Espresso machines · 12 differences · 13 published for only one

Baby T Flow vs Nini

Ascaso and Bezzera, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.

60 cm Ascaso Baby T Flow espresso machine Bezzera Nini espresso machine
Baby T Flow 350 × 430 × 450 mm Nini 250 × 448 × 365 mm

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Specification

FieldBaby T FlowNini
Width 350mm 250mm
Depth 430mm 448mm
Height 450mm 365mm
Weight 35kg 20kg
Boiler system Thermoblock Heat exchanger
Boilers 1 1
Boiler volume 2.5L 1.5L
Boiler material Stainless not published
PID temperature control Yes Yes
Warm-up not published 10min
Pump Rotary Vibratory
Brew pressure 9bar not published
Pressure profiling Flow control Flow control
Pre-infusion Yes not published
Group Thermoblock group Proprietary
Groups 1 1
Water source Both Reservoir
Reservoir 2L 3L
Plumbing Inlet None
Steam wand Cool-touch not published
Hot-water tap Yes not published
Milk system Manual wand not published
Voltage 120V 120V
Power 1,800W 1,400W
Heating element 1.2kW not published
Phase Single not published
Type Automatic Automatic
Display LCD not published
Shot timer Yes Yes
Built-in grinder No not published
Colours Black, White, Cream, Blue, Pistachio, Red, Yellow, Inox (stainless) not published
Made in Spain not published

A lit cell is the better value only where nobody would argue (more capacity, less retention, a lower list price, a feature present) and only when both makers publish the figure. "Not published" is never counted as a loss.