Well, first, this thing is REALLY loud. I know by virtue of what this is that it is noisy but I usually grind at night which defeats the purpose, so as not to wake up a sleeping hubby. Second, it is a giant pain to get the coffee out of the thing without getting the spoon caught on the blade at the bottom. The turn to clean thing works ok but there are so many steps to get it off the base and the top always flies open and flings coffee everywhere. I do think it works well, you can grind for the right number of cups to get the perfect grind and it has a buil in timer but I will definately replace it with something different when I buy the next one.