After the first use the heating plate screws were loose and coffee leaked. No big deal, it is a mass produced product just a slight oversite. The following few weeks were fine, but then more tightening was required. This went on until yesterday. FULL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE!!!
I made the coffe like normal and then turned the machine off on the way out the door. There was still coffee in the reservoir. I looks that once the coffee and hot plate cooled down the seals just let loose. The coffee leaked out of the reservoir in the the bottom portion of the machine and got all over the counter. Leaving a stain in the granite. Working on fixing that now. 
I should have been more aware of the other reviews that talked about the leak in the hot plate. 

Long story short, I would not recommend this product.