Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This coffee maker is perhaps the biggest piece of junk I have ever purchased and I returned it within 24 hours. Where O' where to begin? The construction of this appliance is truly a joke. There isn't a piece of metal in the entire piece. You get a thin piece of aluminum that your mug sits on while it brews...thats it. The lever that opens the pod holder is very flimsy. And after the initial brew, the unit wouldn't seal right, which means, no coffee. So you pop the lever up, open the pod, make sure the coffee is seated appropriately and try again. blah, blah, blah. Do this about 5 times and for no apparent reason, it would work again. Do you like your coffee hot? Well, you won't get it with this device. Basically, there are 2 components to a great cup of coffee: the beans and the water. The beans have already been taken care of, so all you can control is the water source. If you are using a machine like this, how dare you put tap water in it! My filtered water sits nice and chilled in my refrigerator. Well, thats a problem for this device. The coffee comes out tepid folks. Not even luke warm! I tried it straight from the tap, and it was warmer but not hot. So if you keep filtered water in your fridge, expect tepid coffee. YUCK. I must be old fashioned, I like to blow on my coffee and see the steam rise up from the cup in morning. The coffee I was able to drink tasted very good. But again, it just wasn't worth the hassle of messing with that stupid lever and pod configuration. I'm off to try the Senseo and hope that it is a little better crafted.