I am confused; I had understood that the 1800SS model was stainless steel inside & out but according to ans here that's not true. What is correct?.
1076371
The inside is glass, a vacuum thermos. America's Test Kitchen has determined that this machine produces the second best cup of coffee one can make at home. The best machine costs more than this one, $299.00. My family loves this machine!
1076372
The newer model has a totally stainless carafe. The earlier model is a glass thermos interior.
1076373
Ours is a glass lined carafe ,but they seem to have gone to all stainless now due to the claims of the glass breakage. I like the glass better and feel that if handled properly breakage/implosion is not an issue.
1076374
The carafe is stainless on the outside and glass on the inside. The top of the brewing unit is not. It is silver plastic. That being said, we love the coffee maker.
1568576
It has been a while since we used this. We now have a new coffee maker. It does have stainless interior and was used with a Mr. Coffee coffee maker.
362142
I am not sure but if it is it isn't like I know stainless steel to be. Sorry!
1987753
All the blurbs I have ever read state that the machine is made with "heavy duty stainless steel construction". I imagine that extends to the boiler.
182234
All the initial description I found said brushed stainless housing and no mention of the interior of the bowl, When I first looked at my unit when I received it I thought it was too dull to be stainless, So to day I tested with what I have, I tested the interior of the bowl with a magnet its non magnetic, not plastic, did not scratch with a small piece of aluminum, but did not sound.. like stainless, I did find a web site that did say " Brushed stainless steel housing, aluminum freezer bowl", my conclusion is it is a harder aluminum
115367
I wanted to make a note that a magnet does not always prove that it is stainless steel. It depends on what is in the steel. There are some stainless steel that a magnet will still not be magnetized to.
1687465
It's probably some kind of steel (a magnet sticks to the bottom) but the inside has a teflon-like coating, so it's hard to know for sure. The point where the body attached to the handle began to rust out, causing the handle to become loose, so it's likely not stainless. We threw it out because it seemed dangerous.
182232
It appears to have a brushed metal interior surface but not stainless steel. I'd contact Cuisinart to get specifics.
102361
The entire kettle is stainless steel, no aluminum, no rusting anywhere. I know the difference, I've worked in shipyards for 35 years. The person who said his/her's was aluminum either has a bogus imitation or doesn't know the difference.
737801
I have been using the Presto 18 years. I have had 4 of them in my possession. One I used for 14 yrs, one I have been using for the past 4 years. One I bought as a gift, and one I just purchased at Sears just one moth ago as a standby. The basket, basket lid, and perk tube on all 4 of them are stainless steel. The parts are made of thin gauge stainless and because of the light weight the person who left the review probably assumed they were aluminum. Update: Upon further investigation it appears that the cup at the bottom of the pot that the perk tube sits in is not made of stainless and may be made of aluminum. I have been using the Presto 18 years. I have had 4 of them in my possession. One I used for 14 yrs, one I have been using for the past 4 years. One I bought as a gift, and one I just purchased at Sears just one moth ago as a standby. The basket, basket lid, and perk tube on all 4 of them are stainless steel. The parts are made of thin gauge stainless and because of the light weight the person who left the review probably assumed they were aluminum. Update: Upon further investigation it appears that the cup at the bottom of the pot that the perk tube sits in is not made of stainless and may... » Read More I have been using the Presto 18 years. I have had 4 of them in my possession. One I used for 14 yrs, one I have been using for the past 4 years. One I bought as a gift, and one I just purchased at Sears just one moth ago as a standby. The basket, basket lid, and perk tube on all 4 of them are stainless steel. The parts are made of thin gauge stainless and because of the light weight the person who left the review probably assumed they were aluminum. Update: Upon further investigation it appears that the cup at the bottom of the pot that the perk tube sits in is not made of stainless and may be made of aluminum. « Show Less
88608
Technically the interior is 98% stainless steel but there is a little plastic piece about the size of a button at the base on the inside that allows the water to flow into a chamber by the handle that tells you how much water you've put in the pot. So even though it is stainless steel the water you are boiling does come into contact with a little bit of plastic. I do like this kettle but I think it is a lesser of evils compared to what is out there because it only lasted 6 months before the heating mechanism stopped working and the fact that it isn't 100% stainless. That being said, unless I wanted to fork out 4 times the money I would by this one again.
782906
no, it is not stainless steel inside. it is more telfon like coating inside.
740335
Stainless steel. I've used mine many times, and see no evidence of rust/corrosion. The stainless is probably 200 grade, though this is a guess. The 200 series of stainless steel use some manganese instead of nickel and are not strongly resistant to corrosion but quite adequate for food containers/pots. It is magnetic but many grades of stainless steel are. I'm very happy with mine. Sorry, Great Grandma, it appears to be SS to me. I prefer not to use chromium plated stuff as the chrome can crack off. There are less chrome plated steel these days because of the recent development where the Chinese discovered a way to utilize nickel laterite iron ore. This is iron ore that contains about 7-10% nickel which formerly was impossible to use. The Chinese have discovered how to use it so SS has become cheaper and more utilized. Chrome plated racks usually show rust at the edges, my rack shows zero rust and lacks the brightness of chrome also. It could be that some are stainless and some are chrome plated?
1788504
I am thinking of getting one too - I am just reading ingesting small amounts of rust isn't harmful, and various cleaning techniques can help (baking soda, bottle brushes). I think I will take the risk and just make an extra effort to make sure it's dry when it's not in use. I can't imagine that it's made of any but food-grade stainless steel...
1185095
The exterior is stainless steel. I'm not sure if the interior is stainless because I didn't pay attention. I'll check it up tonight.
496799
It was my question as well. I testify there is nothing but stainless steel. a pretty good buy.
1524824
No. It's standard stainless steel. That must be some distortion in the photo.