KRUPS KT600 Silver Art Collection Thermal Carafe Coffee Maker with Chrome Stainless Steel Housing- 10-Cup

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1. ltravis22 Verified Buyer – 24 September 2024

   CONSTRUCTION: Since you probably won’t be able to put you hands on this machine without paying for it: Here is the lowdown on what the hell this is made of. *The only chrome STEEL is on the carafe body, the very top of the machine (the water and basket lids on hinges) and the inside portion of the body where the carafe sits. You can tell because these last two spots are actually brushed steel and not chrome shiny. *The lid and handle are chrome finished PLASTIC; as well as the upper and lower body. *The “WOOD” is a matte finish decal on top of plastic. Looks well enough. Will probably wear. >>>>>CHECK MY UPLOADED PHOTOS<<<< My opinion, it is well built for being mostly plastic. I would rather have this type of hard “chrome” plastic than what all other machine are made of as far as quality is concerned. Bottom line: THIS IS NOT A METAL AND WOOD MACHINE. It is metal where it needs to be and wood nowhere. PROS::>>> 1) It is really simply made. All the design flaws with other Krups machines are gone. The basket sits on top of smooth, and solid plastic holder and can be removed easily to rinse out. A simple on/off switch that turns itself off immediately after the water is gone. Simple hinges on the basket and water lids. The coffee valve at the bottom of the basket is just a button on a spring that opens when the carafe is on place and close when you pull it out. No lever or long over-designed apparatus. >>PHOTO UPLOADED<< Everything fits snugly. 2) Carafe keeps water hot.* 3)Large sight glass works well. You have to pour the water in kinda slow or the sight glass won’t keep up with you and you’ll overfill if you are trying to only make 6 cups. The hole in the back to prevent overfilling is really visible (an improvement from all previous models) so I use that as a guide when making all ten cups. 4) So far it seems like there is nothing to break on this machine 5) The hot water drips onto the grounds from a ring of spouts and not just one. >>PHOTO UPLOADED<< 6) Beautiful Design–a plus and a minus. Impressive but requires constant wiping and very careful handling. It is the type of “pretty” that looks like crap with a simple scratch or too many fingerprints. I would’ve preferred a brushed finished for the same reason they don’t make chrome refrigerators. A excellent design for the compulsively clean as it at least is very clean looking. CONS:>>> 1) LID AND SPOUT. You cannot pull it apart to clean it. Coffee seems to get suck inside where the thumb lever is. So I don’t know if I ever have completely rinsed out the entire lid. That lever is chrome finish and thus shows finger grease. To lock and unlock requires pushing laterally against this plastic piece and I am afraid (while sturdy) that this may not be good for it. The spout pours poorly. While not as slow as others have reviewed; it doesn’t like to poor the bottom 4 cups of coffee very fast and requires around a 120+ degree tilt. NO LEAKAGE; ALL PARTS ARE SNUG 2) There is nowhere where you can touch this machine without having to wipe it off later. I keep a clean rag on top of my grinder solely for this machine. 3) It does NOT brew hot coffee of any special regard. The BUNN and Technivorm both are designed to do that but this is not in that type of class. The spout temp I measured was 180 and your fresh cup from a warmed carafe was around 170. Not impressive but not noteworthy either way. Don’t let people tell you this brews coffee too cool. It brews perfectly hot coffee just not 200. 4)Made poor coffee the first 6 times due to a funny plastic aroma and taste. I ran full pots of water and some water/ white vinegar mix to rinse it out several times and it went away. Took a while and definitely wasn’t out of the box ready to brew good coffee. Brews great after that though. If you have seen my review on the Krups FMF514, then you can get my stance on most thermal carafe drip machines and Krups in particular. Basically, Krups have been making some poorly designed coffee machine that break easily and are close but they have some fatal flaws. I have had a previous Krups model and enjoyed it for a decade just fine. However, their products have seems to becoming less and less reputable. Their coffee grinder is not anything special, at least to me. Therefore, I thoroughly checked out the entire market for thermal carafe drip presses. 10 years ago they were somewhat of a luxury item and I guess were better designed and constructed. Now they are standard in the industry. Everyone that makes a coffee machine has the same machine with a carafe version it seems. As I read reviews about this type of product, I found that more selection doesn’t mean that there are better products. Quite the opposite; it seems like since there is so much selection that it allows machines to sell well despite major flaws and poor construction. Plus they all seemed to be selling bells and whistles and not a proper machine. I looked at the BUNN Phase Brew and was initially really impressed, but it seems they have alot of bugs to work out. The reviews are all about inconsistent manufacturing and poor reliablilty. I knew about the Technivorm, but that things huge and expensive. A good french press can make excellent tasting coffee and the Technivorm is way too much machine for me. Plus it seems like the pioneer product that will set the standard for brewing methods and temperature. I guess eye of the beholder, but it is really ugly. If that machine made terrible coffee, people would be calling it ugly more often, I think. I’ll start drinking espresso before I spend $300+ on a drip machine. Plus a $300 grinder would be a smarter investment then a drip machine because ALL DRIP MACHINES SUCK. They are a product of convenience and consumption and will have something wrong with them. WHY I WENT WITH THIS MACHINE:>>> SIMPLICITY AND STURDY DESIGN. NO CONSTRUCTION FLAWS. NOTHING “SPECIAL” ABOUT THIS MACHINE. WORKS WELL. MAKES A RICH CUP OF LIGHT ROASTED COFFEE. The looks of the machine seem to have forced Krups to forgo some of their bad instincts and have resulted in a quality machine. If you have actually made it this far, then please leave a comment about your experiences with the issues I raised above. *ALL CARAFES NEED TO BE PREWARMED. IT’S PHYSICS. a cold carafe heats itself up by sucking heat out of the coffee meaning cooler coffee that then cannot be “hot” for very long. Plus a cool carafe has cool air inside it and when hot coffee enter it, it creates a vacuum as it heats up the cooler air inside and brings in more cooler air. A heated carafe is more stable. People that think they can use a carafe like glass just are doing it wrong. I did just that with this machine and the coffee wasn’t drinkable after an hour.

