Customer Reviews With Photos

I had an older model which I loved but I accidentally dropped the carafe and it broke. I couldn't find a replacement, so had to order a new one or pay twice as much for the original one. Anywho, I purchased this one which basically had all of the same basic features. I have a couple of issues though. I do not care for the lid opening on the side, instead of front to back, but this is just a preference thing. If you pour with your left hand though, it will be pretty inconvenient for you because it opens right to left. The second thing is that regardless of the order that I take the used coffee grounds out (I use my own filters) and pour the water into the pot, water always drips onto the burner from the dispenser part. I never had this issue with the old one but it's annoying that I have to wipe it off every time before I use it again. It might seem small but I'm trying to avoid starting a new pot with water sizzling while it's brewing. The last thing is that, while I didn't think I'd mind, the piece that dispurses the water onto the coffee grounds needs to be moved back and forth when removing the grounds. My old one was built into the lid. I wouldn't care so much but I still am using the rest of my old filters which are too tall, even though the number of cups/size of pot is the same as the old one. These may all seem small, but I think worth noting for those considering the purchase.

The product was defective upon arrival. After following both quick start guidance and the instruction manual, this coffee maker was unable to complete the initial run through of a 10-cup brew cycle without the E04 error stopping the system. I repeated the above 5 times with the same error. It’s clearly a defective unit. I want to replace, but am leery of the warranty information and wouldn’t buy this unless offered the 4 year warranty that coffeemakers.us.com tries to sell you at checkout. coffeemakers.us.com customer support couldn’t provide me with the manufacturer warranty information, and since the chat “idled” in the two minutes I spent walking to and from the coffee maker to verify information, another agent took over and wanted the info all over again. I assure you that the first agent had more than 2 minute gaps in their replies to me. This was an uncharacteristically poor customer service experience with coffeemakers.us.com. Maybe I should try another leading online retailer.

Buns are the best

I love this Keurig Mini, except that when it brews into the cup, the liquid splashes all over the surrounding area. There needs to be a way to bring the coffee mug closer to the spout.

I didn’t realize that I needed a new coffee maker to have better tasting coffee. I love the ease of brewing and cleaning.

I bought this machine over six years ago after doing a lot of research. I wanted the best drip coffee pot you could buy, and it needed to last a long time. I can confirm, this is the best drip coffee pot, and it has held up beautifully. A full pot of perfect drip coffee is ready 6 minutes after you turn it on. It is an easy machine to clean and nothing has broken on it. I clean and descale it every 100 pots of coffee, per their recommendation. This is easy to keep track of if you buy filters in a 100 pack. Just clean it every time you have to buy filters. It's important to know that this is not a large capacity brewer. It is great for a household of 2-3 people. If you have company over, you could brew three full pots with this thing before a jumbo Mr Coffee maker could finish one pot, so it's not really an issue. The only thing I would change is the drip stop. Mine has always dripped a little bit when the drip stop was closed. Not a big deal, but a little annoying. Overall, it's the best coffee machine I've ever had, and I expect it to last many many more years.

