After researching and checking out reviews I purchased this for my mother as a gift to use in place of her Keurig. She had been looking a single serve coffee maker that she could use her ground coffee  in to make a single cup because she doesn't always like using the Keurig pods and she doesn't like how the ground coffee taste in the Keurig. This coffee pot is a good size and does not take up much space which was another reason I purchased this model. She has been well pleased with the overall function of this coffee maker.