Hamilton Beach - BrewStation 12-Cup Coffeemaker - Black

This Brew Station delivers. Your coffee is always hot (steaming hot) up to 4 hours, which is programmable. Coffe stregth adjustment. If you like iced coffee you have that option. No spill one cup dispensing. No need to clean a carafe or worrying about breaking one for that matter. Super easy to clean as well. There's only a couple of downfalls I can see is that you are still subjected to having to use paper filters. I would pefer a wire basket. No big deal though. And, the LED display is super bright. Turn off all the lights and you could navigate by it, incredible. Still a great buy!!

ease of making coffee = keeps it hot and is so easy

I needed a new programmable coffee maker to replace a much more expensive Frigidare unit that stopped brewing after a year and a couple of days. After looking at all of them online, I found this one. I liked it because the price was right ($45 or so), it keeps coffee warm (or hot) for up to 4 hours (or more if you reset it), and it's a dispenser rather than a coffee pot. I mostly don't care about the dispenser part except that the last cup of coffee doesn't get "fried" from sitting in a pot on a burner. The last cup is as good as the first. One of the best features with this coffee maker is that the coffee basket and the water/coffee container can be removed for easy day-to-day cleaning and for making coffee at counter level. After cleaning, I put both on the counter, fill the water container to the 12 cup level (12 cups max), then pour the water into the coffee maker at a much lower level than most coffee makers. It's far less awkward this way. Then I put the container back in place to receive the coffee when it's made. The coffee basket, with a paper filter (a wire mesh filter is available) takes 6 standard scoops for a full 12 cups. It can also be filled at counter level, then placed back in the coffee maker. Unlike other coffee makers, this prevents accidentally dumping coffee into the water reservoir. Yes, I've seen that happen and cleaning it out is a mess. When the coffee is brewed, it goes into the container that you poured the water into on the counter top, ready to easily dispense. My only "objection" is that when the coffee is done, there's only one quiet beep that can't easily be heard outside the kitchen. This may be a feature so as not to wake anyone else who's sleeping. Regardless, for regular coffee, it takes 10 minutes to brew. For "Bold" coffee it takes about 15 minutes. As for durability, I rated the coffee maker as excellent, but I've only had it for a couple of months and nothing has broken yet. Time will tell, I'm sure.

This coffee maker makes great tasting coffee. We find it very convenient that we no longer have to pour coffee the dispenser works great. At first the design will puzzle you if your used to conventional coffee makers but its relatively simple to operate. We purchased the 2 yr warranty since the price was so reasonable. The temperature of the coffee is perfect and you can make up to 12 cups that is kept warm up to 4 hours with no burnt taste. There is no plastic smell we simply followed set up instructions for cleaning and are very happy with this purchase. Consumer reports tested this unit and rated it highly. I fully agree and feel this was a great coffee maker at a great price. We use bunn filters for easy clean up.

I am really happy with this coffee maker. I love that it keeps the coffee hot for 4 hours and it never gets a burnt taste to it or gets strong. I even hit the buttom for an extra hour once and it was still good coffee.

Purchased to replace older model which we loved. However, the "dispenser hole" is set to far back so 2 out of 3 times the coffee dribbles down either the back (even when the cup is held firmly against the back wall) or the side of the cup. poor design ( possibly because clock is on top instead of to the side) makes it messy to use. Also, no matter how you do the settings the coffee is only lukewarm.

Only been using for 5 wks so far. Leaking is only a problem if one does not pay attention to the positioning of mug under dispenser. You can choose how many hrs to keep coffee warm (2,3,4 etc) but be sure to turn pot off if coffee level is low otherwise you scorch the hot plate inside the warming unit.

The plunger is stiff so you have to push your cup w/force then there's a plastic bottom so it slides THEN its leaks everywhere....