I bought myself one of these lovely machines about 10 months ago and have thought I'd share my views on the good and not so good points...

The bad first
- the pods are not cheap! You do get a voucher for the website making it less of a kick in the teeth to stock up initially which helps.
- availability of some pods is limited depending on where you live. Round here even our largest Tesco is too small to have anything other than a plain coffee...
- storage for the pods - it would be awesome if someone made a cool storage for these... :) like the ones in car dealerships that you see with neat compartments...

The good points!
- There is near enough a coffee for everyone! My family are used to filter coffee and love the selections.
- I only drink hot chocolate and earl grey tea - if there was anything missing it would be a Lady Gray :D - the chocolates available are great quality and scrummy in winter.
- cleaning is a doddle! A shaved monkey could clean this thing!
- it looks stylish and professional :)
- speed... it's quick! I had a quick boil thingy where you just "press the button" and it was rubbish! This on the other hand it smoking!

I did buy mine on special offer from Argos when it was half price - not sure i could justify it if it had been full price!

So long as you are not a 6 cups a day kinda person I think the premium is worth it...