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Best Milk Frothers Under $250
The best milk frothers under $250, ranked by our review scores. Enough money to expect published specifications, so this list is unforgiving about makers who do not give you any.
How this list is ordered
Ranked by arithmetic, not opinion. Every score is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes, so you can open the working on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Milk Frothers Under $250, ranked by score
scored on what the maker publishesOpen a row for the score working1
BrevilleMilk Café BMF600XLFrom $199.958.7How it scored
Frothing & Modes10.0Cleaning & Handling8.9Capacity10.0Materials & Warranty6.6Value for Moneyweakest link4.6carries 10 of the 100 points scoredPrice from$199.95Score8.7Cold foamYesTemperature choiceYesDishwasher-safe jugYesMilk for foam500mlRead the Breville Milk Café BMF600XL review →2
DREOBaristaMakerFrom $99.998.6How it scored
Frothing & Modes10.0Cleaning & Handling7.8Capacity8.3Materials & Warrantyweakest link7.4carries 15 of the 100 points scoredValue for Money8.6Price from$99.99Score8.6Cold foamYesTemperature choiceYesDishwasher-safe jugYesMilk for foam150mlRead the DREO BaristaMaker review →3
NespressoAeroccino 3From $996.3How it scored
Frothing & Modes6.0Cleaning & Handlingweakest link5.6carries 25 of the 100 points scoredCapacity7.2Materials & Warranty6.6Value for Money6.3Price from$99Score6.3Cold foamYesTemperature choiceNoDishwasher-safe jugNoMilk for foam121mlRead the Nespresso Aeroccino 3 review →4
LavazzaMilkEasy PlusFrom $1005.9How it scored
Frothing & Modes7.5Cleaning & Handling5.6Capacity5.6Materials & Warrantyweakest link4.5carries 15 of the 100 points scoredValue for Money5.0price in another currency, not scoredPrice from$100Score5.9Cold foamYesTemperature choiceNoDishwasher-safe jugNoMilk for foam180mlRead the Lavazza MilkEasy Plus review →5
SmegMini Milk Frother MFF02From $2005.4How it scored
Frothing & Modes6.5Cleaning & Handling6.7Capacity3.9Materials & Warranty4.5Value for Moneyweakest link2.8carries 10 of the 100 points scoredPrice from$200Score5.4Cold foamYesTemperature choiceNoDishwasher-safe jugNoMilk for foam120mlRead the Smeg Mini Milk Frother MFF02 review →