With pad machines opinions are just explained. What you can say is that in this Senseo (and experience shows that also other models), the water is not hot enough. The coffee is lukewarm and tastes lax. We have (many) different pad varieties and "Eco Pads" tried with freshly ground coffee and the coffee always tastes the same, even if it is a very great. From the pad machine, we are now once again gone over to hand broths and significantly more satisfied. The Senseo is around as a bad buy in the form of wasted resources.