I wish this thing worked as well as people say it does. This thing only works when it wants to, which is infrequently. This “foolproof” method is the furthest thing from intuitive. The “cup” is just a scoop that should weigh about 250g, and not a cup measurement as any normal person would assume. Forward thinking product engineers (a contradiction in terms I know) could head this off by just calling the cup a scoop, which it is. What we’re left with is a machine that requires a very precise sequence of steps and button presses to achieve a good pasta product. Unfortunately the instructions were written by a technical writer taking a crunch and I’m not sure which result was worse, the one on paper or the one in the bowl. The machine spits random error messages that tell you there is too little or too much flour in the hopper. God help you if there’s too much or you put it in too soon. You’ll have to tip the heavy machine over and dump the flour out and start again. This item is the nexus of a good product being ruined by a company unconcerned with user interface or experience.

It took me awhile to get started but once I did the pasta tasted good.

I have been using electric pasta machines for 40 yrs. the Philips machine is absolutely the best machine I have ever used. The other machines can’t compare to how easy it is to use the Philips. There is never dough left in the machine like the others. Philips has taken care of every detail even the tools to clean the dye ( other machine give you a push pin). The only thing Philips needs to do is add additional dyes such as gnocchi, breadstick,udon etc.