I "inherited" my Melitta Take 2 coffee maker from a co-worker who left recently, and I cannot comment on the quality of the mugs that come with the machine because she took the mugs with her.However, I bought a nice 16 ounce, stainless steel travel mug and have had no problems using that with the coffee maker instead of the original mugs.I use the machine to make one cup of coffee at a time; I never need 2 cups at once. For just one cup, it does a great job. It's fast, the coffee tastes fine, and the coffee comes out very hot.The one drawback I've noticed is that it keeps drip-drip-dripping for about 5 minutes after it's finished brewing, so I just stick an old ceramic coffee mug underneath to catch the drips after I pick up the travel mug.Oh, and by the way - I did what some other reviewers recommending for single-cup brewing, and popped off the silver distributor nozzle. It looks better without it and there's less splashing that way.