this is easy to clean and good value for the money. the water reservoir can hold up to 250ML of water and the basket will hold up 30 grams of course espresso. with finer espresso it can hold slightly larger amount when the coffee is packed well.
Disassembles nicely and easy for cleaning and I did not notice as suggested by some other reviews any dark residue on the cleaning sponge when I clean the reservoir or the top.
the flavor can improve though and to be honest I cannot point if this is due to design flaw in the pot or to the technique used by the user (me in this case)
I have been using this product coming on 3 months now.

I got this item and unfortunately I had to return it. It's a great solid product, but the base was too small for our gas stove. The coffee maker's bottom diameter is too small causing the flame to come out too much on the side and also not steady on the burner. It would be great for those new stoves that have the small burner or the new electric induction stove top i suppose.

I didn't realize the size of an Italian cup of coffee. Americans like everything big, and that includes our cups of coffee. The flavor is so much better than a drip coffee pot (and I don't know why!!). I will however have to upgrade to the bigger version. I might even get two, one for the house and one for the camper.

I bought this to see if I liked it I've never had one.

Works fine with the fit and finish is not very good so if you know that you like this type buy something more expensive if you just trying it out to see it does the job
I like it so now I am stuck wishing I had bought something better or sent this back in time to get my money back and spent it on something more expensive and built better

This Primula 12-Cup Aluminum stovetop Espresso coffee makers is a copy of Bialetti Moka Express Stovetop Percolator at half the price. I have used Bialetti for almost all of my life until I moved to the U.S. I used Bialetti for a while but was disappointed with the coffee quality (due to the beans, not the Bialetti per se), so I switched to different other systems trying to get the perfect cup of coffee (I have actually tried them all, so I really know what I am talking about). I finally settled with Nespresso, which is the absolute winner in coffee making around the world. As I wrote someplace else, the only better coffee you can get, better than Nespresso, is at a coffee place in Rome named La Tazza d'Oro, near the Pantheon -just google it up and you will see pictures, etc.
If you want to know my opinion, Bialetti system comes #2, very very close (to the point that if you do not want to spend big money on Nespresso machine and/or be forced to buy their capsules, Bialetti IS the way to go), but it all depends on the coffee, obviously. Something you do not need to worry with Nespresso because you always get consistently the best possible coffee, every time, no matter what (this is a very important consideration, because depending where you live, you may not be able to buy excellent/outstanding coffee beans, so you will never get a great cup of espresso with this machine. Also, I do realize coffee is above all about personal taste, so you may be happy with a regular Joe at your local convenience store ... nothing wrong about it, it is your coffee, I am just talking from the perspective of a European person who is absolutely obsessed with coffee and tried dozens of varieties and systems ... the only part of the coffee industry I am not familiar with is the actual growing of it, but I am actually planning on to join an enterprise venue in Guatemala and Costa Rica so I can also speak from that perspective as well).
Anyway, now to this Primula. I have tried it with Costa Rica coffee from cost co, and with and the results were great, as far as I can tell, same as I remember with Bialetti, The difference of the prince may be due to this being a new brand (for as far as I can tell), so they want to get some share of the market and their products are being marked down. Also, this is made in China, which is a bummer to tell you the truth. Bialettis are made in Italy, and you can't beat (you can get close, but not surpass) the quality of aluminum products made in Italy. Finally, I jut got this machine a couple of weeks ago, so I can NOT tell you if this is durable, or speak about the quality on the long term. Usually, all the Bialettis I purchased and used in the past lasted forever, literally, and me purchasing a new one was because of gifts, or because I needed a smaller/bigger one, etc. As a matter of fact, these things make better coffee as they get older.
If you are planning on purchasing this, I absolutely recommend you to do so. Go ahead, you will get great espresso coffee on your stovetop IF you spend some good money on good quality coffee (most of the coffee sold in the U.S. does not fit that category). Also, beat in mind that this is a huge coffee maker, for 12 cups of espresso which is designed for family breakfasts (6 people or more). If you are planning on using this coffee maker for 2/3 cups of coffee, get the smaller one.
I hope my honest review was helpful. If you go to Spain, France, Italy, almost everybody has one of these (Bialetti, most likely), and nowadays people also have bought a Nespresso machine in addition to this one, but this one is still being heavily used.
Enjoy!