   

2. joel salgado Verified Buyer – 10 October 2024

   Awesome coffee maker.. Coffee tastes good al the time. I don’t have any complaints about it… I have read that it’s hard to clean it… The answer is no. You can take all the lids and some other parts apart… Just be careful and pay attention at what you are doing and will be alright..

   

3. Braydon Taylor Verified Buyer – 29 October 2024

   Pleased with this purchase. Looks great and lives up to the Krups brand that we know and like!
   

4. Chris R Verified Buyer – 14 January 2025

   Contrary to the other reviews of people whining that it does not pour coffee out fast enough, I’m not sure how fast one needs it to come out?! I think it pours fine. If you’re looking for rapid filling of your mug, then I suggest you take the lid off and dump it in your mug.

   Looks great, quiet, makes good coffee, as expected from Krups.

   The only two draw backs are the little bubble that shows the water level sometimes sticks so you need to give the pot a knock so it shows the correct water level–important if trying to line up the water with the amount of coffee you’re putting in. Secondly, the fingerprints (but nothing you can do about that).

   Other than that, beautiful machine that works very well.
   

5. Rebecca S. Saelao Verified Buyer – 24 March 2025

   This coffee maker is a disaster. It causes coffee tsunamis all over the kitchen. Today I am late for work, with a destroyed kitchen and no coffee thanks to this monster. Shame on Krups for selling this worthless nightmare.

   

6. P. Anderson Verified Buyer – 5 April 2025

   So VERY disappointed! Good looking, but many problems.. It is difficult to see the water level in the water indicator as there are always 2 or 3 bubbles in the way. The lid does not fit properly; it is difficult to close it tightly. Also, some of the brewed coffee stays in the lid, and it is impossible to clean.. I would really, really like to return this, but neglected to keep the packing box.