I read 1100 watts for brew boiler (water boiler in the pdf) and 700 watts for steam.
1100 watts for a 1/2 liter brew boiler (16oz) is quite a bit. By comparison, the Vivaldi II is 800 watts for a 1/2 liter brew boiler.
I don't know how to evaluate the steam. 700 watts to vaporize a continuous flow of water seems low, but I would like to see it in action.
Right - I misread it. It may be that this does have an actual boiler, but its capacity isn't listed so I'm suspicious! And if it is a thermoblock boiler then a 700 watt element is pitifully low wattage.
IF it does in fact have a real boiler...
A real steam boiler could probably get by with a 700 watt element, if the boiler was large enough. It's the high temp & volume of steam that gives you all that lovely dry steam.
A 700 watt element may take longer to get to steam temp, but once it does the element plays little roll from then on. Of course, it would take a 700 watt element a while to get back up to temp for the next round of frou-frou.