It has been a few months since the purchase of this product. It is difinitly craftsmanship at its best, and a product that is well built and very dependable and from the built in water filteration which leads to the perfect cup of coffee time and time again. This unit was a replacement for our last cuisinart that lasted us over seven years. We could not even imagine having another brand in our kitchen it’s like that saying goes you get what you pay for.