Hamilton Beach Stay or Go Thermal Coffeemaker - Stainless Steel (45238H)

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Product Features

• Model No.: 45238
• Capacity: 10-c.
• Dimensions: 9.25 x 12.25 x 14.25-in.
• Weight: 10.76-lbs.
• Origin: China

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 15.1 x 14.1 inches ; 8.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000R8A1QI
• Item model number: 45238C
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,164 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Product Description

The Hamilton Beach Stay or Go Coffee Maker is a clever system that accommodates both the fast pace of weekday work lives when coffee is on-the-go, and the flexibility of the weekend routine. An innovation that meets that varied demands of the coffee drinker, Hamilton Beach is the first to deliver coffee for one, two or more with the same coffee-making appliance. And it makes iced coffee too! Simply brew double strength over ice for fresh iced coffee. The all-stainless thermal carafe has double-wall vacuum insulation to keep coffee fresh and piping hot for hours. It also features thumb activated, drip-free pouring ??? so there???s no need to twist the lid. The fully programmable clock allows the brewing cycle to be set for wake-up coffee and the oversized backlit clock can be viewed from a distance at any hour. Other helpful features include automatic shutoff, small batch brewing for one to four cups and one to two mugs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I researched the rest. This was the best., March 17, 2008

By	T. Novak (Sterling Heights, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This pot doesn't dribble. Push down on the tab that says "Press to Pour" and fill your cup. My wife not being one who either reads the manuals or what it says on the pot, unscrewed the top to pour her first cup from this. Yeah, the top fell off and made a mess.
This insulated carafe keeps the coffee hot for a long time. Much better than our previous one. It is stainless steel inside and out. The temperature of the coffee (8 cups) into a cold carafe is a little more than 180 degrees F. That's the upper limit without burning your lips. The water temp while the coffee is being made ranges from 175 to slightly over 200 at the end. Preheating the carafe would produce a hotter coffee and keep it hot longer but this works well as is.
It comes with 2 travel mugs and an undersized 1 tablespoon long handled coffee scoop. The 2 mugs are black plastic on the inside which some xperts claim gives off harmful chemicals when filled with hot liquids.
The water level inside are clearly marked at 2 cup intervals so you can make the amount you want. A short person might find it difficult to see the 2 and 4 cup levels and odd number amounts would be guess work. The removable coffee filter holder takes ordinary paper filters and is easy to clean. The buttons and indicators are on the front and easy to read. It's programmable. The carafe or cups sit on a perforated disk. This can be removed and any drips sponged out. Good idea so any drips don't run off over the counter.
My wife paid less than 50 bucks for this at a local store.
Good design, good hot coffee at a reasonable price. What more do you need?

After using this coffee maker for over a year, I retract my statement that it doesn't dribble. You could be very careful pouring out a cup slowly without more coffee spilling on the counter but you would have to be wide awake at 5 in the morning to do so. When the pot is down to 4 cups it is less messy.
The two plastic cups provided with the coffee maker have the black plastic on the inside. That's the type of plastic that some say leaches out harmful chemicals into hot liquids. I just threw them away and bought a stainless steel lined travel mug.
This coffee maker works well and the carafe keeps the coffee hot for hours while maintaining the taste.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Coffee on your way out, December 30, 2007

By	guskof (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This coffee maker does a great job at making coffee (as it should), it's well built and attractive to the eye. It will go well with all of the other stainless steel items in your kitchen. It's easy to make coffee, and it's easy to program so that you can grab the cup on your way out of the house (which is what I usually do). The lcd clock is a very bright blue, which could be good or bad depending on whether or not you like a bright blue light in your kitchen. The travel mugs are great, you'd probably spend around $8 on each of them at retail. The carafe is nice, but I haven't used it (and probably won't).

I'm a bit of a coffee snob, so I do have a few minor qualms as well. The permanent filter basket does a good job, but it's just not as good as a paper filter- fine grains do get through and settle to the bottom of the cup. If this doesn't bother you, then don't worry about it. The permanent filter is also kind of a bummer to clean. It's easier to just pick up a paper filter and toss it and the spent grains into the trash. Having said this though, if I were ever to run out of paper filters, I would use the permanent filter with no problem if I couldn't get to the store for a few days.

And the biggest minus for me is the price. It's just too much to pay when there are other options with similar features that cost less, even in the same brand. You should take a look at the Hamilton Beach 45237H or the Hamilton Beach 45235G for about $20 less or even the much cheaper Black & Decker DDCM200 (no program timer on the Black and Decker though).

So, it's a great unit, but I subtracted one star for the small things and another star for the excessive price.

Cheers!

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It is imposible to drink from the mugs, May 29, 2004

By	Harvey Motulsky (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a great idea. You can brew right into one or two mugs that they provide. Or brew an entire pot. But the mugs are impossible to drink from. After you get down to half full, it is impossible to drink from them without dripping coffee all over yourself. this is not subtle. The design simply doesn't work.