We have a few other coffee machines at our house and my wife wanted the traditional drip coffee maker.  This is it.  We both love this machine. I like how it automatically keeps the burner hot for 2 hours after the brew is finished.  I like my setting of BOLD and she likes her setting of 1 to 4 cups.  She does daycare and sometimes it might be 15 mins before she gets back to her coffee.  The machine keeps the coffee hot.