IKAPE 58mm Espresso Puck Screen, 1.7mm Thickness 100μm Puck Screen Reusable Stainless Steel Espresso Coffee Accessories Puck Screen for 58mm Portafilter

Generally I like Ikape coffee gear. Although it's mostly too metallic for. But for this puck screen....not sure. The screen itself is tighter than the Flair 58. But I use it with an E61 group. Seems to be ok. A little harder to clean because the mesh is so fine.

Works like a charm. Holds up after ALOT of daily use.

My Breville system has a 53.75mm and a 53.8mm ID basket. So it allows H20 to go through around the perimeter. It has to fit snug, very snug or it just wont work. My solution was to wrap these with a SS silkscreen mesh to fill the perimeter gap. Doing this allows very even water distribution. If I didn't do this all the water would and will bypass almost all of the entire batch of ground coffee . These MUST BE made in differant diameters so we can buy a screen that is .01mm smaller then the baskets. The ones I bought are 53.5mm. My doser cups are 53.75 and 53.8mm inside diameters. The difference is small but water will seek the fastest way to escape the pressure so all the water shoots down the edges and misses most of the coffee, Which deems these and all others USELESS. IF ur shooting for even Water distribution then these are not for you.The only reason I didn't send them back is because like I stated I wrapped these filters with a fine meshed screen to fill the void so water now flows more evenly. It's definitely not perfect but better then thing anybody is selling on the market today.

The media could not be loaded.  I'm a newbie to the espresso world. I usually dose at 18 grams. With this screen, I dose at 17.5 grams for some screen room.It seems to keep the group head screen much cleaner.

I'm getting much better pulls on my espresso and they hit the perfect mark each time now. Works great in my Breville Barista Express.

The media could not be loaded.  I thought I would try to integrate a puck screen into my espresso workflow. Not being too familiar with puck screens, I gave it my best shot. I ran the service boiler water on the puck screen just to give it a slight wash, after having received it. There looked to be a good amount of head room in my portafilter basket, to allow space for the added puck screen.Pulling the shot using the puck screen, I did find that there tended to be radial lines of "balding" areas during the beginning of the shot, that I don't receive when not using the puck screen. These balding areas do close up during the middle of the extraction. The brewed espresso shot was made into an Americano which tasted very balanced and in keeping with the flavor notes of the coffee I was brewing. There was no spurting or visible channeling produced, when using the puck screen. The puck, after extraction, looked to have a consistent pattern of color, showing it had a consistent extraction.While using the puck screen, I did notice that the shower screen and the portafilter basket was kept much more free of residual grounds. That made it easier to clean the shower screen and the basket. The not so great side, is when trying to clean the shower screen. I would run water from the service boiler, on top of one side of the puck screen. That did leave a bit of coffee oils left on the bottom side. Once the screen was washed, it is a little hot to handle, but definitely manageable, when placing it in the basket to pull the next shot. I'd have to work with this shower screen over a longer period of time to see if the workflow becomes easier or the shower screen becomes more integral when working with different roast levels of beans, or whether it turns out it works better for single shot extractions. There is so much to investigate, in order to determine whether this ends up working in my espresso workflow.

I'm assuming this does its job well when paired with the right machine so that's why I'm not giving it low stars but it doesn't fit in my espresso portafilter (too small) so can't fairly test it. Seems like a sturdy, well-made product though.

works great for making espresso

This is the second filter purchased and it reduces channeling plus it keeps the shower screen clean! IKAPE produces quality!