Rancilio Silvia Bottomless Portafilter - Version 3

I purchased this from wholelattelove through amazon a whopping $10 more than other websites 1. For "Prime" convenience, and 2. Most importantly because wholelattelove gives a lot of free information on their website and YouTube. Shipping and delivery was prompt and packaging was excellent.This triple shot basket and bottomless portafilter works excellent and has that wow factor as you watch your liquid black honey pump into your cup. A majority of the time I drink my espresso straight up black, so having a bit more to sip on is a welcome addition compared to my smaller filter. Also making one extra macchiato at a sitting helps saves time and increases work by 50 percent compared to the double shot. BONUS!It does feel a bit lighter than the original filter due to the missing spout, but none the less, it feels very durable. The basket itself lodges inside the filter very snug and can be a bit difficult to remove by hand if you try to grab the lip. The engineer in me took a few minutes and realized, just flip it over upside down, and push the filter out through. Way easier!The only slight downside is since it doesn't have the spout, so it can't sit on my rocky grinder hands free. Typically I allow my spouted one to sit there while operating/cleaning/drying my espresso machine. No bid deal I suppose; just leave it on the counter.I am glad I made the extra purchase for this portafilter and believe that if you have a rancilio espresso machine, you won't regret it.

I got my Rancilio Bottomless filter today and tried it out right away. I put in double shot basket (18g) since I didn't want to do a triple shot. The basket fit just fine into the porta filter and into the Silvia. Got a great shot out of it.Overall I think it's a great Bottemless filter. The metal around the portafilter feels solid and looks great. The handle is good but there area where you find the Rancilio logo has some plastic edges that stick out and feel a little sharp, but not a deal breaker. I think if you want to get a bottomless portafilter, highly recommend getting this one to improve your espresso game.

I got this while it had a discount for around $93.00 with shipping included. I really like how it is lightweight and can hold all the basket sizes I had as stock of my RSPROX. It came a lot sooner than I expected too. If purchasing for an RSPRO/RSPROX, make sure you turn this bottomless portafilter a bit tighter than the other one with a double spout so that you can really seal it in. Otherwise, water will come out due to a weak seal.

It's a nice looking portafilter, and I mostly love it. I like to use this portafilter, not because I want to see my pour, but because there's no spout to get grungy and require clean up. My espresso comes out nice and clean from the filter every time.Sometimes the filter sprays a little when I mess up my tamping --- that's the nature of a bottomless filter. To counteract this, I put my mug/glass/whatever directly under the portafilter to catch the spray. Sadly, because the handle goes all the way down to the bottom of the basket holder, I can't lift the mug up higher than the bottom of the basket holder. That's MOSTLY ok, but if the handle were attached higher, I could fit the bottom of the filter slightly INSIDE the mug, and that would help keep coffee from spraying out even more.Of course, every OTHER bottomless portafilter attaches even LOWER than the Silvia. so I can't complain. 5 stars. 5.5 stars if they leave a little gap between the bottom of the basket holder and the handle in the next version.

Previous bottomless portafilter from Seattle coffee allowed water to escape and spray from the head of our Rancilio Silvia pro. This one fits perfectly.

Fits perfectly and performs as advertised. Learned a lot about how my shots were being pulled. It is much lighter than the stock portafilter but is quite sturdy. And it looks a lot like the stock portafilter compared to others I've seen on the market. Very happy with my purchase.

Awesome product!

I purchased this Rancilio Silvia Bottomless Portafilter - "Version 3" (Left) which claimed to be OEM, however the quality seemed poor. The handle felt Plastic and light compared to the replacement, and the logo was slightly offset and uneven. Unless It was overly tightened, It leaked. I ended purchased a second portafilter which was also listed as "Version 3" and it was much different. Attached pictures of both racillio version 3 portafilters. Even though it's unclear which one is the actually OEM and which is not, I ended up keeping the the second portafilter (on the right) because it didn't have any of the issues of the first one.