Espresso machines · 7 differences · 11 published for only one
Strega vs Pro 800
Bezzera and Profitec, side by side at one scale on a 60 cm counter.
Images: Bezzera, Profitec, the manufacturers' product photographs, scaled by each published height. About our images
Specification
| Field | Strega | Pro 800 |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 330mm | 339mm |
| Depth | 450mm | 505mm |
| Height | 710mm | 492mm |
| Weight | 28kg | 35.5kg |
| Boiler system | not published | Single |
| Boilers | 1 | 1 |
| Boiler volume | 2L | 3.5L |
| Boiler material | not published | Copper |
| PID temperature control | not published | Yes |
| Pump | Vibratory | Vibratory |
| Pressure profiling | Preinfusion | not published |
| Pre-infusion | Yes | Yes |
| Group | Lever | Lever |
| Groups | 1 | 1 |
| Portafilter | not published | 58mm |
| Water source | Both | Both |
| Reservoir | 4L | 2.8L |
| Plumbing | Inlet and drain | Inlet and drain |
| Hot-water tap | not published | Yes |
| Milk system | not published | Manual wand |
| Voltage | 120V | 115V |
| Power | not published | 1,500W |
| Type | Spring lever | Spring lever |
| Display | not published | Analogue gauge |
| Built-in grinder | not published | No |
| Made in | not published | Germany |
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.