the exterior of the machine is very satisfactory. In practice, however, at the filling you need to find a steady hand to the narrow slit between the filter and the housing outer edge, therefore impractical. Scaling on the glass jug would be helpful, because the water level is barely visible in the device even in daylight. Why only one takes for amber glass ?? The filter can be easily removed and clean the lid remains fixed, it is folded upwards by spring. It has an adjustment to regulate up to the amount of hot water. A flavor enhancement (Aroma) I could not find, so just gimmick. To make urgent it is that the glass jug is actually inserted into the trough of the hotplate, otherwise the water collects in the filter and runs over. Whether the coffee is then gone through, is also bad to make out everything is kept in the dark. When taking the pot can not be ruled out dripping. All in all, a nice looking machine, but does not match in practice my expectations. I would not buy me.