2 models · Updated · Italy · Founded 1986
Lelit is an Italian manufacturer that made its name by putting prosumer features into machines priced below the traditional prosumer bracket. The Anna PL41TEM is a compact brass-boiler single-boiler machine with a PID controller — a specification that used to cost twice as much. The MaraX is the range's signature product: a heat exchanger with a double-probe control system that regulates the boiler from the group temperature rather than the steam pressure, which removes the temperature-surfing routine that heat exchangers normally demand. Lelit publishes full boiler materials and capacities per model.
Lelit warranty terms in the US are administered through authorised distribution.
Lelit publishes exploded parts diagrams and technical documentation per model; US specialist retailers stock spares.
The MaraX uses a 58 mm L58E group, so gaskets, screens and baskets are standard commercial sizes. The Anna uses Lelit's 57 mm group, which narrows third-party basket choice.
A 250 ml brass boiler with a PID controller and a pressure gauge, in a 7.5 kg body — prosumer specification, compact footprint.
A double-probe heat exchanger that regulates from group temperature rather than steam pressure — no surfing routine required.
Specifications are transcribed from Lelit's official site. How we score.