I bought this percolator a year ago and intentionally waited this long before reviewing it. For the money, it needed to last minimal one year for me before I would make any effort to type. This pot replaced my Bunn home unit that started leaking after 5 years of service. This is my first electric percolator, it has performed flawlessly for the entire year (and counting). It looks great, easy to use and clean. I wanted a coffee maker that lasts more than one year, and with as few parts/hoses etc. as possible. And as few plastic parts as possible. Plastic absorbs flavors and odors. This pot is all metal inside. Put quality coffee grounds in, and get quality flavor back out. The only improvement I could suggest would be to have this unit built in North America, and maybe an auto shut-off. The keep warm feature works great.____________2 year update: This percolator is looks and works like new ! No regrets and we've enjoyed countless cups of coffee daily.--------------------3 year update: Same as above, still going strong. We swear by this unit and recommend it.________________4 year update : Nothing has changed. Still a great percolator !________________5th year update : You guessed it, still brewing !________________6th year update : Just finished another great cup of piping hot coffee from this percolator. The coffee maker still works like new, but the contacts within the removable cord started deteriorating this year. So I found an aftermarket replacement cord on Amazon and all good again.I bought this for work and we make 4 to 5 pots a day with it.It works so well I bought another one for the house!The coffee is consistent in strength and flavor.....best of all piping hot!! Seriously hot....The unit at work has made over 800 pots easily, functions the same as when it was new. We have refined the process to get the best results.- Use your standard fine grind coffee (coarser the grind the weaker the brew)- The perc will make between 2 - 12 cups, typically we go with 7 level tablespoons of coffee (Folgers) per 8 cup pot (this varies between coffee types and grinds)- get the Melitta 3.5" disc filters- Place one filter disc ONE ON TOP OF COFFEE IN BASKET AND NOT ON THE BOTTOM.....this seems like backwards thinking but has given the best results by far. Again....one one the top and NONE on the bottom.- Cleaning is easy, usually just a rinse and quick wipe. Run through white vinegar every once and a while when staining becomes substantial. Also be sure the "washer" on the bottom of the perc tube can move freely and isn't gummed up.FYI..The filters are a lot cheaper on amazon.com and they will ship them to Canada.Enjoy!UPDATE:July 2019 - Presto percolator is well over 1500 pots now and works as good as day 1. Fantastic!January 2020 (almost!) - Percolator is now over 2300 pots and still preforming like new. Brews between 3 to 4 ten cup pots per day. It is basically running for 16-18hrs a day....every day.I bought this coffee maker because my wife broke our glass drip coffee pot for the 4th time so I wanted something metal. This pot had good reviews so I gave it a try. It took me a few tries to get the coffee right, but once I did I am happy I purchased this. It is small and can be stored in the cupboard, unlike drip machines which are bulky and tough to move. It looks nice enough for the counter and doesn't have a large foot print. It make coffee quickly. For me the coffee was weak, until I did a finer grind and stopped using filters. There is no need to buy paper filters, I don't ever use them and I grind the coffee as fine as I would for drip coffee. There will be a few left over grinds in the bottom of your mug, but very few, similar if not better to when doing a french press. I don't notice a difference in the taste compared to drip. I think the difference in taste people talk about in coffee blogs has more to do with the stove top versions, where people over heat the coffee or brew it too long. I love this coffee pot, the one downside is that there is not an audible ding when the coffee is done so if the pot is far away, or the room is loud you have to rely on the orange light, which is fine. In my small apartment I can hear when the coffee stops brewing.This one is better than even the quality Cuisinart I had for about 8 years.This Presto percolator makes hot coffee without burning the coffee. The pot keeps the coffee hot even after it is unplugged for over an hour to my calculations. This makes wonderful coffee. The carafe itself more solid than the Cuisinart I had. The filter inside seems a bit thinner than the Cuisinart, but after using this percolator I have no concerns about this.Thank you to everyone who reviewed this item. I was looking for a replacement for my Cuisinart percolator that I purchased about 8 years ago. Reading the reviews on the Cuisinart, it seemed the quality of that item had decreased substantially. If not for the reviews on this one, I would likely have purchased the Cuisinart and hoped for the best.Ugh I wanted to love this so badly I read so many review and tried and tried but no matter what I did it would stop perking before it was done. Always watery. I even tried letting the water run for twenty minutes to get it super cold I’ve filled the basket with grinds to the top no mater what the coffee comes out so weak I may as well be drinking hot waterUpdate I managed to figure it out with out the filter but then it just quite on meCalled presto turns outPRODUCT IS NOT LEGAL IN CANADA!!!!!!Company couldn’t fathom how I got it since they aren’t allowed to sell it here since it’s not approved in Canada it didn’t pass inspection no wonder