Yeah, I saw the Happy Donkey one - it's a little confusing as there are two differetn Silvia arms, one in the Silvia section and one in the Gaggia section. The Gaggia one is £10 dearer than Drurys one.
Never noticed that tbh. My Gaggia's in for a service at the moment so, once it comes back, the arms will be switched.
Good thread, I wondered if it was just me who found the Gaggia awkward to use.
With the plastic attachment on I don't think I would be able to get the Gaggia supplied metal jug under it unless the machine was on the edge of a bench. I now use it with just the metal arm but as you've discovered, it doesn't do a great job.
Just the metal bit works fine - it does depend on your technique though.
The limit is the amount of milk the classic can steam to start with.
I binned that plastic thing after the second time I used it. Steaming milk away quite hapilly - then there is an almighty bang and milk sprays everywhere! Over me, over the floor, over the gaggia, over the counter, over the cupboards, over the celing....
The black bit had come off the metal arm and had hit the bottom of my metal jug with such force that it dented it - and launched most of the hot milk out of the jug... Once the cleanup had finished I threw it away.
That was not a good day.
