Carafe drips incessently
353201
Looks pretty and takes up little space, great cup of coffee. BUT the carafe drips where the stainless steel band is on the carafe.  It drips A LOT.  On every single pour.  So I don't recommend this because I presume it's a design defect.
4661542
Do not like the carafe the spot on it is too shallow and when pouring it wants to run down the side instead of pouring straight out
746825
This is a good coffee pot, but oh man it drips like the dickens. Every morning I pour my coffee and there's a puddle on the kitchen counter. I saw a youtube video that recommended filing the spout down, but that's beyond my level of effort. I wipe it up every day, but I mutter under my breath at the machine every time I do it.
488404
The Coffermaker itself is fine.  However the glass coffee carafe spills coffee everywhere if you don't pour it very very very slowly.
3982012
Puzzling- how the carafe is difficult to pour without dripping.

Perplexing- how a few (and I mean VERY few) coffee grounds between the filter and its housing causes coffee to drip down the sides of the carafe and over the burner and counter-top.  It can be an irritating discovery in the morning.

Surprising- how the Pause and Serve function doesn't always pause.

Wonderful- when cared for fastidiously, the coffeemaker makes excellent coffee, quickly.

I just wasn't bargaining for a 'high-maintenance' relationship.
4589727
As another reviewer experienced, our Krups also leaks coffee all over the counter and subsequently the floor quite often, which is apparently related to having to have the carafe situated in just exactly the right place within a half a millimeter, and which place I have not yet discovered except occasionally by chance.  Carafe positioning appears to be the problem, because it doesn't leak every time.  Maybe my unit is defective, because other reviewers don't mention this, and believe me, you would notice this if it were occurring with yours.

The opening to pour in water is relatively small, but I don't have a huge problem with it. Be aware there is no automatic shut off.  It makes a fine cup of coffee for this non-coffee-gourmet, and I don't have a problem with spilling when I pour from the carafe into a cup.  But the leaking is forcing me to find another machine.

I wish I could find a reasonably-priced, non-leaking 12-cup machine with removable water reservoir, no-drip carafe, programmable, auto shut-off, easy-to-find replacement carafe and removable filter basket but alas, even on amazon.com, that machine does not appear to exist.  My sister has such a machine (Mr. Coffee URX23), but that model has been discontinued.
1792513
Makes good coffee not as hot as I think it should be and the lip of the cup needs improvement, it's always spilling or dripping down the carafe and on to the counter, that's the biggest problem!
103221
Carafe is very nice,  Pour spout works well.  However, it is impossible to drain the carafe after washing because a small amount of water gets caught in the rim and there is no way to get it out, so it sits in the bottom.  You could wait for it to evaporate, or stick some paper toweling in to absorb the liquid.

Manufacturer thanked me for my comment and said they would look at the design to see how to improve it!
2504863
This carafe tends to leak when you pour coffee.

This carafe tends to leak when you pour into cup.  Very hard to clean because of seal around opening.  You have to buy a brush to clean inside.  It works, but not great.

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4740139
Let me start by saying I do love the coffee that is brewed by this coffee maker, and I love the fact that it can be calibrated for altitude, and temperature can be adjusted. I repeat, it makes a great cup of coffee.
The problem I have is with the Carafe. I've had this coffee maker for a year, and the carafe has never kept coffee hot. I might point out for anyone who is unclear on this that THIS CARAFE IS NOT VACUUM INSULATED. Anyway, I get one good cup, then have to microwave every subsequent cup. I figured I just got a bad carafe, since many reviewers state that  theirs keeps coffee hot for hours. I still believe I may have a bad carafe. I finally got around to contacting customer support about this problem, stating that my carafe will not keep coffee hot longer that about a half hour. I am even willing to purchase a replacement, if mine has an issue, but that doesn't seem to be the recommendation of customer support. I was told that SCAA certification only requires that the carafe maintain temperature for 30 minutes. Basically, the emails (there have been 2 replies so far) seem to be saying tough luck, we meet the minimum requirement, so we don't care. Based on this, I will buy my next coffee maker from someone else.
2572559
The three biggest problems are:
1. The hinge for the lid is in the back, so to add the water & coffee, you open the lid, tilting it up. I've forund that any condensed water on the lid then drips on the counter. Most machines avoid this, by having the filter swing out.
2. Again, becaise of the lid, it can de difficult to fing the rightangle to add the water, as the well that holds the water id very close to the lid, so the lid ends up in your way.
3. When you remove the carafe to get a cup before the pot is completely brewed, it sometimes drips a little.
4719280
I specifically bought this model because it advertised that the carafe was "no drip", and at first, everything worked well. But after only a few months,the carafe started leaking all over the counter when I poured coffee from it. It has gotten worse over time, so that now I have to pour coffee over the sink. I've tried and tried to figure out what is wrong, but without success. Nothing has come loose on the carafe as far as I can tell. But what a pain.....DO NOT buy this coffeemaker unless B&D improves the carafe.
2429083
Well to start I love the look, the thermal carafe, the size, and the flavor of the coffee made when it worked properly.

I had to return this though. Like for many others I had a problem with overflowing. The problem seems to stem from three things.

First the basket design is problematic. It wants to flip up and not sit right due to the spring on it for sneaking a cup. That spring makes the basket never sit right if you have put the carafe in first before finishing with the filter basket and locking that top lid down. This is fiddly but as long as you remember to first do the basket then lock that top lid then put the carafe in the base it works.

The second problem is its water flow is to fast for the basket. It quickly heats to much water to quickly dumping in the basket faster then the basket can pour it into the carafe. There is no getting around this.

The third is that the button on the bottom of the basket doesn't perfectly line up with the bump on the lid of the carafe. Those bumps need to be fully touching for the coffee to flow freely into the carafe. They only line up perfectly if you balance the pot just barely on the front rim instead of sitting in the fitted round base that the pot should be sitting in. Basically its off about a quarter of an inch, just enough for it to be not allowing the coffee to pour completely freely. Once again its fiddly but doable.

I hope that Black & Decker fixes the problems because if it didn't overflow I would have loved this maker.
659673
Never had this problem!  The carafe does not fit in my bodum press pot. Its just a tiny bit too big. ( and Ive replaced the carafe about 5 Times). Very disappointing!
1060878
Carafe must be in place to brew for there's no valve
1898720
I have had two of these coffee makers, for a total of over three years.  I keep it around because it is so attractive and modern looking.  I like that it relies on an insulated carafe to keep the coffee warm, rather than a heating element, which burns the coffee eventually.  I LOVE that there is no clock on this machine.  I do not need a third built-in clock in my kitchen.  All this said, this carafe leaks like crazy when pouring.  It leaks with and without the lid on when I fill the reservoir with water.  It leaks so badly when we pour our coffee, that we make an extra half a cup, knowing it that much will drip as we pour.  Our ritual is that we our the coffee over the sink.  It's downright embarrassing when visitors come over and they find themselves with a counter full of coffee.  Panasonic has discontinued this, but I really wanted to make sure no one else suffered this fate without warning.  This item is handsome, but semi-worthless, and mighty dumb.  : )
4052371
I have owned this coffee maker for over six months and I have found that it is imposible to pour from the carafe without it having it leak all over. I'm actually shopping for a new one when I found this same model and decided to leave the review. Save yourself the trouble buy another coffe maker.