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I feel that this coffee pot is way over-priced for the amount of use I got out of it and I will not be buying this brand again. It would not have been appreciated if I had gone off for vacation and had the pot remain on while I was gone. It had to be unplugged after using for safety, and that was kind of a deal breaker with me.
It functioned consistently well up until that point. After the coffee brews, there is two hours until it automatically shuts off. I had this coffee pot for just over a year.
What happend with mine is that after two hours the little red light would shut off, but the pot remained on and kept heating the coffee. If you already own one, keep this electrical problem in mind. I liked how fast it brewed coffee and the ability to pull the pot out while brewing to pour a cup, but you can get these features with a lot of coffee pots out there.
My biggest complaint up until it broke was that the plastic around the glass carafe easily stained and was a pain to keep up with.
On this, when the noise finally stops, it is done. I wanted an all metal coffee maker, not one with plastic in all the areas that contact the water. I did not keep the box or I would have returned it.It is nice looking,especially in the blue. It is awkward to fill. I really feel it is unfair advertising to have this allowed to call itself all metal.I am concerned, as many others, with heated water contacting plastic surfaces as heat causes leaching of many chemicals.I replaced a Cuisinart which is much quieter. This pot is very noisy.The Cuisinart chimes when it is finished brewing.
They are all going through Hamilton Beach who doesn't make it any more. We ordered this coffee pot Dec 3rd, to be told by Today's concepts that they have to go through the manufacturer Hamilton Beach to get it. Just and FYI for you all. It's a waste of time. Well, Hamilton Beach already told me that it is discontinued. The problem is that Today's Concepts, Amazon and Foto Connection are advertising that they have this product in Apple color, but once you order it, you'll find out they don't.
I guess the water heating element had melted it, making me wonder what kind of hot-plastic chemicals were seeping into my coffee. I contacted the manufacturer to see if I could purchase a replacement cover for the water well and they never responded. For a year and a half, this coffee maker would have earned 5 stars. Then the burner plate started to peel.dramatically. It's gone to the landfill now and I've switched to a manual drip cone over an insulated carafe.Greener and cheaper. I bought it for it's solid construction and as a side benefit, it made darned good coffee. Then I noticed some blistering in the plastic lid that covers the water well.
I will try to find it elsewhere on the internet; very disappointing transaction. I would not have ordered anything in the "Moroccan Red" if I had known I couldn't get the whole set. Despite the fact that Amazon still shows the red coffee maker today as being "in stock" at Today's Concept, after a month wait I got an email saying the order was cancelled because it is unavailable. I did, however, get the other matching pieces I ordered.
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