Bella One Scoop One Cup Coffee Maker

I guess I never submitted the initial review I had back in August or September as that review would have been much more flattering than the one I am leaving today. Today, I am hard pressed to give this product any favorable review. I purchased this coffee maker in August 2021 at around $14. However November of 2021 the unit was running anywhere between 1/4 to 1/2 of the water when brewing and leaving the remainder in the supply. After attempts to clean and descale the coffee maker, it still was only doing about half of the brew. Also while this does allow for travel mugs of coffee to be used to brew as a consumer you need to ensure that your bug will be able to fit. If your mug will not fit, you may need to try to find one that will fit in the space. Another con of this machine is the length of time that it takes to brew one cup. It would take around 5 to 6 minutes to brew a travel mug of coffee. In the same amount of time my traditional Hamilton Beach drip coffee maker would make up to 6 cups, and a Hamilton Beach Scoop coffee maker would take around half of the time to brew the same amount. Unlike the Hamilton Beach scoop single serve coffee maker it would shut itself off after a brew cycle was completed, but this unit doesn't have that function. The inability for the machine to cut itself off after a brew is done could lead to the possibility of an electrical issue or fire related to the unit remaining on. Once in September of 2021 for a test, I left the unit on after a brew was completed to see if after some time that it would shut power down itself. However after about 90 minutes I decided to physically turn the power button off as it appeared that the device would either stay on indefinably, and not wanting to risk an electrical fire I turned the device off. The use of the single filter that also host the coffee grounds is also not a good product feature as some coffee grounds would make their way into the cup of coffee. This device really needed another filter to catch some of the smaller grounds that made their way through the one filter or that might have been pushed out of the filter/holder to fall below to go into the mug. In honestly, there was one good pro for this device. It was really small and took up hardly any counter space. However that one pro against the other cons lead me to think of the $14 I spent on it as wasted money. However at the time I didn't feel that bad about it, but when I looked on May 15, 2022 that this device had increased in price by nearly $30 to be a price of $43.37 made me compelled to leave this review in hopes that no one spends more than $20 tops on this device. Even at $20 I would still urge shoppers to look for something with much better reviews than this device.