 "Stainless on the outside, but plastic reservoir on the inside" | 2009-11-17 |
| - Reviewed By User: A39YHPBPKQP54S |
| When searching for a plastic-free coffeemaker, I read recommendations which said that this model had a stainless water tank. It doesn't! We haven't used it, but it is going back and we'll keep looking. |
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 "Best Coffee Maker by Wide Margin" | 2009-11-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1YI8J3N8V2TIQ |
I've owned this coffee maker since 2003 and it is still going strong. And this maker has gotten heavy use. I am normally quite critical but I am very pleased with this machine. This was one of my best investments among kitchen appliances.
I was looking on Amazon for replacement water filters and noticed so many 1-star reviews that I felt compelled to write my own review here. Reading those reviews made me wonder if we're using the same machine. I have very happy with my MT-500.
1. The coffee is brewed HOT, too hot to drink right after pouring. If this is not the case, then your machine is defective. My Capresso makes steaming HOT coffee as one would expect. Don't believe the negative reviews. These people are either exaggerating or have purchased defective machines.
2. The carafe is very effective at keeping coffee warm. Coffee will be warm for hours after brewing. Again, if your coffee is ice cold after 1/2 hour of sitting in the carafe, your equipment is defective. A properly functioning carafe insulates very well and is highly effective. On weekends, I often brew coffee in the morning and pour another hot cup from the carafe in the afternoon.
3. Coffee does not spill all over the place - if you're intelligent enough to figure out the lid. There is a black dot that needs to be aligned with the spout for pouring. The mechanics of this are quite simple. If you can't figure that out, the challenge of brewing coffee is the least of your problems.
4. My machine has never overflowed while brewing. Not once. This coffee maker doesn't have a design flaw in the brewing mechanism. If you have an overflowing problem, maybe your machine is defective or there's a blockage.
It's rare that one buys a product and feels like they got their money's worth. My father has been through about 10 cheap coffee makers from Walmart in the years I've owned this machine. The MT-500 was a solid investment in a quality kitchen appliance. |
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 "Not very hot" | 2009-11-15 |
| - Reviewed By letsgo13 |
Bought this item on sale for $99.00 and thought it was a great deal considering what it retails for.
Used it for about a month and returned it due to the fact that the coffee was not hot enough for my taste.
It did make good coffee and was easy enought to use. I had no problems with leaking like some users did. Looks great and makes coffee very fast but simply not hot enough. Heated carafe as required.
The coffee was hotter when making the full 10 cups but not nearly as hot if you only wanted to make around 5 or 6 cups.
My Keurig works very well for 1 cup at a time, but I bought this to use when I had company and wanted to make a larger pot.
Bottom line is I returned it. |
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| "Designed by Sadists" | 2009-11-08 |
| - Reviewed By drfreddy |
After 192 reviews, I probably don't have much to say that's terribly original, but I wanted to weigh in because this machine annoys the bejeebers out of me. Consumer Reports just rated it mid-pack, and that's probably fair, perhaps generous. Here are my gripes:
1) It's challenging to pour water into the reservoir because of its odd shape that tapers at the ends.
2) If you're right-handed, you cannot conveniently pour water into the reservoir AND see the tiny little indicator on the side.
3) If you grind your own coffee, it's hard to dump it into the filter basket without grinds finding their way into the reservoir.
4) Even if you're careful, the coffee tends to drip out of the filter basket if you remove the carafe to have a cup of coffee before brewing finishes.
5) The materials that the machine is made from really do seem cheap. Even at $139, the markup on this unit must be enormous! I'd rather donate my money to feed starving children than shill out to fat cat execs at Capresso.
I have no problem paying for clever design and high quality but, trust me folks, this ain't it -- and BTW, I just checked "Feed the Children," and if you buy an $89 coffee maker and donate the $50 difference, you can provide 350 pounds of food to hungry children and families without sacrificing one iota of coffee goodness. |
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| "The BMW of coffee makers" | 2009-11-04 |
| - Reviewed By bill_w_brown |
Another reviewer termed this the BMW of coffee makers. I tend to agree. If you drive a BMW, or, better yet, a Porsche, buy this coffee maker with confidence. If you read and follow the directions, you will make a great tasting cup of coffee and it will stay hot for 2 hours. Who could ask for more?
Alas, I am a *former* BMW driver who loved the ride and handling, but got tired of dealing with the shortcomings that never crop up in my Toyota or my Honda at half the price. I think the analogy is an apt one. You can buy a coffee maker for 1/7 the price, and you can buy a pretty good coffee maker for 1/3 the price of the Capresso. Call me a nitpicker, but when I pay 3x the price of a Mr. Coffee maker, I expect something with very few nits.
Most of my picayune complaints (just fyi's really...) concern the carafe. The stainless steel is definite not stain-less. Polishing with stainless polish will instantly remove the Capresso logo, but you are left with permanent water stains on the outside. The biggest problem (IMO) is that the neck of the carafe is too small. You can't get your hand inside, so you can't clean it properly. I got a large bottle brush, but you really need to take an SOS pad to the inside to remove the coffee residue, and that is impossible. So, in short order, this handsome device (and it is nice looking, IMO) is kind of an eyesore, and is dropping its brewed-to-perfection coffee into a vessel which is not really clean. Continuing on in the not-really-complaint-but-fyi department, the stainless carafe means that you can't just look and tell how much coffee you have left. (Yes, I know, duh!). (I hesitate to bring this up but...) Also, to get the proper coffee temp, you need to *prewarm* the carafe. That means hot water. In my house, that means running the tap 2 gallons worth to get the quart of hot water to pre-heat the carafe. This is not a "green" coffee maker.
When not in use, I like to store my base unit with the lid "open", so that I don't tend to grow mold in the water reservoir. Well, when the lid is open, the base unit is 23 inches tall, so it obstructs the cabinet doors above the counter.
I could go on, but you've already figured out that I'm a PITA. The bottom line is this is a pretty good coffee maker that makes an excellent tasting cup of coffee. My problem is that when I pay an extra 200% price premium, I expect all the positives from my old Mr. Coffee, and very few loose ends.
BMW driver? Go for it. Toyota driver? Better think twice. |
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| "Capresso coffeemaker" | 2009-10-22 |
| - Reviewed By alexandrazibrov |
| This is our second Capresso coffeemaker. We had the first one for ten years. We believe Capresso coffeemakers to be the best on the market. It is definitely worth the money. |
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