How exciting, the Keurig B-50 showed up at my doorstep today. I’ve been on the fence on this product for a couple years now. (yeah some things take me that long to get) Someone else actually sent this to me as a gift. I have to say it is as cool in my kitchen as it is in the GreenMountain catalog. One of the coolest upgrades over the first $500 model introduced a few years ago, is that the water tank now has a blue led and it just looks cool. One thing you would think someone would mention in a post or in a review (why I am) is that this thing is loud. If you have an espresso machine then you know the noise generated from the pump. All I have to say is this thing is louder than my espresso machine when its pumping water or frothing milk. Pros-

• Easy to setup and use (fill water, press a couple buttons. I will admit the directions were reversed in terms of button layout but that should not be cause for too much confusion)
• Simple to use. place coffee in basket, inset mug of choice and press a button
• Coffee is perfect temperature (the brochure says this but it really is true)
• Brews in a few seconds and only needs another 30 to make another cup of coffee. Heating from a cold start is only 3min long.
• No clean up!
• Great tasting coffee repeatedly

Cons-

• The coffee packs are designed for a smaller 7oz cup. If you make a mug size 8oz your coffee is a little watered down
• The coffee packs are plastic. I wish they could make these a little more environmentally friendly. This is one of the biggest reasons I never purchase don in the past. Keurig does include a reusable filter that you can place your own coffee in (the main reason i accepted the gift)
• Did I mention the noise?
• Cost of k-cups (you can bypass this by using your own coffee in the special adapter)