I used one for decades until I got a high end gas stove. A few months of perching it on the edge and I still cooked the handle. So I got another Italian gem, a Rancilio Silvia. Now people talk about the ritual of the Moka pot but with the Rancilio there's another attraction for the engineer/mechanical tinker types: the Rancilio is built to be maintainable and so once a year (after 15) I end up taking it apart and replacing something. It turns out a lot of people do this.