Good – We bought this one as our first home espresso machine over a year ago and it's still going strong. I was initially reluctant to buy a coffee machine thinking they were way too expensive for the amount of coffee we drink and also thinking they took up way too much precious bench space in my kitchen. This was before finding this great little machine. It was not expensive to buy and takes up only a small amount of space. We are not coffee connoisseurs by any means but happen to think that our little BarVista makes fantastic coffee, sometimes much better than those we pay a fortune for when out and about. Inexpensive to buy, makes great coffee. Is very loud and I personally didn't like the rubber milk froth enhancer that came with it. We just don't use it and it works perfectly.