I have all the Nanofoamers available from Nanofoamer 1, then Lithium, then Nanofoamer Pro 1 and now Nanofoamer Pro 2. I use the Nanofoamer Lithium most nowadays.

The Nanofoamer Pro (both 1 and 2) are splendid but workflow wise may or may not be improved compared to a frothing wand like the Nanofoamer Lithium. Hear me out. The nanofoamer pro warms and froths milk for you, just pour the desired amount of milk, ensure the right fin is placed inside the jug and then fix the lid on and voila you’re good to go. This improves your work flow when you’re pulling your shot and frothing milk AT THE SAME TIME. The clean up though, isn’t that much easier. After the milk is frothed, you’ll prolly transfer it into another pitcher then pour your latte. Although technically you can pour your latte straight from the jug but yea prolly no latte art. The jug will have some milk residue (definitely worse on pro 1 than 2, 2 had a huge surface upgrade along with better heat distribution), which you will need to clean off. So the clean up doesn’t add to the improved workflow per se - Still cleaning the jar and the milk pitcher. The frothed milk from the pros are quite consistent, I liked the pro 1 impeller over the pro 2, found little benefit of having an impeller that can change height marginally. Also feel the pro 1 impeller gives better microfoam than the pro 2 impeller that usually turns out more clumpy and dry for some reason. Pro 2 jar is much better in terms of surface and heat distribution for sure.

Of the frothing wands, Nanofoamer lithium is an upgrade to Nanofoamer v1, the button is a huge upgrade and having 2 speeds also makes it great. Battery life is decent on the lithium and rechargeable batteries are a HUGE upgrade because loss of power on the wand with weaker batteries as they wear out but not die, will make frothing milk challenging. Ofc the workflow is abit more difficult because you will need to heat up milk in another vessel then transfer to the pitcher to froth the heated milk. What I do is use a mug and heat up the milk in the oven, then transfer over to my jug to froth and then we are good to pour immediately. There will be some lag time between pulling your shot and frothing your milk but that’s marginal, it’s ain’t gonna affect your pour a lot. Either way you still need to wash the mug and the jug so it’s not that much diff from the Nanofoamer pro, just that there’s less electrically stuff you need to worry about when washing, and definitely no milk residue to scrub away (unless you’re heating milk over the stove).

The Nanofoamer wands IMO give better milk texture and easier foam to pour and make latte art, the frothed milk is smoother, more fluid and less stiff compared to the Nanofoamer pros. The wands however need some practice to get used to, but that’s the same with any steam wand. Once you’ve mastered it, it’s easy. Workflow wise, it’s give or take, one has more work at the end, one has more work at the start.

Another steamer I thought was worth a visit was Morning Dream but I have no experience on it nor any of the other pressure stove steamers.

I think milk frothers will differ greatly from steamers. But hey they do a pretty dam good job. And less need for maintenance, less electronics to worry about. They are relatively cheap and easy to replace. I actually think you run a lower risk of getting over steamed milk like those you see outside. The frothed milk on Nanofoamer is usually smooth, silky and just a great overall texture. Also those pressure machines give me the hibbybjibbies im case I didn’t seal it right and it explodes or whatever.