Espresso machines · 8 differences · 5 published for only one
Pratic Avant XTRA 1 Group vs Appia Life 3 Group
Astoria and Nuova Simonelli, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Image: Astoria (CMA), the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Pratic Avant XTRA 1 Group | Appia Life 3 Group |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 560mm | 1,014mm |
| Depth | 560mm | 545mm |
| Height | 540mm | 500mm |
| Weight | 59kg | 72kg |
| Boiler volume | 6L | 15L |
| Pressure profiling | not published | Preinfusion |
| Pre-infusion | not published | Yes |
| Groups | 1 | 3 |
| Steam wand | Commercial | Commercial |
| Milk system | Manual wand | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 120 / 230 / 240 / 400V | not published |
| Power | 3,100W | 5,400W |
| Heating element | 3.1kW | 5.4kW |
| Phase | Single or three | not published |
| Type | Automatic | Automatic |
| Built-in grinder | No | No |
| Colours | Glossy black / stainless steel, White / stainless steel, Red / stainless steel | 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.