This machine is great.  It has the dual options so you can do coffee pods or espresso pods, but an empty pod comes with it so you can also use regular coffee in it.  They really thought of everything with this.  We have only recently started drinking coffee and this makes it easy for us to try different flavors or varieties.  I like the chai tea lattes and they have pods for those.  Setup was easy and we have used it multiple times a day since we got it.  It's so convenient to just make 1 cup to drink.  The machine does turn itself off if you don't use it over a certain amount of time.  The machine allows for different sizes of cups to be used, it has a little stand for smaller cups.  I do wish that the lid to the water reservoir was attached as a flip up lid.  Overall this machine has great features and is easy and fun to use.  I definitely recommend this.