De'Longhi Dinamica LatteCrema Espresso Machine ECAM35075SI vs Philips Series 5500 LatteGo EP5544/90

A household that wants eighteen drinks on one button and never touches a steam wand

Scores higher on drinks & milk system, cleaning & upkeep.

Twenty drinks including six iced, from a two-part milk system that rinses in seconds

Scores higher on grinder & grind control, capacity & refills, value for money.

• +Eighteen one-touch recipes, the widest drink list of any machine on this site.
• +An automatic milk carafe that lifts out and goes in the fridge and the dishwasher.
• +Named support for oat, soy and rice milk, which most makers will not commit to.
• +A 13-setting conical grinder, the same resolution as machines at half the price.
• +Iced coffee as a built-in recipe rather than an afterthought.

• −De'Longhi no longer publishes a price: the product page shows a notify button instead.
• −De'Longhi calls the heating a single thermoblock while two large retailers call it dual.
• −No pump pressure, tank size, hopper capacity, weight or dimensions are published by De'Longhi.
• −De'Longhi names only seven of the eighteen recipes and publishes no full list.
• −The LatteCrema technology page linked from its own product page is a dead link.

• +Twenty drinks, all named by Philips, including six iced ones and a travel mug setting.
• +LatteGo is two parts with no tubes, and Philips states both go in the dishwasher.
• +A removable brew group, which is what lets you rinse the part that does the work.
• +AquaClean, which Philips says means no descaling for up to 5000 cups.
• +Four user profiles plus a guest, so a household is not re-setting strength every morning.

• −Philips publishes no price, and its own retailer list runs from $699.00 to $1,299.95.
• −The SKU most shops sell, EP5544/94, has no page on Philips' own site at all.
• −Philips' two pages for this series disagree on voltage and country of manufacture.
• −The AquaClean claim assumes eight filter replacements, which is a running cost to price in.