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53 of 54 found the following review helpful:
 Great coffee maker Jul 25, 2008
By orion
"orion"
I bought this to replace a cheap one-cup maker I bought from from one of those junk catalog. This one is very nice looking, it works ultra fast with automatic shut off and I can use my own larger mug instead of the cup which comes with it. If you use a huge mug you may need to add more water. I like the cord on the side. If it was on the back, you couldn't put it up against the wall. Makes no mess and works great!
53 of 55 found the following review helpful:
 Great Little Coffee Maker--for a year and a half Sep 07, 2007
By Still Learning
Additional comment, 2009: My original review is below, but here's what happened eventually: The machine started to leak like crazy. It had a lifespan of about 18 months.
Original review:
I have no interest in pod-coffee (I roast my own beans), so that limited my choices when I decided to take my all-white-plastic Black and Decker one-cupper to the office, and spring for a better-looking pot for home.
This stainless and black-plastic machine makes very good coffee indeed, looks terrific and cleans up quickly and beautifully. (I've used the white one for years and it looks dreadful at this point). I congratulate myself on this purchase.
As for the amount it makes: a standard mug. I wouldn't want it any bigger. All my mugs fit into it and I prefer two fresh cups to one big stale one.
I use unbleached No. 1 coffee filters (or cut down bigger ones if I can't find No.1s) instead of the permanent filter it came with because the paper picks up residual oil, is easy to clean up, and the used grounds all end up in the compost or trash, not down the drain.
70 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 Does what it's supposed to do... Dec 30, 2006
By PM in NY
...which is make one 8 oz cup of coffee. There are ways to work around it tho, if you drink more coffee:
1) You can go over the fill line and get about 14 oz of coffee, and I haven't had any bad experiences doing so yet. You have to stay close though, and do a cup switch, or the cup will overflow, since there's not enough space to hold a bigger cup than the one that comes with the coffeemaker.
2)Dump the grinds and make another cup.
3) The best so far, put extra coffee into the filter. When the first cup is done, pour the coffee into a bigger cup. Turn the machine back on and run more water through the same coffee grinds. When that's finished, put it into the bigger cup with the coffee you made before.
4) Cut down on your coffee
So, my displeasure with the product is because of my own tastes. But for making one 8 oz cup of coffee, it's of overall good quality. It doesn't take up a lot of space, so great for those with little counterspace. It looks sleek, just like in the picture. Also, it's nice not having a glass pot, which often broke on me. Not having to buy filters is also convenient.
Finally, as for having a plastic scoop, you still have to figure out how much coffee is the proper strength for your taste. So, using exactly two scoops won't work for everyone, like the advertisement says. However, that is true for all coffeemakers.
So, if you're sure you only want one 8 oz cup of coffee, or don't mind making one cup twice, short on counterspace,hate buying and storing filters and always breaking your glass coffee urn, this is the coffeemaker for you!!
22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 What a MESS! Oct 16, 2008
By Park City teacher
We've had this coffee maker for over a year and most of the time it does what it says it will do, but our experience overall has been negative. At least once or twice a week it "overflows" for no apparent reason. It's NOT that the cup fills up and overflows. Coffee flows from the top, with the mug half empty. This occurs even if we use the mug to measure the water (so it's not that we're so stupid that we add too much water.) We've tried different coffee, different position of the spray arm, etc. and nothing seems to fix the problem. We'll come back into the kitchen after starting the coffee maker and will find half a cup of coffee flooding the countertop. I wouldn't purchase this coffee maker again. We're looking for a replacement.
26 of 29 found the following review helpful:
I do not like this at all ! Feb 04, 2007
By Rod
Much smaller than I expected.
Thought it would provide a single mug of coffee,
since it looks like a normal size mug in the picture,
but in fact it is a small mug that only provides
8oz of fluid. It is only good to fill a tea sized cup.
Another dislike I have about it, is that the power cord
comes out of the left side of the coffee maker.
Makes it very messy looking with exposed cord.
You do not see it in the picture here, but it is in
fact on the left side.
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