Customer Reviews:
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 Good Coffee - bad design February 22, 2010
Daryl Pratho (The Woodlands, TX)
Good things: price, programmable, capacity, speed of brew. We purchased this coffee maker between 2 and 3 years ago, and have used it every day now for almost 2 years without any major incidents or problems.
Issues / quirks: When we pull the pot out from under the basket, it usually drips a couple of drips, which I think has helped cause the flaking of the hot plate. If you're not careful, pouring from the pot will drip all over your counter / floor / wherever (and who is careful pouring out that first cup?). The coffee maker has to be pulled out from under the cabinet to the edge of the counter in order to open the top to pour in water, and if you use the coffee pot to fill the water, then it's pretty hard to completely empty the pot. We've had a few occasions where the filter gets folded down and we get grinds in the coffee. Doesn't happen often, but pretty annoying when it does. I'm not entirely positive it's caused by the coffee maker, might be some kind of user error on my part.
I would not recommend this unless all you care about is the price tag.
Mr Coffee 12 Cup Pause and Pour Coffeemaker November 2, 2009
S. Stunes (Wellman, Ia United States)
After buying three, yes three, different types of Mr. Coffee coffeemakers, I have come to the conclusion that you are better off buying a cheaper brand and saving yourself some money and the aggravation. The pause and pour feature is fine - if you can pour in less than five seconds - if not it drips hot coffee on your hand as you replace the pot. The worst feature, consistently, is the burner. All three have given me problems from not keeping the coffee warm enough to being so hot the coffee gets a strong bitter taste. Take my advice and skip this as your purchase choice.
 This coffee maker is driving me nuts! October 26, 2009
kare777 (Huntington Beach, CA)
Have had this Mr. Coffee for about a year now and I can't wait to get rid of it. I've always been satisfied with this brand in the past, but no more! There is some defect in the pot design that causes drips and dribbles from every pour, have to hold the pot over the sink to minimize the mess every morning. And the too-bright blue LED lights are harsh on the eyes in the early morning dark kitchen. I keep a paper towel over those lights. This thing has to go, am real sorry I bought it and wish it would break so I don't feel like I'm wasting money in getting a new one. Keep shopping unless these issues are not a problem for you.
Two makers when bad. March 23, 2009
pbseven
I had two of these makers and both went bad. The first one I used every day for a couple of years. You know how these makers gurgle at the end of the brew cycle as they suck the last of the water out of the reservoir? Well, one morning it just wouldn't stop gurgling, and when I investigated, the back of the unit was getting real hot. So I ended up tossing it away. I had another maker in the house for guest to use (I drink decaf). So I was going to use it, but it seemed that the programable clock/delay chip must have crashed because the maker would turn itself off and on as I watched the lights, and it would not turn on at the delay time. So I tossed it too and bought a different brand.
I also experienced the dripping lid problem that other reviewers have commented on, as well as the filter that would cave in and let grounds into the carafe.
dripping pot October 23, 2008
Glenn (NE Texas)
I returned my Mr. Coffee after 2 days because I couldn't pour a cup of coffee from this pot design without it srteaming down the front of the pot and all over everything. I was pretty sure it wasn't just me since I have no problem with my old Bunn pot, but still felt better when I saw another reviewer with the same complaint. Like that reviewer, I can't believe Mr Coffee doesn't know it is a flawed design and already have corrected it.
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