I've been interested recently in temperers, especially
used machines, and I'm wondering how different the
Sinsation and Revolation product lines are. Do they
share parts compatibility for the bowl, baffle, etc.?
What major differences are there between models?

So far, no response has been received from e-mail
to the manufacturer, Chocovision. (Not a promising
sign.)

Based on what I've been able to gather, Sin 1 and
Rev 1 just have three fixed temperature ranges.
Sin 2 and Rev 2 appear to be programmable
to whatever temperature you want. Other than that,
the only difference seems to be about $100.

I don't know why there is so little information available
on the Sinsation series of devices. A Google search
just get hits on certain goops used for pornographic
purposes, so I suppose there might have been a
trademark dispute or an unwholesome image to shake
which resulted in the rebranding of the product.

at Wed, 21 Apr 2004 06:15:49 GMT in >,
(Mark Thorson) wrote :

>I've been interested recently in temperers, especially
>used machines, and I'm wondering how different the
>Sinsation and Revolation product lines are. Do they
>share parts compatibility for the bowl, baffle, etc.?
>What major differences are there between models?
>
Same product, produced by the same OEM. The Sinsation 1 is the same as the
Revolation 1. As far as I can tell, the name change happened because of a
management dispute of some sort. I have no details.

Much better appears to be the Revolation X3210 - a far more robust unit
with significantly more capacity (1.5 lb is useless for any serious work)
and with better processing internals. Revolation K5 appears to be better
still - although at $4.5 K it probably makes economic sense only in a
commercial setting. But at that point I'd start to look at the serious
professional machines from Chocotec, ChocoMa, etc. The X3210 appears to hit
the sweet spot of a machine well built enough to serve for light commercial
duty and semi-professional work, but not badly overbuilt if being used in a
home setting. I'd like to see a metal baffle, however.


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Alex Rast

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