I agree, they look spectacular and appear to be an engineering masterpiece, however, my original post was in Jan 2010 and still no post from an owner. The concept of having to plunge the thing into a bucket of water to enable it to be used to make a second cup seems more than a little off putting/strange to me. I can imagine trying to use it on a caravanning holiday with limited room and water supplies, time consuming, slow and awkward are the terms that spring to mind. As I said originally $800 for a one shot wonder, the mind boggles. ???