We are pretty happy with this . And its hard to pick a nice coffee maker we wanted one that was motorized heated it first compressed it itself and put it into another carif. But we decided to go with this being that it was a KitchenAid so far its a Christmas present we havent used it yet but Im trusting it to be the better of all the other choices for one thing to lower top will fit into the fridge and most Shelf. And so therefore thats where it needs to be anyway. Being a KitchenAid its made Solid its mostly stainless steel and heavy its not light duty like a small Tupperware canister you can tossed it aside or something this is heavy water made. And I made my choice wisely Stoli keeping it and I would recommend missed for anyone you can also make tea in it dont forget you can use loose coffee loose tea which is very important they dont have to be in the bag which is a very big deal. Again its an excellent choice and it will last for years and years and years