FWIW, I have used both the steam preinfusion on the Elizibeth, as well as the passive bloom preinfusion (when I was having issues w my steam boiler temp probe leaking). The passive bloom PI was... ok, better than nothing, but I thought the results with steam PI were much better, with a more evenly soaked puck. Since the Victoria doesn't have a steam boiler, the best possible PI implementation would be like the passive bloom PI of the Elizabeth, but judging by the discussions I've seen online about it, it doesn't even sound that good - there is no mention of a programmable bloom period, in fact it's not even clear that there is any bloom period at all. Elizabeth is pretty much the cheapest game in town as far as machines with PID, real preinfusion, and on-demand steaming.