Customer Reviews

Black & Decker DCM600B 5-Cup Coffeemaker, Black

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OK, I bought this item and have been using it daily for three weeks. This is a completely no-frills device, but it makes coffee...v-e-r-y slowly (make sure you get it going with enough time before you need to pour your coffee). There's no timer to let you set it the night before. It does have two holes in the back of the water tank to let water spill out if you try to fill it with more water than the carafe can hold. So, to keep it from spilling coffee on your counter it just immediately spills water onto your counter. This becomes somewhat complicated since the entire coffee-maker is black. If the area behind the coffee-maker is dark, you won't be able to see the overflow holes so you won't know when to stop pouring water. Sure, there is a measure on the side, but it is black, everything is black, and you will have to put your face right up against the side to see where the water level is, and look from different angles until you catch the light just the right way so you can read the indicator. I just shine a flashlight into the water tank.
On the positive side, I find that I can also use it to heat enough water (while inserting no coffee) to use it for making oatmeal. I think with time I could think of enough uses to make an infomercial about how it is a versatile kitchen tool, but it really is just a basic basic basic coffee-maker. If I had it to do over again I would spend a little more money and get a programmable coffee-make with a larger carafe that has an automatic turn-off. Those additional features are not that expensive any more but really come in handy (i.e. over the last three weeks I have wished many times that I had those features).

I FIND THE B&D -DCM 600B ,5 CUP COFFEE MAKER VERY GOOD,THE ONLY THING MISSING IS AN AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF. IF YOU LEAVE IT ON WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF COFFEE IN THE CONTAINER IT WOULD DRY OUT ,AND BURN OUT THE UNIT. I GUESS THIS ONLY COMES WITH THE MORE EXPENSIVE UNITS. I LIKE THE UNIT VERY MUCH FOR ONE OR TWO CUPS OF COFFEE IN THE MORNING. A.A.D. CAMBRIDGE,MA. AUG.2010

I got one of these for Christmas. It's junk. When you open the lid to remove the grounds, steam spurts out unpredictably onto your hand or into your face. The carafe dribbles coffee on the counter when you pour.

I'll have to disagree with the other reviewers on this one. I find that this is a great coffee maker for the price. I paid $16 at Target (sorry Amazon!) and it's a great value. Although it looks like someone shrunk my previous coffee maker!

Some comments to help you decide if this one is for you:

* The basket is high enough to let me put any of my coffee mugs under it, a little under 3 cups of water fills my large starbucks mug. You won't fit a tall travel mug in there, but that's fine by me.

* The coffee comes out at 160 degrees Fahrenheit, so you'll get a good hot cup of coffee.

* It has a hot plate, which I think is a waste. This coffee maker is perfect for making a mug at a time. I'd rather brew a second cup then keep a cup warm in the carafe. I absolutely hate the taste of burnt coffee that you get very quickly when you leave it on the hot plate. Although, it does act as a cup warmer while the coffee is brewing, so I may change my mind on this.

* You can see the water level in the reservoir if you're not using a measuring cup or the carafe to measure the water.

* The carafe has water level markings that show the "extra" water you need to use to account for the water that is absorbed by the coffee grounds.