I had another Breville electric pot and is still working fine. However I was a little frustrated with the feature that I can boil to only one temperature.  Thus when making a Japanese green tea, I often had to add two cups of water to the boiled hot water and then use to brew Japanese tea.  However this new one has 5 different temperature preference selections and have a button to keep it to the temperature for 20 minutes.  I preferred straight design that does not occupy space of older model or even straighter will be sleek visual design wise... but I like more stainless steel presence than the older model of rubber like silicone material perhaps.  Overall. I am happy with the purchase and my husband does not need extra instructions from me to brew different thing with different temperature because Breville figured out for us already.  User friendly and detailed consideration is what I appreciate for the Breville home appliances.   Thank you!