This is a great little one cup coffe maker that uses grounds and is just what I needed. It does not require the expensive k cups. I love it, it saves me money and was a good buy. I'm the only one in the house that drinks coffee.
I always unplug it when not in uses, it does not shut off automatically. But I use it daily for loose leaf tea and coffee. You can get paper filters for it, if you choose too. I don't use them, it cleans up well without them. However, I do buy highend coffee grounds and loose tea. They taste great in this little unit, I get the full flavor. I Bought this for the office, but liked it so well, I don't use my large gavialia brewer pot anymore at home. I'm not a fan of the expensive Plastic K cups. I may have to get another one for the office, the fact that I use tea and coffee in it really makes it the right product for me.

I noticed, one lady' review said she got burned with this unit. Not sure how that could happen with this product, maybe she turned it upside down? I have used it almost a year, I have never been burned and absolute love it and the flavor I get from the no paper filter.
Hope this info helps. 😊It's a low cost way to Enjoy good coffee and tea!

Pros: coffee is hot (which is difficult to find in this size coffeemaker); slightly longer brew time which makes the coffee perfect in strength without losing temperature; makes 8-14 oz cups of coffee; removable drip pan for to go mug.
Con: Push button to release lid sticks 100% of the time, must be manually pulled up, this is not a deal breaker but very Inconvenient and annoying; you must remember to manually shut off as it does not do so automatically. For the price and quality of brew produced it's a keeper with two basic problems. The lid sticking is a defect. The shut off issue probably keeps the unit reasonable in price. Would have given it five stars were it not for the lid sticking.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
I am an impulse buyer who has plenty of time at my desk to shop! Therefore I am always finding and adding new little bonuses to my desk at work. This item happens to be my most recent and def my most favorite at the moment!
I am at the front of our store and hate walking to the back for anything, this is including COFFEE! I realized my Starbucks allowance was disappearing a bit quicker lately so came the need for this machine! It has been WONDERFUL for me and 100% recommend buying. I listed my experience below and hope you love it as much as I do!

PROS:
Filter cleans soo easy
Adorable adorable look on my desk
Fairly quite
Ranges from 8-14 oz
I can take the filter out and add any tea bags or even get hot water to make soups etc at my desk!
I can use the K-Cups by pouring it out and into the filter. *NOTE about that is the k-cups amount is like 2 cups of whatever you're making so they will make strong if you pour the whole thing in for your one cup. I say this is a pro for me because I love my coffee and tea strong!

CONS:
IT IS HOT!! Steam will burn if you open top up right after.
Coffee is also HOT (some can love this, for me I like warm) I just let mine sit for a bit
Short cord so you do need an extension
MUST REMEBER TO TURN OFF!!

I LOVE this coffee maker. As a college student, I had this coffee maker for 3 years. It worked so well and I finally just decided it had seen better days (I mistakenly left it full of grounds before leaving on vacation and it molded) and ordered another. It's just as great as I remember. Quick and single serving.

Making an edit **

This caught me by surprise. I loved my coffee maker and now I'm afraid to touch it when my coffee is done brewing. I bumped the top portion of the coffee maker for just a second before my hand recoiled. Within an few hours, I had a painful blister. Please do not purchase this item if you have small children.

It's cheap - and for a reason. It works just as I need it to, quick, pretty easy to clean up, but the fit and finish is lacking. Two primary problems I have is the top (Yes there is a problem with the part that you have to manipulate for every use) and a basket on the inside.

First and foremost the top does not work well, either opening or closing. Despite my best efforts to break parts in, gently shutting the top, or even just leaving it alone, the just doesn't work. At first it would pop off the hinges in the back. Now even when I get the top down, by the time I come back to my finished cup of coffee the top is just resting on the top removed from the hinges again. When I snap it back on the hinge it feels firm enough. The basket on the inside (the one the coffee filter basket rests in) is tucked under the front lip. In order to take it out and clean it, something I only do about once a week, I have to get a table knife and pry it away from the lip. Minor inconvenience, but it's obviously designed to be removed much easier than that.

I'm thinking/hoping that I just got one that's a little off specifications. If I continue to have top cover problems it will have to be returned.