I did not want to resort to the expensive Krups Filters and have these no-names found. At first I was thrilled! They fit with no problems! However, the horror came one morning with a kitchen under water! When I look in the water-holes, I see small beads that have probably released from the cartridge! I then had to clean up all nice and clean the machine! After that I no longer am afraid to use this! For this, the machine is too expensive! Very unfortunate, had been looking forward!