After reading all the negative reviews, I wanted my coffee first and certainly not order, because I had no desire to have after standing around electronic waste. But when the plane came I was initially very impressed by the sight before, because so horrible as I had imagined after the descriptions of some reviewers, it was not even begin. The machine even looks very good I must say. The only thing I found a bit disturbing, was only the sharp edge above the stainless steel, where you look at the machine from top. Otherwise, I found everything done very appealing, also the switch for me were perfectly fine. Who knows what the old models had so many Vorrezensent there's caught? While the espresso machine itself is not so great, but as a smaller fully automatic in size. Just so you can imagine the volume approximately. The service I found very easy, it takes ground coffee in my case, pads I do not like, and the appropriate quantity in the filter holder, of course, first fill with water not forget, as well as the connection to the electricity grid, and you are going . go By pressing a button the water is heated and just pressed a button of coffee or as in my case, the cappuccino. The side mounted frother I now found not so crummy, as some describe it, just as normal as in other machines also, our old Delonghi also has a so Kunststoffbibi, Interior's metal, so what! For all the people that it is a bit more "handmade" like, so a Siebträgermaschine is of course something delicious because they a still conveys a sense of immediacy, it is closer involved in the actual process of making coffee than in a normal coffee or with a fully automatic machine , Of course, one must not conceal even that the "Gaggia RI9403 / 11 Espresso Machines Espresso Machine" also more care than a fully automatic, you have the portafilter but every time myself clean after each brewed cup. But then it is also not rocket science, even keep them under running water and is good. For me the "Gaggia" is a real alternative to a regular full machine, at least on days when I have not in a hurry it. But you get used to probably over time also to the whole handles and after it is done quickly. My advice, just try it, after all, the machine is really totally inexpensive, I think, because you can not go far wrong anyway, and if you're like me then you'll be glad to have Ding!