I have the HD 8869 ordered me to compare in anthratit and HD 8769 in black. From the art, both machines are the same. Both machines make the same good coffee. There are many good recessions for HD 8769, which I confirm at this point in terms of ease of use and quality. For this reason, I will dispense with further evaluation and would alone report on the differences to HD 8769. The HD 8869 is a kilo heavier. This is due to the outer steel frame and the heavy-quality steel grating of the drip tray. In the HD 8769, the outer frame made of silver plastic and the grid of the drip tray made of thin sheet metal is. The HD8869 has an anthracite-quality gloss finish in dark silver /. The side panels are made of plastic, however, (unpainted) in dark anthracite silver /. The HD 8769 is completely made of black plastic. Advantage of the varnishing is quite clear that this can better wipe, when the coarse-pored black plastic of HD, there are differences even in 8769th of the coffee: The HD 8769 is the chromed of matte silver plastic and the HD 8869 from shiny plastic. The hot water spout in the HD 8769 is / anthracite painted in black plastic, with the HD 8869 dark silver. More differences are there not for HD 8769th
Overall, the HD 8869 looks much better quality than the HD 8769th We therefore opt for the HD 8869, as this fits better into our kitchen and can be better cleaned externally due to the paint. At this point I have to say that we paid only 100 more than the Amazon Lightning deals on the HD 8869. For 200-300 more I would have clearly opted for the HD 8769, because ultimately one of the good coffee.