Bambino Plus vs Barista Pro: which fits your counter

Depth and width both favour the Bambino Plus, which is 320 mm deep and 196 mm wide, while the Barista Pro is 410 mm deep and 354 mm wide. Two retailers that label each side stand behind every one of those figures, within 5 mm of each other: Seattle Coffee Gear with Target or Whole Latte Love for the Plus, Bi-Rite Home Appliances and Harts of Stur for the Pro. The Pro adds a grinder, a conical burr grinder with a half-pound hopper, and weighs 9.488 kg to the Plus's 4.95 kg. Both state a 3-second ThermoJet heat-up and both carry a two-year warranty, and the Pro lists an LCD display.

Measure the counter from the wall to the front edge first. Less than 410 mm of depth rules the Pro out. If you have the room and no grinder, the Pro puts the grinder inside a 354 by 410 mm footprint. If you own a grinder or would rather buy one separately, the Plus takes 90 mm less depth and 158 mm less width than the Pro. Milk drinks tip it further toward the Plus, whose automatic wand has three temperatures and three texture levels. Take the Plus for a shallow counter or a grinder you own, and the Pro for a deep counter with no grinder.