This coffee maker is truly a gorgeous appliance to have on your coffee top. I recieved so many compliments on how beautiful it looks. Especially when brewing, the bubbles climbing with the tube of the carafe make this machine look so high tech. Everything is functioned through 1 knob which I did not like at first but I love know that I know how to set the brewer for coffee as well as my morning timer. The tube in coffee carafe is something I do not like because it's hard to clean. The machine brews so silently you almost wonder if it's on. I love the simplicity as well as the elegant features of the machine. The only other thing about the coffee maker is that you should only fill the amount off water in the carafe that you want otherwise it will make the entire amount poured in. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]