This coffee maker is simple and makes a really good, quick cup of drip coffee. It also looks really nice both in form and in function (cool bubbles!). The main issue is that the water container is hard to clean and with time things start to calcify in there. Along those lines, the carafe only unscrews at the top also making the interior hard to clean without a bottle brush. Besides that, the coffee is still great and I will be using this as my main coffee maker for awhile. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]