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Very convenient to use. Exceed my expectation. Make the testiest coffee, much better then I ever have from DeLonghi drip coffee maker, I had before.The only improvement I am looking for - the shutoff power switch.
The coffee this percolator makes is the best tasting coffee but I only give it 4 stars since needs some improvements. The item looks great and the workmanship looks of the highest quality.except for the base which can also be improve but is not noticeable at all.
Too expensive to be faulty. The percolator also looks great also.
I do recommend this item though, that is if you are looking for the best cup of coffee. I had to return the first one I got since the front light was not working properly.
As someone mention this one doesn't have a shut off bottom which can be dangerous if anyone forgets to shut it off. Something like auto shut off and maybe a timer.
I also recommend that you test this item right after you get it.
If you fill it up the night before and plug it in the next morning, there's water underneath it. We discovered it has a slow leak below the handle. This has become a huge hassle and now I'm shopping for another one. When we first got this percolator about 6 months ago, we loved it. Recently it started popping the ground fault plug in the kitchen and we had to move it into the dining room to make the coffee. But even if we wait until morning it still pops the plug, and no amount of drying off the leaking water seems to help.
My last coffee maker was a black and decker drip type. It died after a little more than a year and I was sick of it anyway - hard to clean, didn't get hot enough, etc., But then they are all like that. The stainless steel is easy to keep clean (inside and out). I love that it gets piping hot and stays hot to the last cup. However the side window is marked to a max of 10 cups. And you are able to clean all the parts unlike the drip makers which are hard to clean. It would be nice if they had a switch to turn the heat on low when you want to leave it sitting a while when you have only a couple of cups left.
There is a window that allows you to see the coffee which is nice. I haven't had percolated coffee in about 30 years and had forgotten how much better it is. Good to the last drop.I recommend. However you'll notice that if you measure your water, you'll see that the 10 cup mark is actually six measured cups. And you don't have to fool with filters. I love it. So I decided to go back to a percolator.
I use it without a filter and I don't have any grounds in the coffee as some people have mentioned with these type of percolators so I don't think you really need them if you're careful when you load it. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because there is no way to reduce the heat to low. I just fill it now to the max line and fill the coffee holder to its max and it turns out fine. I've had this about a week now. I couldn't believe how much better it tasted. It stays just barely at the boiling point.
Because other then that - none of the people at the office are going to StarBucks anymore. In other words, you have to unplug the Percolator in order to turn it off. Whoever designed it forgot to ad the switch button. What a shame. It looks great, makes GREAT coffee. BUT. Someone at work did not know that and accidentally placed almost empty Percolator back on the base, and if we did not notice it on time it would probably get burned.
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