His faults:
1) Its price, ouch! it hurts the wallet, but it must be nuanced by reading the following benefits.
2) It is compact (47x35x25 cm) and heavy (approx. 10 kg), but beautiful and so you have to book her place in the kitchen.
Qualities:
1) It can make great coffee, this is actually what is expected of it first. Everything is adjustable: choice of coffee, 4 choices of grinding, precise metering of the amount of water, coffee, and the coffee outlet temperature. Each user can set his preferences are stored. Other possible preparations made with milk (cappucinno ...).
2) Easy cleaning and descaling the machine indicates the maintenance operations according to the number of sunken coffee (for me, cleaning and descaling every 3 weeks each operation takes about half an hour). It seems useful to provide cleaning products sold by Melitta doses.
In terms of use:
First, it is necessary to get good coffee beans, are found in supermarkets (very good less than 4 euros for 250g), but I could not find decaffeinated beans and I had to order online (good for 5-6 euros for 250g). The taste and texture are the coffee equivalent to that of Nespresso coffee pods.
In use: Pour coffee beans in the 2 compartments (one passes from one to the other by a small lever). Fill the tank with water (1.8L). Press a button, and off you go! The coffee is ground, and then the cup is filled, according to his preferences, in about thirty seconds. The coffee grounds are automatically ejected in a hidden compartment. The machine is ready for another coffee! It turns off automatically after a certain time labs, performing a rinse. The only work to do: fill the water tank when it is empty, and discard the grounds when the compartment is full (in addition to cleaning and descaling above).
In terms of cost of the machine, it of course depends on the number of users of the machine and individual needs. But for a coffee lover demanding a quick calculation shows that this machine is quickly amortized. In addition, it allows to discover many different and delicious coffees.
I use it for over six months, and you guessed it: I love it!