The latest consignment of Bacchis have arrived and they appear to have slightly modified bases. Whilst the new bases still have the same external measurements (i.e. still the same overall height, diameter, etc), and are still made from cast aluminium, they have made a new casting that results in a ‘thicker’ base.
The original base is shown on the left in the image above and you can see that as a result of the casting being thinner in the base it has only been machined around 5mm or so of the circumference. The new design on the right has a thicker base, which results in the entire top face of the base now being machined.
As a result the new base weighs around 240g, compared with 200g for the old one, and increase of 20%. We hope that this additional material will improve the Bacchi’s resistance to being over-heated, typically when they are forgotten about and left on the heat for an extended period of time.
