Customer Reviews

DeLonghi DC50B Twenty Four Seven Drip Coffee Maker, Black

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Initially, I liked this coffee maker well enough. The reuseable filter is a plus, and the coffee tastes good. But two characteristics make this one a loser:

1. The coffee gets way too hot if it sits on the warmer longer than 20 minutes; and more importantly,

2. The removable lever that allows the pause and serve feature to work is unreliable. It occasionally gets stuck and blocks the opening so that when brewing a new pot, all the water collects and stays in the basket (until you manually fix the lever). The thing easily pops off, and drives me CRAZY.

I would not buy another DeLonghi coffeemaker.

"If the grind of the beans is too fine, the water backs up in the filter after the brew should be completed." Yes, but I bet you can figure out how to solve this problem!

I also agree that the carafe design allows too much spillage, but I figured out how to solve that the first time I used it. Just pour slower.

As for the comment that the pause & stop lever is unreliable, I don't know. I have no trouble waiting the 3 minutes it takes to finish.

The important feature is this: The coffee made with this and the Capresso conical burr grinder I use tastes great. Really great. The temperature is just right. No knobs, buttons, dials to figure out. Put in the beans, put in the water, hit switch. Very '50's, very effective.

It would be nice if it shut off after an hour or so, but I can live with that too, for $20.

The new Delonghi 4 cup I just bought is not as good as the old one I had. The new design is harder to fill and use. The new pot is hard to pour without dripping all over the counter. Why did they change the design? Sometimes new doesn't mean better.

Initially, I loved this coffee maker, it was so easy to use. After a few months of using it, I find the swing-open unit, that holds the grinds basket, gets stuck after you close it. It's nearly impossible to open it again. After I spent several minutes struggling with it, my husband said, "Oh, I thought it was just me."

The coffee pours too fast out of the pot, something that took several times to get use to.

It makes great coffee, but I would not buy this maker again.

This fine looking little device is the second Delonghi 4-cup coffee maker that I have owned. The first had the dewar flask carafe and no warmer and the coffee wasn't really hot enough. Lots of microwave action for second cups with that one. This one has the glass carafe and a warmer; MUCH Better. It has the permanent filter but I put in a paper filter anyway.

The first lasted nearly three years before the switch failed, more than acceptable for this inexpensive and reliable little unit.

It makes coffee fast and strong and just the right amount for a quick big mug to wake up and another after my morning dog walk. Later mid-morning coffee is managed by making a fresh pot of great tasting coffee (I prefer Community Club Dark Roast).

One has a tendency to grip the carafe handle with ones fingers and rest ones thumb above on the flip-up lid lever (This is similar in sprit to riding the brake in your vehicle). The effect is to raise the lid just enough for the coffee to pour out all around the lip of the carafe and the result is spilled coffee while pouring. Do not do that.

Like all makers with the steal-a-cup feature, if one only partially inserts the carafe then the valve will not open and coffee and grounds will overflow. Do not do that either.

I would recommend it to tho others (I have) and I would buy it again (I did.)

I would not recommend buying this coffee maker. Getting the water into the reservoir is a clumsy feat at best. But worse, when pouring the last third of the hot coffee out of the pot, the lid falls open allowing the steam to scald your knuckles. I wish I could have gotten another Krups 4-cup but they've stopped making them.

Many refer to me as somewhat of "coffee snob". I'm always searching for that great cup of java. This is the second DeLonghi coffee pot I've owned and makes an incredible cup of coffee. Definately brews a great tasting treat!

I purchased this coffee maker with birthday money and am extremely disappointed. The average coffee temperature is 160 degrees. This coffee maker ranged from 100-110 degrees, thus lacking the flavor, irregardless

of premium, freshly ground coffee. I contacted both the store where I purchased and the manufacturer and they had the nerve to tell me that's what you get for paying $20.00 for a coffee maker. I have usedMr.Coffee, coffee makers in the past with success, but this was on sale and I THOUGHT the Delonghi brand was a higher class since it is made by Cuisinart.

OBVIOUSLY I WAS WRONG! The only reason I gave it 2 stars is because it does not take up alot of space and came with a insulated carafe.

This coffee maker is a frustrating piece of high priced junk. It has a basket that is to be removed to dump your filter, but god help you if you do. It is nearly impossible to get the basket back IN to the coffeemaker. You'll be trying for 24 and then give up in disgust. I own it..I know.

Buy something else.

Previous reviewers were right: the plastic smell is intense and does not go away. Too bad.