I've had my Breville Grind Control for a number of years. I had the first iteration before that. It brews great coffee, the thermal carafe is heavy-duty and the grinder works well. The paper filter holder does capture excess grounds, so cleaning is required after each pot. Howeverer, this is my only gripe, and I believe it's true of all grind-and-brew machines. I would think this model would get 4-5 stars from everyone. I've found it to be extremely reliable. With high quality beans, it's the next best thing to a pour-over, with none of the fuss. Also, it's ready for me every morning when I get up. Thank heaven.

We replaced a Keurig. Who knew how good coffee could taste? We love using the Auto On and having the smell of fresh coffee as our morning alarm. I can only guess that the reviewers with issues need to reread the instructions on how to properly fill the machine with water and clean the grinder.

Not as good as i thought it was coffee is not hot the noise i can deal with alot of cleaning after a cup of coffee

Excellent coffee maker, so easy to use and maintain. Love the consistency, the fact the carafe keeps the coffee hot for quite a while and it is well made, so if like other Breville products I have owned, it will be around for a long time. I highly recommend this coffee maker.

I have only had this Coffee Grinder/Maker for about two weeks and I have found a few things I like and a few I don't like.

The Pro's: Nice looking, Feels like it is well built. Carafe keeps coffee hot for hours, Controls are simple to use.

The Cons: Bean hopper does not hold a lot of beans. Some grinders hold a 1/2 to 1 pound of beans and this does not.
The strength of the brew has settings from 1 to 8. My wife and I like weak Americana coffee and even after setting the coffee strength to the number 1 the coffee is still to strong and we are using mild beans (There should be more settings).
Coffee grinder is very noisy, but tolerable as reported by other reviews. The stainless steel looks pretty, but shows every finger print or dirt. It Coffee Maker should be made with the same finish as the new non finger print material used in the new kitchen appliances. The coffee pot does not hold a full 12 cups as stated or if it does they must be some very small cups as compared to our previous Cuisinart Coffee Maker. The other thing that is very annoying and should have been addressed by engineering a long time ago is the fact that the coffee carafe does not empty all the way. When you pour your last cup of coffee about one or two ounces remain in the pot which require you to undo the twist on lid and turn the pot upside down to get the remaining coffee and grinds out. The engineers should have been embarrassed and then taken out to be shot. There was no thinking or testing when making this simple device. I also wish that this expensive coffee system was wifi/App compatible and/or Amazon Alexis compatible so that it could be commended to start your brew from anywhere once set up. I would have also liked a place to store the extra power cord rather then have it all over my kitchen counter.
Update 10/28/2018-I have now had this coffee maker for about a year and I would not buy it again. It has stoped working three times due to the bean grinder shoot getting clogged up and it being extremely hard to impossible to clean. The steam from making coffee rises and dampens the chute where the ground beans get dispensed. The grinds then clump and become hard as a rock. Breville does not make the coffee maker accessible to take apart in this area. The chute has a motorized disk that closes the chute and this is factory sealed so it can not be cleaned or replaced. You need a flashlight and some makeshift tools to unclog this chute (no thinking was involved in the engineering). When this coffee maker breaks again it will go in the garbage and I will buy a separate grinder and coffee maker.