, get a VST, they make sure their baskets holes are drilled consistently."
#26
La Pavoni
5.0
(1)
"Https://coffee-sensor.com/product/la-pavoni-europiccola-naked-bottomless-portafilter-51-mm-stainless-steel/"
#27
Sage
5.0
(1)
"I bought this one a week ago, works perfectly with 18 gr coffee without screen, fit well with my sage bambino"
#28
Espressocare
5.0
(1)
"If US, I like Espressocare and Coffeeaddicts"
#29
DeLonghi
5.0
(1)
"I used to have this machine for two years and loved it so much :') I first upgraded my grinder (Sette 270) and then a few weeks ago moved to a Bambino which honestly has a similar feel in its simplicity."
#30
Bottomless Portafilter 51mm
5.0
(1)
"Look for the Gevi bottomless 51mm pf"
#31
Angled Portafilter
5.0
(1)
"I enjoy ECM's angled portafilters very much!"
#32
Edesia Express
5.0
(1)
"I got a wood handle edesia express one off Amazon. It's lovely"
#33
CafeGaGa
5.0
(1)
"I bought one from AliExpress from CafeGaGa and the quality is way better then I expected! ... the fit and seal for the machine is really nice. Shipping was free and no taxes on it. I really have no complaints about it"
#34
Pullman
4.0
(1)
"It's just a higher quality (precision make) and higher capacity basket."
#35
Bottomless Basket
4.0
(1)
"I ordered 51mm bottomless baskets on amazon and they fit."
#36
Calibrate
4.0
(1)
"If I was looking at the setup I’d probably change the plastic tamper. Immediately."
#37
The Espresso Shop
4.0
(1)
"The one I use is from theespressoshop. Something like 40$"
#38
eBay
4.0
(1)
"I bought one on ebay for like $21"
#39
HQ Baskets
4.0
(1)
"Been using the HQ baskets from Espresso Parts."
#40
Doppio Coffee
4.0
(1)
"Got mine from Doppio coffee but looks like they’re sold out at the moment."
#41
Saint Anthony Industries
4.0
(1)
"I ended up getting the Harold from Saint Anthony Industries."
#42
Something Brewing
4.0
(1)
"Something brewing has 58mm naked portafilter for their Budan Machine."
#43
Walmart
4.0
(1)
"As long as you get a 54mm bottomless portafilter, you'll be fine."
#44
Ketsicart
4.0
(1)
"The one I purchased is no longer available but very similar to it is above"
#45
Mischiefs
4.0
(1)
"I posted one that works great with photos plus is real wood for like $50."
#46
MHW3Bomber
4.0
(1)
"I have one from mhw3bomber. It's very well made."
#47
Crema Coffee Products
4.0
(1)
"I have the Crema Coffee Products one."
#48
Cafegaga
4.0
(1)
"Cafegaga portafilter in AliExpress."
#49
Whole Latte Love
4.0
(1)
"I ordered the walnut set from Whole Latte Love."
#50
Cross Creek
4.0
(1)
"I have one made by Cross Creek which I got off Amazon that is nice."
#51
Etsy
4.0
(1)
"I ordered this from etsy."
#52
Caffebirraio
4.0
(1)
"I got this it’s pretty good."
#53
Bopfimer
4.0
(1)
"Bopfimer 58MM Coffee Portafilter."
#54
Pawa
4.0
(1)
"It comes with a WDT tool. Both seem to be decent quality and it works well with the Breville Bambino."
#55
RECAFIMIL
4.0
(1)
"Works well but comes with a terrible basket."
#56
suvykep
4.0
(1)
"It has a resin coated wood handle that kinda sparkles."
#57
Edesia Espress
4.0
(1)
"I like the walnut handled bottomless PF I got from Edesia Espress"
#58
Happy Mug
4.0
(1)
"I have been buying some from happy mug.. just need to dial them in :)"
#59
Matow
4.0
(1)
"I have one from matow on Amazon. It fits 18-22g ims basket very well."
#60
LISM
4.0
(1)
"I got basically the same one with a black handle on Amazon (LISM brand, same price). Been using it with my Bambino for a couple of weeks. Seems to work great."
#61
Flair
3.0
(1)
"So I recently got my bottomless portafilter for my Flair NEO; I am both excited and am tired at the time I made coffee for myself."
#62
Joe Frex
3.0
(1)
"It's cheap and it's really nice except it doesn't fit with my model"
#63
YMWVH
3.0
(1)
"It’s does the job, the basket that comes with it is alright but i switched back to the original one!"
#64
Weber
3.0
(1)
"Weber has a porta filter only like 350$"
#65
Lifeart
3.0
(1)
"I got a cheap one on AliExpress ($20 from Lifeart) and it works fine."
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