I love the stainless steel carafe, but that's about it! The lid and switch feature broke after less than six months, the way the water poors into the basket causes the filter to crumple, causing coffee grains to poor into the carafe... Occasionally the lid gets stuck and coffee cannot enter carafe, causing coffee to overflow and spill onto the counter! Very unhappy with operational quality of this coffee maker, however I like the sleek, stainless steel design... Wish there were more replacement parts offered for this maker, with the defectiveness of the lid parts, they would come in handy...