Coffeemakers

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

After 3 weeks of use, the lid leaked when pouring.<br />I contacted Hamilton Beach who promptly sent a new<br />carafe. Again within a month same thing. We grew tired of cleaning up coffee off our counter as well as<br />pouring coffee into our cups over the sink to avoid<br />spillage. I've thrown it out in its entirety and we are back to the cheaper glass carafe type coffee maker. The H.B. took a long time to brew as well.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

(8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

I usually make two pots a day and this one does everything I want it to without a hitch. The thermal carafe works well but it's a little heavy with a full load making it a bit cumbersome at times. It has 2 thermal cups and a divided basket for two different types of coffee at once that can be used in lieu of brewing the big carafe but I've yet to use that feature. Filling the reservoir is a little awkward as the lid doesn't open far enough to accommodate the emptying of the pot very well towards the end of the process. There's no pause feature for sneaking the first cup in the morning and that took some getting use to but it's only 10 minutes before a full pot is ready to go. Overall we're satisfied and hope we get a little more mileage out this one as the last coffee maker died at about 7 months. We tried one other brand name briefly after that but it never got the coffee hotter than 155 degrees so we then opted for the Hamilton Beach

How long have you owned it:

One-to-three months

Bottom Line