Prior to owning this I have owned every type of coffee machine on earth. I was tired of the cleanup and the mixed results so I finally broke down and bought the Nespresso thinking it wouldn't be as good since it was a pod system and didn't take 10 minutes to make coffee, and would be a disaster like the Keurig is with subpar coffee, but I was very wrong. The process is super fast, the coffee is very hot and the machine even though it is one of the cheapest ones feels and looks very nice, nice quality. The only reason I could ever see getting rid of it is to buy one that had the built in milk unit for making drinks with steamed milk.