Espresso machines · 7 differences · 6 published for only one

Core 600 1 Group vs Appia Life 1 Group

Astoria and Nuova Simonelli, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.

60 cm Astoria Core 600 1 Group espresso machine
Core 600 1 Group 580 × 580 × 557 mm Appia Life 1 Group 404 × 545 × 500 mm

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Specification

FieldCore 600 1 GroupAppia Life 1 Group
Width 580mm 404mm
Depth 580mm 545mm
Height 557mm 500mm
Weight 62.5kg 32.5kg
Boiler volume 6L 5L
Pressure profiling not published Preinfusion
Pre-infusion not published Yes
Groups 1 1
Steam wand Commercial Commercial
Milk system Manual wand Manual wand
Voltage 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V not published
Power 3,300W 1,900W
Heating element 3.3kW 1.9kW
Phase Single or three not published
Type Automatic Automatic
Display Touchscreen not published
Built-in grinder No No
Colours Steel, White, Red 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.