Bought this as a gift for my mum. I was a bit confused by all the branding on Nespresso machines and was not sure if this was a fake, but called Nespresso direct and they explained that they don't make machines, they created a machine design and get a range of other manufacturers to build them, the ones on the Nespresso website are branded Nespresso, but you need to by an expensive coffee subscription to get those ones. All the machines are the same, but there are like 3 different manufacturers and this is one of them. Does what it says on the tin, put in water and a capsule and out comes coffee - looks nice too and is quite compact if you have limited work surface room. I have one of the bigger ones from a few years ago that has the milk frothing functionality for lattes and stuff, but it takes so long to clean the milk section that I never use it, so you're better off just getting one that does straight coffee. Read more