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| Date Reviewed: 02/17/2005 |
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Strengths: A good quality product. Easy to program and clean. Great look.
Weaknesses: Price
Summary: It makes great tasting coffee. I like the 1-4 cup feature as well as the programable timer feature. With the self cleaning and water purifier features, this product should last a lot longer than most. Being able to remove the gold filter and filter cradle makes it easy to clean. Although I thought the price was a bit high I think that it was worth it and I would recommend it to others.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/29/2008 |
- 338sutherland
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Strengths: Easy to use & looks fantastic as well. Coffee comes out piping hot-even when making small quantities. Construction appears durable (eg. buttons do not feel cheap)
Weaknesses: Need some clearance to be able to open lid to pour water. The beep to tell coffee is ready is almost inaudible.
Summary: Best home coffee maker for price! I am trying to save money by making my own coffee at home & this machine comes very, very close to what you would get outside. I am absolutely pleased.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/01/2006 |
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Strengths: Same as first review
Weaknesses: Same as first review
Summary: 2008-03-31 10:20:28 We've now had our DCC-1200 for about 2 1/2 years, and it still is as good as the day we first plugged it in. You can read my original review if you scroll down through the older reviews. That review was written after owning the machine for about a year.
One thing that has impressed me since writing the original review is the "cleaning cycle" function. It took nearly two years for the coffee maker to finally tell me that it was time to clean it. We followed the instructions exactly and the results were amazing. This thing does not do cleaning like every other coffee maker; it's different. It has a special cycle that runs when you clean it, and it is very efficient. We captured the "debris" that was removed from the mechanism using a regular filter. We couldn't believe how much "stuff" was purged from the machine.
In over two years, nothing has failed. The clock will survive minor "power failures" without resetting to "12:00 AM" every time. A prolonged power failure will cause it to loose the time setting, but the electronics must have a storage capacitor in the circuit that let the clock hold it's settings through minor "power blips" that we have often here in Houston. If the power is off for longer than, say, 30 seconds, it probably will need to be reset, but it's great to not need to reset the clock.
We are careful to be certain that the carafe is underneath the basket valve correctly when we set up the machine, so we haven't had the spillage problems others have had. I can see how that could happen if the valve on the basket isn't open as it should be when the carafe is in position on the warming plate.
Speaking of the warming plate, we still have to keep ours at the middle temperature setting; "High" is still too hot for us.
I generally set this machine up in the evenings, before bed, so I'm not so groggy when I pour the water into it. I can see how some folks might thing the water opening is a mite too small for early morning setups. Personally, we don't ever spill any water, but maybe others are more shaky early in the morning. My advice: just set it up before you go to bed!
If this coffee maker failed, I would immediately go purchase another identical to it. In fact, if I ever hear that it is to be discontinued, I will actually go buy another one and keep it in the box until the day ours dies (which I'm sure it will ...someday).
This is far and away the best coffee maker I've ever run across, and I hope they keep making them for many years. We would have had to buy at least two lesser machines by now. It's paid for itself, and that's what we were looking for when we originally bought it.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/10/2004 |
- stricklybusiness
from AL
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Strengths: Quality product, great look, brews a hot delicious cup of coffee.
Weaknesses: Grounds run through the gold filter.
Summary: This is a wonderful coffeemaker. I love the 4 cup option and also the water purifier feature. Makes a very hot, delicious cup of coffee. I would buy this product again if something ever happened to this one. Also love the feature to set the timer so I can awaken to a fresh cup.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/08/2004 |
- jpalmer58
from PA
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Strengths: Great looks and features
Weaknesses: Price
Summary: Looks great and makes full flavored aromatic coffee. I love the timer feature and 2-4 cup option. The self clean will make it a long lasting durable coffee maker.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/12/2005 |
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Strengths: Coffee is hot, Excellent flavor, easy to operate
Weaknesses: Charcoal filter holder is easily breakable
Summary: We love our coffee maker. The coffee is nice and hot, with excellent flavor. In general we don't love drip style because they tend not to be as hot as perked, but this one is preety close. It is easy to use and clean and the autmatic timer is easy to set.
