This review is from: Hamilton Beach Programmable 12-Cup Coffeemaker (Kitchen)
This coffee maker seemed like the best available at the time of purchase, but unfortunately did not live up to my expectations.
It has a nice capacity, with burner auto-off after 2 hours and a built-in clock and timer. It has the pause-n-serve feature.
Some of the problems with this item:
--The carafe doesn't fit well onto the burner and is difficult to easily remove for serving after brewing a pot. --The unit often allows the filter to collapse so that grounds end up dripping down into the carafe. --The worst thing about it is that the plastic is very brittle and breaks easily. First the hinge tabs on the lid broke off so it won't close completely. Then the brew basket handle broke off. This piece is necessary to lock down the brew basket. So now I have a $35 paperweight. I will be putting it out with the trash tomorrow.
JUNK! Not recommended.
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This review is from: Hamilton Beach Programmable 12-Cup Coffeemaker (Kitchen)
I have purchased three of these over the last few months. For the money I find these very easy to use, nicely constructed to make them easy to clean and they brew a consistent cup of coffee.
Once you have figured how to drop the filter carrier in place, it is a breeze to use and clean. Also, the carafe must be securely seated or the valve at the tip of the basket will back up the coffee to overflow.
I do recommend brewing no less than 5-6 cups as the temperature of the coffee is higher with a bigger pot. I have tried a trick to get the coffee hotter that seems to work when doing less than a full carafe. Opening the top with the unit on before brewing lets the water warm up and recirculate back into the tank. Then after a while I drop the top and let it brew. The coffee seemed a bit hotter after this.
Overall a good value.
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Great coffee maker, except for the fact that the drip nozzle doesn't seem to align properly with the top of the carafe...meaning that coffee spills over and runs onto the countertop ALL. THE. TIME. Very annoying! I have to adjust the carafe, sometimes setting it off to one side or another (to where it's not even sitting on the burner correctly) just to stop it from running over. This is the SECOND unit I've purchased, and both of them had the same problem.
Hamilton Beech, WTF?!! Fix this annoying design flaw!
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