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Kinda similar resulting brews I'd say. I don't think SPB will give you "improved" coffee over a manual pourover / Clever / Aeropress. What it has given me, is the ability to pop the coffee on the night before so it's ready when I wake up (good when you have a small child to sort out in the mornings, or other stuff to do). But also, that bit of it - grind coffee, water in dispenser, grounds in filter, assemble, press button, go and do something else - is making my slightly chaotic home life easier even if I don't use the timer. This morning I made 900ml, pottered round the house getting ready for the gym, drank 1/3 of it, by the time I'd got home my partner has helped himself to a cup and now I'm drinking the remainder while I start work (and post this). I wouldn't have had time to do a pourover before logging on this morning really.
Also, before the SPB I didn't have the ability to really make more than 2 cups at a time, so when we have guests I'd always spend about 30 fucking minutes making coffee for everyone. We have my parents here doing childcare one day a week and now I don't spend ages making drinks for everyone! It's just there in the pot!
Downside: I am getting through beans really quickly :/