Works great. Not as great as a French press... but I love the timer function for fresh coffee when I get up! The only thing is that when the power hiccups you have to reprogram it (That happens... a lot here) and occasionally the clock will run fast. Over 15 min per day. But unplugging it and plugging it back in fixes it. Oh and I bought one of those washable mesh filters which I like rather than continuously buying paper filters. Our water has a ridiculous amount of sediment so I use distilled water and haven't had to run a descaling on it yet and I've had it over a year now.