Title: Hidden problems
Product review: While this is fairly sturdy, and the carafe feels good and pours easily without drips, the coffeemaker has four problems: It uses basket (cupcake) filters instead of cone filters, which causes the coffee to be weak, especially when making less than a full pot, and also is likely to cause leaks/spills as the filter edge flops over, causing stray coffee grounds to block the drip/stop mechanism; it does not heat the water hot enough to make good coffee; it makes a lot of condensation under the lid, which flows (as water) into the carafe when you open the lid; and you cannot pour the last tablespoon or so of coffee (or water) out of the carafe, so you must dry it by hand.A shame. We were hoping for a good, simple coffeemaker, and this one seemed to come close. We could have lived with the last two problems, if only it heated the water hot enough and used cone filters. It's being returned.
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