I bought this drip filter a few weeks ago and just love the ease of operation and programming the clock and timer feature. It's a great looking unit, so it's a permanent feature on my counter top. It comes with a mesh filter but if you prefer a cleaner tasting coffee use paper filters. You may need to do a little searching on line to find them as they are 8-12 cup flat bottom filter. Team it with a Sunbeam grinder and you're good to go!