I’ll be honest, I didn’t know Braun made coffee makers. Thought they only did razors and such. Was in need of a new coffee machine, so I got this one. Tons of features (some of which I still haven’t quite figured out yet lol). I don’t know if I’m imagining it or not, but I feel like this thing brews faster than normal machines. I love the fact that I can do iced coffee with this one. All in all, great machine.