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Shame on all such sellers. I bought this in the little store at the Vet's hospital I must go to, to get medical care without insurance. I thought I could trust them, but apparently that store does not protect the buyer.
The coffee is room tempature after 25 minutes. Do NOT buy this unless you like cold coffee. I am so so mad I bought this. The screw on lid is extremely annoying and hard to use. The good reviews were probably from the manufacturer. I ahve had it for a month adn am planning on throwing it out to buy a new one. The "thermal" feature is BS.
The carafe just doesn't keep the coffee warm - it starts cooling down right away and gets cold within about an hour and a half. I've had this coffee maker for about 6 months. Otherwise keep shopping. If you don't mind micro-waving your morning coffee, or if you like your coffee luke warm or cold, then buy this product. It makes a good first cup of coffee. After the first cup though, I have to microwave every cup.
[ http://www.gevalia.com/Gevalia/continuity/Control-Landing/Control_LP4.aspx.keycode=121235&vd=15-000 ] Their coffee is a bit pricey but you can quit anytime, even though their coffee makers are free & don't quit. Coffee, it quit working after a few weeks.Well, back to Gevalia. And, true to Mr.
Coffee maker last. And there is NO heat in the plate to aid getting or keeping it hot. I don't want to give this ANY stars, but I had to give it one.I have never had a Mr.
If you preset it, there's no way to pre-heat the carafe, so with the lukewarm coffee, the cold carafe and no heating plate I always have tepid coffee that I have to microwave to reheat in the morning. The free coffee makers from Gevalia make better coffee and last longer than any Mr.
Coffee ever has and this one did not fail to disappoint.The insulated carafe would work great IF the coffee coming out were hot, as opposed to just over lukewarm.
The old Mr Coffee design where the filter holder swung out was so much better.And why is there a heater under the insulated pot, a heater that just goes on during the time that hot water is being dispensed.The instructions say to preheat the carafe with hot water if you want really hot coffee. It's also easy to spill coffee into the water reservoir. This can aggravate the above problem.
The filters "cave in" easily, and then coffee grounds get in the coffee and clog the exit valve. Pretty soon coffee is on the bottom of the pot. I came here to write a bad review, but I see many have cleared the path already.The sides of the cup that holds the filter are too steep.
Then it is anywhere where you put the pot down, but there's probably a mess there already because you can't pour out of the pot's spout without dripping.It's easy to spill water into the filter area when filling the unit. (Not a problem for me).The resulting coffee itself is OK, as long as you don't insist on very hot coffee. (Crisply folded filters from one end of the package work better).
If you remove the pot before brewing is complete, coffee drips.
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