Secura 17oz Electric Milk Frother and Steamer 4-in-1 vs Secura Electric Milk Frother 8.4oz 250ml

The jug is 304 stainless steel with no interior coating, so there's nothing that can chip, flake, or leach into your milk. Hot milk sits against inert metal the entire time — no Teflon, no plastic lining. If milk sticks after a hot chocolate run, a quick rinse or the dishwasher handles it completely.

The jug is 304 stainless steel with no interior coating — nothing to chip, flake, or degrade into your milk over time. Hot milk sits against inert metal from pour to froth. It's the safest jug material available in this category.

ETL Listed confirms the electrical components meet US and Canadian safety standards — that covers wiring, overheating protection, and shock risk. It doesn't say anything about what the jug is made of or whether the materials are independently tested for food safety. For material safety, the stainless steel construction does the heavy lifting here.

ETL Listed confirms it meets US and Canada electrical safety standards — that's the certification that matters for a countertop appliance with a heating element. No food-contact or material safety certifications are included, so this only covers the electrical side.

Four modes cover hot dense foam (cappuccino), hot light foam (latte), hot milk with no foam, and cold froth — that's the full daily coffee routine for most households. You won't find a dedicated oat milk or microfoam setting, so latte art and dairy-alternative optimization aren't priorities here. For standard home coffee drinks, four modes is enough.

You get three modes — typically hot foam, cold foam, and hot milk — which covers the basics for lattes and cappuccinos. If everyone in your household drinks the same thing, that's enough. You'll hit a wall if someone wants a specialty drink that needs a fourth mode.

Each mode runs at a fixed temperature — you can't dial it up or down. That works fine for whole or 2% milk, but if you're frothing oat or almond milk you lose the ability to fine-tune heat for better texture. If temperature control matters to you, this frother isn't built for it.

There's no temperature control — the frother heats milk to one fixed output and that's it. If you prefer lightly warm milk or need a specific temperature for a recipe, you can't adjust it. For standard latte or cappuccino use it's fine, but you have zero flexibility here.

At 17oz total capacity, you can froth enough for two drinks in a single cycle — practical for a couple's morning routine. Keep in mind the frothing capacity is closer to 8oz (the rest is heating-only headroom), so you're making foam for two drinks, not filling the jug. If three or more people want frothed drinks at once, you're running a second cycle.

At 8.4oz, you get one drink per batch — not enough for two people without running it twice. It's compact and easy to store, but if you're making drinks for a household, the back-to-back batching adds up fast.

The jug is dishwasher-safe, so cleanup is done in seconds — no hand-scrubbing a stainless steel interior. Stainless holds up to repeated dishwasher cycles without any coating to worry about degrading. It's the easiest maintenance you'll get in this category.

The jug is dishwasher-safe, which makes daily cleanup effortless — especially since there's no coating to protect with hand-washing. Toss it in and move on.

Two years covers the window when motor and heating element failures are most likely in daily-use frothers. That's better than the one-year warranties common at this price point. If you use it every day past year two, repair costs will likely exceed what you paid for it — but most people replace rather than repair at this price.

The 2-year warranty beats the 1-year standard at this price point, which matters because motor and heating element issues in budget frothers tend to show up in that first-to-second-year window. After it expires, repair costs will likely exceed the $19.99 replacement price.

Auto-shutoff means the frother turns itself off when the cycle completes, so you're not babysitting it while it runs. It also protects against dry-run accidents if someone forgets to add milk. For a countertop appliance with a heating element, this is a non-negotiable safety feature — and it's here.

Auto-shutoff means the frother turns itself off when the cycle finishes — you don't have to watch it or worry about it running dry. It's a basic safety feature, but one that matters on a countertop appliance with a heating element.