Farberware FCP412 12-Cup Percolator, Stainless Steel
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Farberware FCP412 12-Cup Percolator, Stainless Steel
Customer Review: didn't hold up
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought the 8 cup about 6 months ago. The coffe was good and I'll not go back to drip. The problem was I dropped it and didn't realize the plastic cracked. I kept rinsing it out after each use( I never submerged it)and about a week later it quit. I took it apart and found water had gotten into it. I dryed and cleaned it, fixed the crack, but it still won't heat up. I can't send it in for warranty because I dropped it. I thought it should have held up better for $50.00.I will buy a different brand.Customer Review: faberware fcp412
Summary: 3 Stars
It makes very good coffee. The trouble we had with it maybe dumb but we had an awful hard time to get the top cover off. Also the coffee pours so slowly. It maybe something we are not doing right but it acted like there was a air lock and the coffee dribbled out.Customer Review: Farberware Percolator
Summary: 3 Stars
I have been using Faberware Percolators for several years and this is the worst one I have ever gotten. I think it was used, and passed off as new and I am very unhappy with it.Customer Review: the honeymoon is over
Summary: 2 Stars
This happy percolator gave us such a nice little pleasure in the mornings, but after about six months it became difficult to make a decent pot of coffee. It was like tea. We washed it between each pot, and we regularly cleaned it with coffee cleaner and/or white vinegar. I contacted Faberware, and they sent me a new chimney(?), but it didn't help. We finally gave up and tried another brand. For three years now, we've been getting great coffee from a Presto 12-cup. Whereas the Faberware makes little popping sounds as it brews, the Presto gurgles. You can hear the water splurging up the chimney, rather than a little splash of water with each perk. Looking inside, the Presto has a much deeper well beneath the chimney. That seems like better engineering. The presto spout also pours coffee much more nicely than the Faberware. I initially thought the Faberware looked nicer, but the spout on the Presto pours so nice, that now I like its looks, too (form follows function). The Presto just seems to have had better engineers--a great functioning coffee maker.Customer Review: farberware electric percolator
Summary: 2 Stars
I have owned several Farberware stainless steel percolators. They are beautiful and make delicious coffee but the thermostat wears out in as little as 8 months. The longest I have had one last is 16 months. I just can't afford them any more. The one exception is a little four cupper that I bought at an estate sale used. I suspect that it is one of the old ones that was truly a Farberware. The Farberware name was purchased by Salton years ago. What burns me the most is that you can't buy replacement thermostats. I suspect that this is by design.
I have a Presto pot which is equally good looking and makes equally good coffee. It came with a two year warranty and is still going strong after 10 years. The only drawback is that the last half-cup has dregs but we hav learned to be careful when the pot nears empty.