IN SHORT, It makes coffee, BUT these coffee makers are stupidly simple machines with no expensive parts. There is shockingly little to drip coffee makers and for what I paid this is a cheap piece of equipment, poorly made, and overpriced. I had always associated Hamilton Beach with quality in the past and thought this was a good deal, boy was I wrong. But don't get me wrong, it does make coffee, it works, you just aren't getting any value for your dollar in my opinion. WHAT I HAD BEFORE: I had a great Mr. Coffee that worked like a charm for the better part of a decade with the hardest water I have ever seen in my life. So bad that I am constantly buying vinegar to remove scale from my drinking glasses. The plastic was strong and thick(likely glass fiber reinforced), very sturdy, no slack in the hinges of the lid and drip head mechanisms, it felt very well made and lasted me a very long time under brutal conditions for this type of coffee maker. The Carafe was thick glass with a very sturdy, firmly attached handle, and I was very happy. Sadly, being in my last year of college and just needing something, anything, to make coffee I am stuck with a cheap coffee maker now until I graduate in a few months and can afford another proper, quality, coffee maker. THIS COFFEE MAKER: 1.) This coffee maker feels like it is made of the thinnest, cheapest plastic they could get away with. The only mold marking was >PP< which is polypropylene, judging by the weight and avg. prices of raw material I'd guess there is a total of ~$3 worth of plastic in this coffee maker assuming 60 cents per pound cost(molds discusses further down). It flexes in your hands when you handle it and the components are just poorly made, it feel so incredibly cheap in your hands. See the photos showing how easily I can bend it with two fingers. While the plastic is cheap and too flimsy for my liking, I would guess that if the machine fell it would merely bounce and not crack as that is a benefit of using this type of plastic(One downside to this plastic is its sensitivity to mold and fungus). However, I am not sure that your carafe would survive, but if your coffee maker falls or gets dropped you are doing something wrong on your end. 2.) A burn test, and lack of any other mold markings, show there is no glass fiber or other fill material that I could see to strengthen this plastic, hence the low rigidity and my disappointment. Polypropylene being a soft plastic they would not have a high cost associated with molds for making these plastic parts as there is no abrasive fill material to wear out molds faster. Thus no price increase for manufacture. 3.)The carafe glass is very thin, the handle is made of the same cheap plastic as the body of the coffee maker and instills zero confidence it won't break when full of water a year down the road after repeated stress cycles. Lets assume $5 here for price to manufacture/acquire. 4.) The heating plate element and "bubble tube", I am not sure of the name, are also cheap parts to purchase, depending on quality, between $0.50 and $4.00 so we will just round up and say $5 for all heating elements and associated parts, just to be safe, though I doubt it was anywhere near that much. So far these components are working just fine but I have only made 3 pots of coffee so we will see what happens. 5.) There are a handful of inherently cheap electrical components. 2 LEDs, 5 push buttons, a small screen, likely a few thermometers, a crystal oscillator for the clock, likely a 555 or similar IC, all together there is maybe $2 worth of electronics in this coffee maker, though I would have to disassemble it to know for sure. As someone who designs and builds electronics for fun, let me tell you that most commercially used electrical components are stupidly cheap, even when purchased as one offs and not in bulk which gives further discount. 6.) I am willing to bet the only metal parts of this machine are the hot plate, the actual heating element and the water heating tube(because that is all that is needed) These are all accounted for in the heating elements and hot plate. From what I see the rest is all plastic. 7.) Note, in the photo you can see a little red ball valve. This prevents the heated water from pushing back into the reservoir when the water is heated and some flashes to steam propelling the hot water up into the drip head and into the coffee grounds basket. Watching it operate there is good clearance for water to flow when it is open. Likely because they must account for restricted flow when the optional carbon filter is installed. My only concern here is that if you have hard water this could clog up or get stuck either open or closed. THE GOOD THING IS, this valve is accessible from the top of the machine when the lid is open and likely could easily be unclogged if it does fill with scale, so to me this is a nice feature where the ball valve isn't hidden away deep inside the machine. CONCLUSION: In my opinion this machine is overpriced for what you get. I have found an overly generous approximate cost for this machine to be around $15 to manufacture, but with 3rd world manufacturing and discounts for buying in bulk and economies of scale I would imagine I am overshooting the actual costs. The fact that they are selling this machine around the ballpark of $50+, or around $40 if you catch a sale, I would steer clear of this machine unless you can get it on sale for $20 or less. I have no problem with manufacturers selling items for double their expense to make profit, but that clearly isn't the case here. We have a camper with a $10 coffee maker that we got at Wal-Mart that this one reminds me in so many ways, and they both make identical coffee. There simply isn't the quality here necessary to justify this price tag. This isn't even an issue of name brand markup because the quality is so low and so up front and blatant that the brand name is devalued by the materials when you first handle it. It is one thing to put a famous branding and make it look nice but have poor quality components hidden inside where no one sees but this machine doesn't care, they fully embraced it and cut costs anywhere they could without concern for their name and the reputation that may be associated. In my opinion this machine is a rip off and I am now seriously considering disassembling my old Mr. Coffee machine and seeing if I cant repair it and returning this machine. I feel like it is an utter rip off. Basically, them selling this machine for this price is them spitting in your face and laughing because they know the general public doesn't have the knowledge base to see that they are selling a clearly inferior product at a huge markup. Hamilton Beach is no longer a quality appliance company, they want you to buy this so it breaks in a year or two and you come back and pay for an overpriced plastic mess all over again, ever few years, like clockwork. I wouldn't buy this again...I was upset when I first got it and unboxed it, but sometimes you need something, anything, to make coffee in the morning so you aren't wasting time over a stove boiling water when you should be getting ready and leaving the house.

So we buy nice cars knowing that they are expensive...yet they still just take us from place to place, but in style. The SMEG is like a luxury car. It reminds me of when I had the 50th anniversary Camaro and then traded it in for an Equinox. Now I still don't regret the decision because my insurance was going up and it was Covid times lol...but I am keeping the SMEG because it really is luxurious. I bought a cheaper coffee maker to compare, and SMEG really does make better coffee. It has its faults...it's not searing hot like I prefer, but I did taste test comparisons and the brew really is richer. I love the design and the classiness of it, and setting the timer is really simple. It makes me happy just looking at it. Plus the color is cheerful and there are many color options. Overall I think it's a lovely product.

It was a used item. There were coffee stains on both inside and outside.

I love a iced white chocolate mocha latte and now I can make them at home. I love the nespresso machine so much I use it everyday. It is a little loud but I don’t care it makes the best espressos. The little tray is super easy to clean off and actually catches the drips at the end. I really like how the water container can move around to fit where ever you need it to go. It gets hot enough to melt my chocolate chips I put in my cup. This is great helps me save money on my coffee addiction and I can tell pretty durable! I use it at least 2 times a day and I’ve never had any issues with it opening or closing.

I love how easy this is to use. The grinder is really nice and grinds my beans just right. The bottle is easy to use, and just the right size. I am amazed that some people felt this setup was tedious, because it is so simple to secure the filter. I am so happy I made this purchase.

The easy way to brewing coffee and lightweight

I used to like Braun coffee maker but will be changing brand soon. I purchased Braun KF7170SI (picture on the left) but it only lasted a little bit over 2 years, the one middle lasted more than 4 years, and the last one which I kept in the garage for back-up still working up to now. The Braun KF7170SI seemed to brew less hotter coffee, too loud, and no water indicator on the side which is inconvenience when filling the reservoir.

The coffee maker works for what it is - a cheap travel coffee maker. The lid will not close and is very cheaply made. Make sure you have an extension cord due to the plug being 12 inches long. I will be buying the small Keurig like I should have in the first place. Lesson learned.

The filter part attachment is poorly designed, with two small ribs holding it to the cap. It doesn't screw on, but presses/snaps on. With only the slightest of movement, like moving from the sink to the refrigerator, the filter falls off into the water, resting at the bottom of the main container.