My husband did some research after our coffee pot died and decided on this one. After having an old drip coffee maker, this has been a big step up. I like the reusable filters and the thermal carafe. This coffee maker also finishes brewing a pot so much faster than our old one, which is nice. Two cons are that the carafe is only 10 cups (the one we had before was 12 and we used every drop on week days!) and you can't pour a cup halfway through brewing the pot. Our old coffee maker you could pull the carafe out and pour a cup if t wasn't finished brewing and the coffee would stop dripping but not this one. The coffee will keep coming out if you remove the carafe before the whole pot is brewed. This usually isn't an issue because it does brew so quickly, but still. Anyway, I highly recommend this coffee maker.