Categories
1. Cone filter basket
2. Dripless lid
3. Pouring spout
4. Touchscreen controls
5. Intuitive programming

First off, cone filters make better coffee than baskets. This permanent cone filter has the best mesh I have ever used. Perfect sieve for the finest ground coffee.

Secondly, when lid is raised, condensation stays in the reservoir, not dripping down the back resulting in a wet counter. Again, perfect.

Third, engineered spout for a perfect pour everytime, especially when half asleep. Outstanding.

Fourth, a slight touch of the controls works like touchscreens. No more pushing buttons into oblivion. Nice touch.....

Fifth and final, Intuitive programming that makes sense. Clock, timer, on/off, etc.

And, God bless the designer that invented the strength option button for a bolder brew!

All in all, this is the best drip coffee maker I've bought for less than 50 bucks in over 50 years. You need this.

Makes a little noise but coffee is always hot

It works great and is a good value. The rubber feet do however allow it to move around when trying to put the coffee pot back after pouring a cup of coffee

The reason I bought this coffee maker is because it's small enough to fit in my dining area hutch, which I use as a coffee bar due to lack of kitchen counter space. It stands 13.25 inches high, although the product description has 2 different measurements. The second reason is that it has a thermal carafe, which for us is better since we end up breaking the glass carafes. It's an annoyance to me that manufacturers rarely sell replacement carafes, which is wasteful and stupid. Anyway, this coffee maker comes in 2 models: one with a 10 cup glass carafe and the other with an 8 cup thermal carafe. However, the same base coffee maker is used for both. With this, the thermal carafe model has a heating element in the base, which I think is odd for a thermal carafe model. It may not be a bad thing though, since the carafe doesn't really keep the coffee hot. It certainly won't since you'll want to take the locking cover off to pour the coffee. If you don't, coffee spills everywhere. The thermal carafe cover is cheap and flimsy and poorly designed. The metal part is fine though. Not stellar but good enough. Initially, my carafe didn't pour from the spout at all. It turned out it was blocked by a white disc that when I removed it the carafe was able to pour. I'm not sure if that was an intended part or not, but if so it was out of alignment and made the pot useless.

I do wish the thermal carafe held 10 cups like the glass carafe; I don't know why it doesn't since they use the same base model coffee maker. But I need the compact size so I'm stuck with the 8 cups. Poor me.

As I said, on the thermal carafe model the heating element goes on while brewing. And it stays hot for quite a while. I think it may actually be off, it just takes a while to cool down. It's hard to tell.

The brew time isn't too bad, 5-6 minutes for the 8 cups the thermal carafe holds. And 5 stars for the fact it doesn't leak, or get coffee grounds in your coffee. The coffee isn't super hot, but in theory you're supposed to warm the thermal carafes up with hot water first, which I don't do. If I had the wherewithal to do that I wouldn't need coffee in the first place. The coffee tastes good, no complaints.

The coffee filter of this machine is cone-shaped. It comes with a reusable filter, but it's plastic and not a gold filter you often see. I opted to use a paper filter instead and avoided the extra plastic. It worked just fine that way.

When you turn the machine on there is a very small red indicator light that stays on while the coffee is brewing. It goes off when it's done, which makes sense. Unfortunately, it's hard to see that unless you're standing right next to it. There is no beep or chime to signal the end of the brewing cycle. Just saying.

So aside from the fact this thermal pot only holds 8 cups, my biggest issue is the lid of the thermal carafe and how coffee spills everywhere. I kept it off after that but then, of course, the coffee got cold and I had to nuke the final cup. All in all I think it's a trade off I'll live with. For now.

From the first cup of coffee I was not disappointed. It is easy to set up and I didn't have to adjust the water or coffee amounts I normally use even though it was a new coffee pot. I'm very pleased with coffee maker