Espresso machines · 8 differences · 3 published for only one

Core 600 1 Group vs Pegaso Plus 2 Group

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

60 cm Astoria Core 600 1 Group espresso machine Wega Pegaso Plus 2 Group espresso machine
Core 600 1 Group 580 × 580 × 557 mm Pegaso Plus 2 Group 740 × 555 × 515 mm

Images: Astoria (CMA), Wega, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images

Specification

FieldCore 600 1 GroupPegaso Plus 2 Group
Width 580mm 740mm
Depth 580mm 555mm
Height 557mm 515mm
Weight 62.5kg 62kg
Boiler volume 6L 10.5L
Groups 1 2
Steam wand Commercial Commercial
Milk system Manual wand Manual wand
Voltage 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V
Power 3,300W 3,700W
Heating element 3.3kW 3.7kW
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.