HamiltonBeach FlexBrew Universal Coffee Maker

This review is for the k-cup / espresso combo unit. My friend and I both purchased one of these in November 2022. Mine arrived defective. His died a little over a month later. Same problem. You turn it on, it makes two clicking noises, and the lights blink - won't do anything else. Aside from the defective units. It's great that it can accept k-cups and nespresso pods. The kcups taste ok using the strong setting, but Keurigs seem to brew better coffe. I imagine the multistream Keurigs are even better. The 2 Keurigs I've used don't have multistream but still beat this unit in flavor. (Ignore this section - most likely was user error): The nespresso side brews a decent cup of espresso. But my problem is the way it's designed. The plunger is set sideways so water/coffee always gets trapped in the plunger and the bin to catch used pods is pretty small and water/coffee always finds a way to drip around the bin. So every time I empty the used bin, I also have to wipe the outside of the bin, the machine around and under where the bin sits, and the counter & under the unit. It's kind of a pain. The machine is also very loud. I assume a powerful pump is required to produce 19 bars of pressure for the espresso, but it also uses that very same pump to brew kcups. So it's loud and vibrates whether you brew espresso or kcups. Light sleepers be warned! Knowing all this, would I make this purchase again? No. It's not reliable, it's loud, and creates a mess. I think I'm better off with separate Keurig & Nespresso machines, and no counter space left. Update: My friend's unit died around early January 2023. It's now the end of March 2023, and Hamilton Beach still does not have the coffee maker in stock and no eta of when his replacement unit will be available. They did offer a different unit, but this is their only model with espresso & k cups. My replacement unit still works. Fingers crossed. Update2: My friend's unit that died in Jan 2023 still has not been replaced by Hamilton Beach. Unknown when it will be back in stock. It is now April, 2023. Update3: Now it's June 2023 and my replacement unit is 7 months old. It started leaking internally, and the blinking light issue returned shortly afterwards - Unable to brew. Hamilton Beach still doesn't have them in stock. I'm done, time to move on to another brand.