This is a very early review as I have only had the coffee maker for 4 days but I know I am always scanning for new reviews when deciding on something so thought I would pop a review on anyway.

The machine is nicely packaged and comes with a posh box with one espresso and one lungo cup and saucer and 12 coffee capsules - one of each variety. Part of the reason I have given only 4 stars is that the instructions are pretty rubbish. I am a read the manual sort of person and like doing everything step by step and sure I am doing it right but had to abandon the instructions and dive in really. When you do tho the machine is actually pretty simple and now after a couple of days I feel fairly confident using it. I bought it mainly for latte's tbh and they really do taste as good as starbucks which was just what I was looking for. The milk steamer is really good - I was worried that it wouldn;t work as well as a professional one but makes all the right noises and steams the milk pretty quickly. I haven;t tried to make huge amounts of foam yet but it foams fine when I try and I think I could if I wanted.

The main downside for us is the size of cup you can fit under the spout is pretty small. The drip tray does come out but this seems bit messy and so atm I put the coffee into an espresso cup ( helps you measure the amount to as with this manual version, you decide how much water you want to put thro the capsule.) Then atm I am steaming the milk in a big mug and pouring the coffee in at the end. I plan to get a posh milk frothing jug but have to curb myspending for the moment :) .

The cost is another downside really. The machine not too bad with the £30 cashback in my opinion but went online to order my capsules and have had to fork out another £35 for mix box of £150 capsules plus i think £4.50 delivery. Thought for that delivery at least they would come quickly but I ordered them Fri morning and at time of writing( mon evening) I still have no capsules and have now run out of the ones that came with it so will be coffeeless tomorrow if they don;t turn up quickly. I emailed nespresso today as I had had no confirmation of despatch tho and did receive a call from a very nice man telling me they had been a delay and very apologetic, said they have been sent out today and might be here tomorrow. Not a great start but will order in plenty of time next time. I didn;t realise you could join the nespresso "club" before you had your machine but they just want an email address so I would suggest you order your capsules when you order your machine and not end up like me.

Ok - not the most coherent review but might help someone deciding. Will update soon.

3 Months on and the m200 is my pride and joy. I love it so much and would not be without it. As other reviews have said i have had to stop drinking coffee much at other peoples houses just because they all taste bitter or tasteless compared to my own. I don't begrudge the cost at all and now I am in the swing of it with nespresso's ordering system I always have a good supply and have been very impressed with the service from them. Don't dither - just get one.