I've had this coffee maker a few months now, and it has been great. I lack a sophisticated and discriminating coffee palate, so take this comment for the little it's worth, but to me the coffee tastes good. It's the little things in life that give us pleasure, right?, and in this case the fact that the coffee can stay warm for up to 4 hours without burning brings a smile to my face every time. Oh, by the way, it IS possible to burn coffee in this thing if you keep it on when it is near empty, so be careful with that. I think it's cute that it has little lights that come on every 30 days to tell you to change the filter or clean the coffee maker. I rarely DO it when it tells me to, but I still think it's cute. Bottom line, a good machine and seems to be holding up so far.One more thing: I bought the white one here on Amazon and it was seriously like $20 cheaper than the exact same thing in black. If you don't care about color, you might see if you can still get that deal.