We love this coffee maker. For years we have made coffee using pod, but for the last few months we have been in a furnished rental while construction on our house is being constructed.  Our pod coffee maker is in storage and we were using a drip maker that was in the rental.  It was using this coffee maker that we discovered the better quality of drip coffee as opposed to pods.  By purchasing Ninja coffee maker, we are able to brew from a small cup up to a carafe as well selecting between classic or rich in you brew.  It has a separate brew basket for tea, which my wife loves.  She said that this eliminates getting a coffee taste in her tea.  I have even made specialty coffee and iced coffee.  All this in an easy to use machine  that convinces me that drip brew is better than pods.