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I bought this item 2 years ago.banana yellow with the toaster to match. It bubbled up and flaked off in big pieces to reveal the bare metal beneath it. + dollars on this item. We make coffee only once a day, on most days of the week. Don't waste your money.2 coffemakers and the element went on both of them. The heating element pooped out 6 months after our purchase. Very heavy, looked very sturdy and I thought this would be the coffemaker I would have for years. I am very disappointed to have spent $130.
O.K., the company made good and sent us another one, it was under warranty. It lasted 1 year of light use, and the heating element went out on us again.lukewarm coffee, and the enamel paint was peeling just above the hot plate. Last week we bought a new coffemaker for $69., and I threw the other one out. I only hope our toaster lasts.
I feel that this coffee pot is way over-priced for the amount of use I got out of it and I will not be buying this brand again. It had to be unplugged after using for safety, and that was kind of a deal breaker with me.
It functioned consistently well up until that point. I liked how fast it brewed coffee and the ability to pull the pot out while brewing to pour a cup, but you can get these features with a lot of coffee pots out there.
I had this coffee pot for just over a year. What happend with mine is that after two hours the little red light would shut off, but the pot remained on and kept heating the coffee.
My biggest complaint up until it broke was that the plastic around the glass carafe easily stained and was a pain to keep up with. After the coffee brews, there is two hours until it automatically shuts off.
It would not have been appreciated if I had gone off for vacation and had the pot remain on while I was gone. If you already own one, keep this electrical problem in mind.
I wanted an all metal coffee maker, not one with plastic in all the areas that contact the water. On this, when the noise finally stops, it is done. I really feel it is unfair advertising to have this allowed to call itself all metal.I am concerned, as many others, with heated water contacting plastic surfaces as heat causes leaching of many chemicals.I replaced a Cuisinart which is much quieter. This pot is very noisy.The Cuisinart chimes when it is finished brewing. It is awkward to fill. I did not keep the box or I would have returned it.It is nice looking,especially in the blue.
We ordered this coffee pot Dec 3rd, to be told by Today's concepts that they have to go through the manufacturer Hamilton Beach to get it. They are all going through Hamilton Beach who doesn't make it any more. Well, Hamilton Beach already told me that it is discontinued. The problem is that Today's Concepts, Amazon and Foto Connection are advertising that they have this product in Apple color, but once you order it, you'll find out they don't. It's a waste of time. Just and FYI for you all.
I guess the water heating element had melted it, making me wonder what kind of hot-plastic chemicals were seeping into my coffee. For a year and a half, this coffee maker would have earned 5 stars. Then the burner plate started to peel.dramatically. I bought it for it's solid construction and as a side benefit, it made darned good coffee. Then I noticed some blistering in the plastic lid that covers the water well. I contacted the manufacturer to see if I could purchase a replacement cover for the water well and they never responded. It's gone to the landfill now and I've switched to a manual drip cone over an insulated carafe.Greener and cheaper.
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