Black & Decker DCM500B SmartBrew 5-Cup Coffeemaker, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Black & Decker DCM500B SmartBrew 5-Cup Coffeemaker, Black
Customer Review: VERY basic device
Summary: 3 Stars
Absolutely no frills here. No timers. No permanent filter. Just a simple drip pot. Overall, it is well made for it's price and does brew a good cup of coffee. The only coplaint I have is that the lip of the curaffe has a bad tendency to drip on the first cup being poured when you brea a really full pot. Since this is only a 5 cup (read 5 as 3 to anyone who acutally fills his cup) You almost always make a full pot.Customer Review: Warm, weak coffee brewed at a turtle's pace
Summary: 1 Stars
My parents have this coffee maker and every time I'm at their house for a few days I have to use this very slow machine to make what amounts to a weak cup of coffee which I then have to proceed to (forgive me coffee gods) nuke for 10 seconds in order to get it hot enough. Of course if you like your coffee not much hotter than room temperature, this may be the perfect coffee maker for you; but keep in mind that the trade-off for this convenience is a very inefficient coffee maker. That is, warm water extracts far less coffee flavor than very hot water and on account of this you need to use far more beans to make a cup of coffee with this machine.
Overall this is a poor coffee maker that is slow, inefficient, and makes cold coffee.
Customer Review: Black k& Decker 5-cup Pot
Summary: 4 Stars
Just the right size for 2 people. 4 cups not quite enough, 5 cups just right. With this pot, however, and my previous one, when you pour, always some dripping onto the counter because the lip of the pot is not deep enough, I guess. Otherwise, B&D seems to be the only company making a 5-cup pot, which I appreciate.Customer Review: Not As Advertised
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this product to replace one that had broken that I really liked. I had to return this product THREE times because it does NOT (as it says in the description) come with the perfect pour carafe which is what I wanted since the standard carafe drips EVERYWHERE. On the third time of returning it, I asked why they kept sending me the wrong carafe and they said that the perfect pour was discontinued in this size. I then mentioned to Amazon that they might want to remove that part of the description, but they have not.Customer Review: hard to find feature
Summary: 5 Stars
With the advent of fancy featured coffee makers this is the right coffee maker for us. We like to brew 1 large mug of coffee at a time so we have fresh tasting coffee. Most models now have a carafe with the stop brew feature so you can pour out a cup while it is brewing. But you must use their carafe. With this maker you can use your own mug. And if the carafe breaks (and it costs as much as the maker to replace sometimes) you can still use the maker with the mug or other container. I sometimes use a stainless steel pitcher. Sure this maker isn't fancy, but I just want a simple cup of coffee and this maker does it with an appliance that doesn't take up lots of counter space. I haven't had any problems with messes or clean up with this maker.