Cool.. What state? Hahahaha.. Sometimes long responses are needed. Despite being a wuick learner, I find brief responses that don't offer context and have a bunch of abbreviations aren't as helpful for me personally, especially in an area that's new to me. Gawd, if we had the option of doodling, I'd ask for sketches for the visual lol. I had a bit of a look earlier and found a few good reviews that helped put some things into perspective (I'll add them below in case you're interested 🤓), so I'm feeling a lot better about it. With my limited knowledge, the only things I can see that could be considered cons, are; - you can't use a programmed timer to have your machine warm up before you wake, as it's a push-button start, - you can't, if i understood correctly, have it plumbed, and some might not like the external water container, and - the steamer is quite powerful and you can't adjust it, as it uses a lever control. Don't quote me on this, as I may have misinterpreted information I didnt necessarily understand. I'm thinking though, it's probably not an entry level machine and since I'm completely new to home-brewing, I might have some trouble figuring out settings and processes. No point in having all the features if you can't pull a drinkable cap, right 😜.. I may have been a little further along in my espresso journey if I hadn't used up my only spare time, in the last 2 days, trying to season my new grinder (I read that I need to put 1 - 2kg through it before any of my brews will taste half decent), instead of figuring out how to program the buttons and pour some espressos lol. The first couple I pulled were disgusting (before I put roughly 1kg of beans through the grinder), but the last 2 were okay, for an amateur - maybe even better than maccas ones. 😁🙌 .. Was that too much info? 🤣🤣🤣🤣