This started out as a good coffee maker, but went downhill quick. Right off it doesn't brew hot, you need to wait 15-25 minutes for the heating element inside the reservoir to heat the coffee hot enough. So the heating element gets all grungy with coffee and turns dark brown and effects the taste of the coffee (you need to actually scrape the coffee smudge off the element to get better tasting coffee. Also, after you scrape the schmutz off the heating element a few times, it will start to leak and get coffee all down the area it fits into. Always had a plastic and "burnt wire" taste to the coffee.
If I didn't wait so long I would have returned this coffee maker....deff DO NOT PURCHASE!!