I owned one 10 years ago and it was great. I decided to get one again because I am a big tea drinker of expensive Taiwanese high mountain tea. I am so disappointed with the new model because the plastic taste is so strong that it completely changed the taste of my tea. I have been cleaning the unit with vinegar and baking soda and now the odor is about 50-60% less, but I can't accept any weird taste in my expensive tea!. If I can't fix this in a week then it is going back to Amazon.This product will heat up water fast but don't get it if you can't tolerate weird taste in water.