Minor negatives are that the charcoal filter container has a flimsey opening area, which can break. A back up battery to the clock in case the power goes out you don't have to reset the time would be nice. We were very happy with the company also.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/10/2006 |
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Strengths: Programmable timer and shut-off
Weaknesses: price
Summary: We used our Xmas gift card to get this item when the store had a 20% off coupon, so total price w/tax was $70, which was a great deal. Love the timer features. The auto shut-off can be set for 1, 2, 3, or 4 hours which is very convenient and I don't have to worry whether I turned off the machine before left the house. Having the coffee ready in the morning is simply wonderful. As far as not being tall enough to see the cup measurements where the water fill up is, I just fill the carafe to the number of cups I want and pour it into the back. We love this machine.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/30/2004 |
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Strengths: nice looking, easy to use, great coffee
Weaknesses: none at this time
Summary: bought this coffee maker for my wife for Christmas. has everything she wanted in a coffee maker, nice looks, timer, ease of use and great coffee. for the price i would by this coffee maker again.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/21/2003 |
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Strengths: Compact design
Weaknesses: Price
Summary: I love it. It's wonderful. It makes terrific, flavorful, aromatic coffe. Love the programmability feature. Times well. Remembers when you want your coffee brewed. MMmmmm. Yummy.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/07/2006 |
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 Wonderful when it works Strengths: Very hot, flavorful coffee
Weaknesses: Unreliable
Summary: We're on our second one. We used the first one for 18 months and loved it. Excellent flavor. Except when the valve wouldn't open and the coffee went all over the floor.
This increased in frequency. Then it started to just perk forever and never complete the brew cycle.
Oh, well, it's old. We'll replace it.
We have done that. Two months into the new one and it's déja vu all over again. The valve sticks about 25% of the time. Yesterday it wouldn't finish its cycle.
Time for a new brand.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/14/2006 |
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After owning for 2 years....
Strengths: Looks, original quality
Weaknesses: Electronics failure, possible hazard?
Summary: I loved the look of this unit in my modern kitchen, and it brewed a mean pot of coffee as well.
Now almost 2 years later, the electronics are screwed.
The unit resets all the time. Middle of brewing, right after brewing, when NOT brewing...
Makes the timer useless, and if it DOES finish brewing, HURRY UP, because it's shut off again and the warmer is off.
Of course Cuisinart says "sorry, you're out of warranty. Enjoy your $120 doorstop."
The unit has never been dropped or missused in any way, hell, it hardly moved from it's spot.
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| Date Reviewed: 09/04/2004 |
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Strengths: Beautiful, stylish design, excellent coffee.
Weaknesses: None so far.
Summary: This is my first coffee maker and I'm very happy with it. Despite the high price, it's well worth it. If you're hesitating because of the cost, wait for a sale. It'll be worth it. The wonderful design blends perfectly with my other kitchen appliances. If you like hot coffee, this machine won't disappoint you. Easy programming ensures a hot cup of coffee in the morning.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/21/2008 |
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Strengths: easy to use, looks great, reliable
Weaknesses: none
Summary: I am on my second machine. my first one lasted 6.5 yrs. i considered 'upgrading' to the dcc 3000...what a piece of junk. very stylish looking, but way to fussy to operate and maintain. also condensation from the brew cycle would spill out all over the countertop.
a previous review mentioned about the valve 'sticking'. you need to make sure that the brew basket is seated correctly by pushing down until you hear it click. if not, then the carafe won't push on the valve to release the brewed coffee and you end up with a mess
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| Date Reviewed: 03/18/2006 |
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Doesn't perform as good as it looks
Strengths: Timer feature is relatively easy to use. Auto-off feature is nice.
Weaknesses: Small opening for resevoir. Carafe design promotes spilling.
Summary: I guess I was wooed by the looks of this particular unit, but in day-to-day use I was constantly annoyed by small design flaws. The biggest gripe I have is that the opening where you pour the water in is so small that half the time I end up spilling water into the fresh coffee grounds or on the counter. My other problem happens if the outside of the carafe is wet and you pour the water too fast, water become attracted to outside of the pot and end up spilling down the front of it. This maker is less than 3 months old and I'm going to have to retire it.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/19/2004 |
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Strengths: Looks, controlls, great tasting coffee, carafe 3 year waranty.
Weaknesses: None
Summary: I read the reviews on this unit and found out that most of the reviews were correct. The style the no drip carafe the options great tasting coffee ect. But the reviews that I found that were negitive like filling the resivor coffee not being hot enough the condisation on the lid ect. are the ones that were not correct.
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