... had so much hope for this coffeemaker and It disappointed in all categories
585730
I had so much hope for this coffeemaker and It disappointed in all categories. The coffee that this thing brews is just awful. I checked the temperature of the water several times and it was consistently in between 165 and 170 degrees ferenheit. To properly brew coffee the water temperature needs to be between 197-205 degrees ferenheit.
I eventually gave up on this machine and purchased a Technivorm. Sure the convenience is not there with a Technivorm, but by gosh, I have the best darn coffee that I can brew within my own home. In conclusion... stay away from the you brew it is a major POS.
1455437
This was my 17th Moka/Espresso maker and it is really poor (only some of them featured in the photo and the culprit on the right). I wanted one with a special design but I had no idea that it would be so exasperating to make coffee.
I have tried over 10 times to get a decent outcome but to no avail. It takes forever to get the water to boil and then the coffee barely makes its way to the upper chamber.  Though the water is below the valve, steam keeps coming out of it. And the spout is no good either. What a disappointment.
457035
This product is such a disgrace to Kitchen Aid product, I cannot believe that they produced this. My hubby and I got this product on 6/15, we were so happy and excited to finally got the fancy coffee maker - migrating from my $15 and 8 years old MR.Coffee pot. This product is great in concept, it has a lot of great function, such as auto maker, auto cleaning, brew strong or brew regular, and even an option if you want to make half pot of coffee. We used it twice a week, gave a wonderful care and cleaning. Then this morning, 7/19, just about A MONTH used, and probably 8 times used, this coffee maker BROKE. It just did not function anymore. When we pressed brew button, the water was not pumping and boiling, it just did nothing. So, we went online, and did my research. Apparently, this is a known issue where this product just suddenly stop working without anything issue before. Really? Where is your quality control Kitchen Aid? I spent more than $80 for this, I expect a last longer product. We went back to Target and tossed this away, exchanged them with Mr. Coffee. What an shame, KitchenAid!
1649191
I tried to like this coffee maker but......
here's what I tried to live with
1. putting water into tank is fine
  if ur putting in 10-12 cups bc
  the gauge is inside and u can't see
  any lower bc it's dark and I'm short (5'5'')
  Why should have to put H20 in carafe and then
  into tank. Wasted time and motion.
2. The on/off button is so small and awkward
  leprechauns would hate it.
3. Yesterday the timer died. Can't wake up
  hot coffee. A big problem in my house.

I bought this coffee maker 5 months ago and I trying
to figure out if I can return it or chuck it and eat the $85
4860850
As stated by another reviewer this coffeemaker, after about 9 months of making the best coffee I've ever had, stops brewing mid-pot. I have 4 of them (3 being replacements) and all 4 stopped at approximately the same amount of time. I need this last one replaced and even though Black & Decker told me that they were aware of the problem, they have yet to fix it and expect me to pay full price for a new one. They offered it to me for $105. I paid $45 for the original one. Anyhow I will now be shopping for another coffeemaker with the same features I love. Stainless steel pot and the ability to pour while still brewing. I just wish it would continue to work like it should. We even still have a Mr. Coffee from the 1970's that brews but the coffee tastes horrible.
2206132
We had high hopes for this coffee maker, but it just didn't do the job well. Every pot contained grounds, no matter what. Small pot, large pot, paper filters, basket filter... my husband went as far as to tape a few water holes closed to prevent the filter from filling with water too quickly. Nothing helped.
2160453
My husband and I got this as a wedding present (it was on our registry) and thought it looked really nice. I liked the option to be able to brew it regular or strong. Initially, for the first two months, the coffee maker worked great!

Then, after using it maybe once per day for two months, it would take forever, more than 30 minutes, to brew 6 cups. The drip would stop and start, and the "finished" beep would go off after 2 minutes. I was going to take it back to Target and get a new one but kept forgetting to. The coffee maker continued to decline until it stopped working entirely after three months. Our hopes of returning it died when we came home from a weekend away and somehow the urn had shattered on its own while the coffee maker was off. What a complete waste. Only good part is we didn't have to pay for it and a coworker gave us another brand of coffee maker for free!
3164355
This coffee maker seemed like a great deal. I wanted something that I could use k-cups with but didn't want to spend $100+/- on a Kuerig coffee maker that I wasn't sure I'd like. So I purchased this Hamilton Beach model and within the first day I learned that it only works a portion of the time. Typically the problem is the cup piercing device getting clogged, so I try to unclog it with a clean safety pin after every use (which means I'm hunched over trying to look at it upside down, and the safety pin results in a HORRIBLE metal on metal scratching noise that I cannot stand). But still, about every other time it I try to brew, it fails to pass the water through the cup. Instead it overflows all of the counter and inside the coffee maker itself.
It also fails to pierce the k cup. So I have to manually stab the cup myself before using it. Between the cleaning and the piercing it's a lot of extra work for a single cup of coffee.
I recommend going with a different model.
641964
I wanted to love this coffee maker so much....and I did until only using it for 5 months it will not pump water any longer. I tried to clean with vinegar, and clear out the water ports to see if there was anything blocking the flow....unfortunately nothing worked. I'm going back to Mr. Coffee Coffee maker that is rated #2 for quality and performance and a fraction of the cost. So sorry....I wanted to love you!!!
397802
This is the best idea ever, and we didn't get any plastic smell either...if only it would work! The carafe side works fine, the k-cup side worked for maybe a dozen times. Now it just steams and sputters and no water goes through. I kept all the packaging because I read the reviews and it looked iffy. It's going back but I call me crazy, I hope the replacement will work
Update: Jan 9, 2016. HB sent me a new machine even before they received my returned one. Now for the bad news, the single serve side is starting to fail after making about 4 cups! It's doing the same sputtering, noisy, steamy thing as the last one did before it died. The coffee is not real hot and not all the coffee comes out, just like last time. I just don't understand, it works well out of the box for a few times then it dies???  Disgusted
2602690
Krups has fallen from its pedestal in my opinion. The coffee tastes horrible. Something seems to be burning inside the coffeemaker
4223601
I've had this coffeemaker for 2 years and have never really been happy with it. I spent considerable time researching which thermal-carafe coffeemaker to buy after my trusty Mr. Coffee died. I  chose this Melitta because of the quality name I associated with it.

