I have had about 8 to 10 Cuisinart "on demand" coffee makers. why so many? Because they make very good coffee and I like just pushing my coffee cup against the lever and voila! coffee -- no pot to break as well.  And again -why so many--because the electrical system would go out -the longest lasting was about 7 months. It would take a while and get expensive returning to the company-needless to say the time involved packing, going to the postoffice and mailing. Then no coffee pot for a week.  Then I discovered they carried a cheaper model At Sams Club and it was quicker to return the pot thereso...