I have had two Keurig machines and had no real problem with them, except for the price of the pods. The first one gave up the ghost after a couple years and I bought another one, which still works. My brother told me about a similar coffee maker from Bunn called "My Cafe'". It has four different attachments for brewing and will use any type of pod, brew tea, hot water, or traditional ground coffee. I love it. The only drawback I had was having to mail order it. I couldn't find it in stock at any store (I do live in a small town, though).