My personal sized Keurig was one of the first -- got it as a QVC TSV years ago, and that was the first time I'd seen it. I think those of us who bought the early ones were lucky as, from what I hear, the newer ones aren't as well made. Maybe the company had to ramp up production and crank them out too fast for adequate quality control. At any rate, I don't think I'll replace this with a Keurig brand if and when it goes out.