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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works Great, July 1, 2008
After two weeks' use, I am very pleased with this machine. I didn't really need a programable feature or the charcoal filter, but it's easy enough to just leave the filter out and turn it on manually. I have always used the cone type filters as I thought they would make better coffee, but I find the basket filters are just as good or better. This machine makes great coffee, is easy to load, easy to clean, and matches my other stainless and black kitchen appliances perfectly.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than my old Cuisinart!, August 17, 2008
Don't let the low price scare you off -- this is a quality coffeemaker.
I just moved into a new place with stainless appliances, and decided to replace my white Cuisinart DCC1200 12-cup Brew Central (worked sort of OK, made decent coffee, but had some issues -- see other reviews for details).
After checking reviews, it looked like NONE of the 12-cup coffeemakers were rated all that high. I decided to opt for low price, thinking that if it didn't work out, I wasn't out all the much.
At nearly half the cost of the Cuisinart, this Black & Decker performs beautifully, besting the higher-priced maker in nearly every aspect: ease of use, quality of brewed coffee, ease of programming, ease of cleaning, and features.
As an example: I like my coffee a little on the strong side. With my former maker, I had to use more coffee to get the flavor I wanted. With this unit, I simply click on the "brew strength" button to select "strong," and I get exactly the right strength with less coffee.
Programming is very straight-foward, too. And I like the blue background lights for the display as well as the water level.
Easy to use, attractive to look at, and it makes great coffee, all for a very reasonable price: what more could you want?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Black & Decker Should Stick to Power Tools, August 16, 2009
I bought this coffemaker about 8 months ago, to replace a stupid little percolater in a furnished apartment. I figured it would last me the year I planned to be here. Ha. Who designed this thing anyhow? I've never had a coffemaker in my life that you couldn't shut off without unplugging it. Moreover, the lid of the water chamber opens toward you, blocking the chamber itself, so that you actually have to turn the machine around to pour water into it. The controls are located on the flat top of the coffee basket, so if you have a high counter, you can't see them. And the piece of the basket that swings out to admit the coffee has never locked securely into its housing. Again, I figured, it's a year, what the heck, and used it anyhow. Within three months of its making tolerable coffee, the heating pad began to rust, no matter how clean I kept it, and now it barely works at all. Even when the coffee is first ready, it's lukewarm at best. I would NEVER buy a Black & Decker coffeemaker again. I can't wait to get back to the Krups I have at home, which isn't top of the line, but is an intelligently designed piece of equipment.
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