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 enlarge | Brand: Saeco
Buy New: $1,199.00
Rating:  12 reviews
Color: Brushed chrome
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.4
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 8.3 x 14.5
MPN: TDCM15
Model: Renaissance XX
UPC: 708461500014
EAN: 0708461500014
ASIN: B0007NIIOA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 10
 Not Good September 26, 2006
Elder
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
No problem setting up. Turn it on brews then turns off. The bad, The carafe pours very slowly and drips. I have not managed to brew a decent tasting cup of coffee yet. At least not as good as the $15.00 pot it replaced. I got it on sale at Macys for $28.00 and still don't feel it was worth it. I am going to buy something else and toss this one.
 Really Nice! August 16, 2006
Dan Seibel (Miami, FL)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the best coffee maker I have ever had. I have had quite afew coffee makers in my kitchen that I ended up either returning to the store or throwing away, but this one is here to stay! The coffee is great and tastes so fresh. I love stainless in general and this one has really great brushed stainless.
I love it .. love it .. love it August 16, 2006
Young Pharaoh (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It looks very elegant on my kitchen countertop with its nice stainless steel structure. I also like its performance and the taste of the coffee is great. The capcity is more about 10 cups, enough for all my guests in one single brew. I had the CRUPS before this one but this one is by far better and looks better.
 Great coffee, easy to use, feature poor August 12, 2006
JP Svaldnik (Sisters, OR USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We noticed this coffee maker at a ridiculously low price at our local Macy's and decided to take a chance on it as we had wanted a thermal carafe coffee maker.
When we got home I read the reviews on amazon and almost took it back before opening it! Luckily we decided to try it; we're glad that we did as it makes exceptionally good coffee.
We have had none of the problems described by previous reviewers. The carafe unfailingly snaps into place under the coffee spigot; we've had no spills. Maybe we got the odd good one? Who knows.
There are three issues and missing features that caused me to rate it four stars: the amazing oversight of a water level gauge, lack of a timer and small drips from the carafe when you pour.
I wouldn't pay $100 for it but the $60 that we paid now seems more than fair.
We are Disappointed in our Saeco Coffee Maker's Performance October 14, 2005
J. Klein (Michigan)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is a solid stylish stainless steel model which looks good on the kitchen counter. Also, Saeco has a great customer service department which has issued us a free UPS label to return our SECOND Renaissance XV coffee maker so that they can repair or replace it AGAIN. The first replacement unit was sent out when our original purchase unit failied after only 4 months of use. The new replacement unit has failed after only one week of use.
We felt the instructions that came with the unit were poorly written. Though the instructions tell you how many ounces of water the reservoir holds, they do not tell you that the reservoir holds MORE water than the coffee pot does and if you are not aware of this the unit WILL overflow.
The unit also seems to overflow if the pot is not positioned perfectly in place with the lid clicked down firmly. The problem is that it is not easy to know that the pot is not centered perfectly because it is an awkward act to insert the pot correctly. I finally developed the technique of holding down the clicked lid while I inserted the coffee pot firmly and basically just hoping all was centered. This problem really should be solved.
We had to have a new lid (to the thermal pot) sent out after the first one broke because the instructions do not tell you how to position the lid on the pot. You do not screw the lid down like on most thermos bottles. It takes only 1/4 turn to position it correctly and once it breaks it is impossible to fix. Ours broke the very first day, but Seico sent a new lid out right away.
After dealing with all of those above problems and starting to feel a little comfortable with our first Saeco, the coffee maker began failing to pump all the water out of the reservoir before it turned off. We would need to turn it back on again and then again it would pump some of the water out of the reservoir and then shut itself off before it was finished. We found ourselves turning the coffee maker back on 4 or 5 times to get one pot of coffee. This was after 4 months of use. And if you are not aware there is still water left in the reservoir your next pot of coffee WILL overflow because you will have added too much water to the reservoir. We contacted Saeco. They sent out a brand new pot. Thank you.
We have used the brand new pot for one week now and it too is failing to pump all of the water from the reservoir before it turns itself off. Just now I had to turn it back on 4 times to get one pot of coffee.
I contacted Saeco and they have issued me the shipping label to return this second machine for repair or replacement. They seem surprised to hear of this problem. It may be coincidence that both machines failed exactly the same way but it seems to me there may be a sensor that is failing. Anyway now we must go without our coffee pot or purchase another model to cover us while Saeco resolves our problem.
This is disappointing. We paid three times more for this machine than we ever have before for another coffee maker. We expected to get at least a couple years use out of it. Even so, Saeco has been friendly and accommodating and seems to want to solve the problem.
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