This has worked well for us so far (a few months now). As others have stated, coffee grounds do splatter on the drip shower thing. I take it off daily and clean it. We are grinding our beans as course as our grinder allows. I love the Gold setting but it’s too hot for my wife so I have to select another setting and dial down the temp. It’s connected to WiFi but not sure why I’d ever really want that. For those that care, this does play a chime when it is done brewing. We don’t notice it thankfully as we brew this thing before 6am.