After researching all options for a coffee maker that does everything we went with the cuisinart. We love the ability to make a pot of coffee, use k cups, or use the espresso pods and steam milk or get just hot water. We don’t love that the steamer wand doesn’t move up or down and we have to slide the whole machine to the edge of the counter to use it. The hot water function uses the steamer wand and the water is not very hot. I wish the coffee pot was a thermal pot and not glass as the coffee tastes burned quickly since it’s heated from below. The k cup function frequently doesn’t work corrrectly and will produce only water in the mug. We have to sometimes try 3 or 4 times to get it to produce coffee.