It's a nice coffee maker, just doesn't work the way I thought it would. I thought it would sort of brew coffee on demand as you go. But its really just a coffee maker with an internal carafe. The upside is that it looks nice. The downside is that you can't see how much coffee you have left (my husband will always try to leave me the last cup - and that makes this impossible). The warmer is pretty loud for some reason too.