I looked at this kind of coffee maker for a while before buying this one. My wife and I live in a travel trailer full-time going from New Bern, NC to Palm Springs, CA over about 6 months. I had some pretty specific requirements, that many people also share, but a few specific to using this in an RV. 1. Size - This thing looks and sounds like it hardly takes any space on your counter. Not quite. It's really not that much smaller than a typical coffee pot. Definitely a lot bigger than the K-brand tiny ones. I think the other features this one offers make it little extra size worth it though. 2. Flavor - I'm not a person who understands 100 different nuances of coffee. I like coffee, I drink it black and I like it to taste good. This pot hits all my requirements. It makes a decently dark cup of coffee and it does it consistently. 3. Brew Amount - A lot of this type of coffee maker have a button you hit to brew one size of cup or another size. Reading reviews of them, the amounts that come out vary a lot, meaning they brew on a timer. That seems stupid to me. This coffee maker has a reservoir you put water in. You hit the button, it brews until it runs out of water. If your favorite coffee cup is 6oz and you want to have a 6oz cup of coffee, you put 6oz of water in and you get a 6oz cup of coffee back. My favorite cups happen to be in the 15-16oz range. The reservoir has a 14 oz display on the side of it so I end up over-filling it. And guess what? It brews until it runs out of water, even if it's a little too much for the reservoir. Novel concept, I now. 4. Power Draw - Being in an RV you have a big plug you hook up when you park. In a house you tend to take for granted that you can just plug shit in and it works. In an RV, you have 30 amps. Period. (at least in my RV. I know, some are 50 amp. Good for you if you have a 50 amp. I don't and the problem is similar.) Anyway, this coffee maker draws about 9 amps when it's heating the water up. That's almost 1/3 of my total. So, when it's 30 degrees outside and I'm running the electric fireplace, making a cup of coffee and the wife tries to heat something up in the microwave, the surge suppressor kicks off because the three together draw too much power. Anyway, it only take about 2 or 3 minutes to brew a cup, so if you can manage to not use the microwave for 2 or 3 minutes, it's a non-issue. 5. Versatility - You can use K-Cups, some other sort of cup, or use the little basket that lets you use ground coffee. I have never tried and of the cups because, well, I'm cheap and I don't like all the trash that goes along with the little cups. The basket that comes with this works great. The only thing I'm not super crazy about is cleaning it. 6. Cleaning - Since I use the little fresh coffee basket, I have to take it out, bang it on the side of the trash can and rinse it out every time I want to make a cup of coffee. Really not a big deal. I'm just lazy that way. At the end of the day, it's just what I have to do to get the cup of coffee I want, so it's really not a deal breaker. Just something to keep in mind in case it is for you. All in all, this is a great coffee maker. Highly recommend it if you're anything like me.