It makes a good cup of coffee, but is somewhat noisy with steaming and burbling sounds.  Also, the filter holder is a tad too shallow, so that the filter paper is taller than the holder and if not careful, the hot water "faucet" (don't know the technical term for the hot water dispenser) will push the filter paper over onto itself, resulting in a weak pot of coffee.  I did appreciate that the pot came with four Melita filters, as my old coffee pot used the Mr. Coffee kind.