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ASIN: B0015PDDYO
Manufacturer: Hamilton Beach
Average Customer Review: 
(From 15 total reviews)
List Price: $99.99
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
One-hand dispensing–no carafe, no pouring, no spillsCoffee stays fresh longerFour brew modes: Normal, Decaf, Flavor +TM and 1-4 cupsGentle warming heaterNo hot plate to scorch coffee flavorProgrammable clock/timer with adjustable
Customer Reviews
HIGH HOPES by Bug Smith
I had the previous version of this coffee maker that lasted about two years. We have a high iron bateria level in our well water & need to clean (& buy new) frequently. We had gone through several coffee makers before the first HB. I liked having no breakable carafe & few pieces to clean. I did not like the hot plate scorching.
-I got this version of the HB because it said “NO HOT PLATE”. Well, there IS a hot plate!
-The design is just stupid. The carafe/filler is on the back. So if you have it on a countertop next to a wall or corner, you have to pull it off the back. This is very awkward. Then there is a top on that over the filter basket. It takes too long to take it apart, rinse it, fill it, put it back together, then add the coffee, then put the top on before starting the cycle. I use a pre-measured pourer anyway (like another reviewer), the disassembly process is irritating, especially first thing in the morning!
-The warning on the carafe (telling you that it is pretty useless) is written to read from the back. But the light it tells you to look for is on the front!
-I thought the water filter a good idea, but the water doesn’t seem to go through it, but under it. Is it filtering?
-Coffee quality seems ok, but still scorches. I never used the old one to make more that six cups (two big mugs) because of that, so I will never make a full pot in this one either. Why buy a big one? I can’t find a decent small one either!
So I should have sent this back, but wanted to try it. Now I’m stuck. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER BUY ANOTHER HAMILTON BEACH PRODUCT.
Lesson learned. Maybe HB will learn one too…
Good coffee, with minor annoyances by James Stichnoth
I got this coffeemaker as a Christmas gift, to replace my aging Cuisinart Grind&Brew. (I now buy pre-ground coffee to avoid waking up the rest of the house.) Overall, I’m pleased. I haven’t had failures that other reviewers have described.
Pros:
- Makes good coffee. This is the most important point!
- It has four “flavor settings”. I think this just controls how quickly the water/steam is added. (One of the settings is for “decaf”. I love the caution in the manual: “This setting does NOT decaffeinate coffee.” Imagine the jittery phone calls they must have received!)
- Controls are easy to use, such as setting the time of day or the wake-up time.
- Cleanup is pretty easy.
Cons:
- I’m not a fan of the “one-hand dispensing” feature. A properly designed carafe will not drip or spill, and will fill a mug in 2 seconds compared to an annoying 10 seconds with the one-hand dispenser.
- The amount of horizontal force required to push the dispenser button ends up pushing the coffeemaker across the counter, so you need to hold it down with your other hand (not exactly one-hand dispensing now, is it?), being careful to avoid the hot part at the top. Maybe a better set of rubber feet could fix this problem.
- The whole water-filling protocol. First, you fill the top half (which is actually a plastic carafe) with water to the right level. But the bottom of the carafe is not flat and level, so it needs to be kept in the coffeemaker to ensure an accurate water level. Then you take the carafe out and pour the water into the base. But the bulky carafe and the smallish holes in the base make water spills a big risk. And there’s no water level indicator in the base, so if you spill water, or decide at the last minute that you actually wanted to make more coffee than originally planned, then I’m not sure how you would do this accurately. Maybe pick up the whole base, dump out the water, and start again? Yuck.
- The carafe is not supposed to be washed in the dishwasher, presumably because of the metal heating plate, metal screws, etc. The inside bottom has a lot of non-smooth parts, so it’s hard to clean by hand, and by now mine is probably gathering thick layers of ancient coffee sludge. Yuck.
Don’t get me wrong — these cons are really pretty minor in my opinion. Overall I’ve gotten used to it and I’m happy with the coffee it makes.
Good Coffee by C. Davis
Everything was in the box, it assembled easily, and had no apparent defects. The serving system is easy as is the cleanup. Coffee stays drinkable longer without the burnt taste.
What a huge disappointment by Jaye Miller
I purchased this coffee maker about a year ago and was impressed with the style. Shortly after we started using it, I noticed coffee was leaking from the bottom. I called Hamilton Beach and a woman on the phone promptly sent me a new carafe, no questions asked. This should have been an alert to me… but we started using the new carafe and the leaking stopped. But only for a few months. We are going out tonight to buy a new coffee pot because this one is ruining our counter top. BTW, I read a previous review that someone wrote, stating that if you tighten the screws on the bottom of the carafe, it will stop the leaking… DONT DO IT!! It actually made it much much worst. If you have a leaky machine, call HB and ask for a replacement pot.
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