I kept it because I spent so much money on it. The plate below the carafe rusted within a few months and it is impossible to completely clean it. Yesterday, it wouldn't brew at all, so I cleaned it out with vinegar and it started brewing again but will not brew a full pot. Today, the "brew" button got stuck and it took about 10 minutes to get the button to work.

I'm not one to complain in general, but I was not at all happy with this coffeemaker - just tolerated it. Now I'm researching again...
4670833
I am deeply disappointed in the Keurig 2.0 brewing system.  The adapter for ground coffee that I PURCHASED from Keurig does not function in the device.  No coffee without the Keurig emblem can be brewed in the machine, guess they think that will trap us and make us have to buy coffee from their approved list.  So, all of the bagged coffee that I already own is absolutely useless with the machine.  At this point, I never plan to purchase another Keurig product; and I was quite the fan, the 2.0 brewing system was my 3rd Keurig machine.  What is Keurig thinking trying to mess with our coffee sources?  I do not recommend it to anyone and mine is headed back to the store.  So Sad.
4703379
I really wanted to like this machine and gave it every opportunity, there were several features I liked about this but ultimately I came away disapointed and returned the machine.

The GOOD:
- Great looking and solidly built.
- Easy to understand and operate.
- Makes a very good cup o joe

The BAD:
- On the strongest setting, the coffee was not strong enough
- The coffee does not reach a high temperature and is ice cold in 10 minutes

Overall the quality is very good, but ultimately the machine cannot get it hot enough or strong enough. In my opinion the grind and brew functions perfectly, but it's not much better than a $50 coffee maker

Received this as a Christmas gift from my wonderful Lady and really wanted to like it, unfortunately it didn't but it was a great effort  by her and much appreciated
4784968
Well, I must confess AFTER throwing my DeLonghi in the trash this morning, I decided to go on Amazon and see if anyone else had the same problems that I had. Boy oh boy! I had ALL the same problems...and they are from wayyy too many consumers! I'm not sure how long I've had it...somewhere between 6 months and a year. I bought it too, thinking the unique front-pour would be great. And I agree with another reviewer - it should've lasted alot longer than it has. I have nothing good to say about it except it made coffee - along with a daily mess. And after reading what it cost others to send it back, combined with the fact that I need my several cups of coffee every morning, I bought a new and different brand last night after improvising yesterday morning when it wouldn't work at all after I pressed the auto button. Well, actually the light came on but the heating element didn't work and it wouldn't brew - absolute silence. Every day, I dealt with the water around the plate and on the counter, therefore producing several cups less than the amount of water I poured in, bits of something around the heating plate that I had to wipe off every morning along with my counter, the 'chrome' plastic handle melting soon after I bought it and therefore looking crappy most of the time I owned it, coffee that wasn't hot enough yet there was the smell of burnt coffee so I'd have to warm it in the microwave, and finally, I don't think the aroma option did anything.  I'm extremely disappointed in this product. Hopefully my new coffee maker will last longer with no daily messes, burnt smells, melting 'chrome' plastic, and will make hot coffee.
2079976
I am disappointed in this coffee maker.  The plastic taste was in every carafe I made even after running through various cycles of water and coffee.  I returned the machine because I was unable to get the plastic taste out no matter what I did.

The carafe seemed to work well, and there were no leaks that is why I gave it two stars.
3680794
As many other's have said, the Bodum Bistro B. Pour-Over made the most excellent cup of coffee I've ever had from a home brewer. I quickly got over the simplicity, such as it's lacking a timer. We purchased this coffeemaker in October, had family in town in November and everyone loved our coffeemaker (thankfully nobody went out and bought one right away).

The saddest day into the New Year... the morning that we hit the switch and nothing happened. We tried everything common folk would try to get their beloved coffeemaker to come back to the land of the living that morning, went as far as to turn it upside down and shake water out of the pipes. Nothing. Within three months, as many others have stated, our Bodum died.

SADDEST NEWS - while the company was very helpful and willing to send us a replacement, one week after emailing Bodum we received a follow-up that they are no longer making the Bodum B. in the factory that they previously were and we were on hold. Then we received a second follow-up stating that our only options were store credit or sending the defective machine back and getting our money returned to us. No more replacements. $179 down the drain. So very disappointed that this machine was built so poorly, the coffee it made was fabulous, comparable to a French Press, but more convenient.

DON'T BUY USED ONES - THE ARE MOST LIKELY BROKEN!