We had a gift card from Amazon and was trying to see what we would really like to spend it on. There was alot of things we NEEDED but a few we just WANTED.Since we are and also all of our friends are coffee drinkers, we decided that we would look for a nice coffee maker.The coffee makers we have had in the past, were ok, burned out so fast,or wee so slow in making.Plus it made only the 10-12 cups.Once it finally brewed, by the time everyone got at least one cup,I had to make another.We had one of those party coffee maker, that does 24 cups but again, it took so long to brew.Then we were sitting...