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| Brand: Cuisinart
List Price: $45.00
Buy New: $29.52
You Save: $15.48 (34%)
Rating:  59 reviews
Color: White
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 12.7 x 10.1 x 8.4
MPN: DCG-12BCW
Model: DCC-450
UPC: 086279004390
EAN: 0086279004390
ASIN: B0000A1ZMR
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 10
 BEWARE! Terrible return policy February 12, 2008
H. Zager (East Brunswick, NJ United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The coffee maker broke after 5 months of minimal use. Cusianrt has the worst return policy I have ever dealt with. Shipping both ways is the cunsumers resonsibilty and a check for $10 is required for processing. For a product that cost me $29 that is absurd. I'll never buy another product from them.
 NO! January 25, 2008
Allan D. Cotton (Florida)
The Carafe is hard to get into place, and when coffee is done and you try to pull carafe out you end up yanking it and coffee, needless to say, goes everywhere. I returned mine-oh-and the carafe is not insulated.
 A nice small coffee maker December 21, 2007
anonymous
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was looking for a white small coffee maker that uses cone filters. I had to decide between DeLonghi and this Cuisinart, and picked this one as this was smaller.
I've read enough bad reviews about it, but I don't have any problems with spillage both pouring water into the machine or pouring coffee out of the carafe, pushing the on/off button, or metallic taste. I'm very satisfied with this product.
Decent coffee, inexcusable design November 29, 2007
W. Tilghman (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have used this product for about a year now, and I have no complaints about the quality of the brewed coffee. But because of all of its usability issues, I can't wait to get rid of this coffee maker.
If you buy this coffee maker, be sure you don't let the paper towels run out. You will need one to wipe the counter after you fill the reservoir. You'll need another to wipe the breakfast table after you pour each cup, and probably another to dry the bottom of your coffee mug, if you don't want coffee dripping onto your lap. Until you've learned your lesson, you may have to throw away a few English muffins or bowls of cereal, spoiled by the coffee dripping from the carafe. I have never figured out a way to pour anything from this carafe without its dripping everywhere.
There are other flaws, as well. The on-off switch is a spring-loaded rocker requiring BOTH hands to operate (one to push the switch, one to hold the coffee maker in place). The auto-shutoff is a reassuring feature once you've left the house, but the 30-minute countdown starts at the BEGINNING of the brew cycle, not the end, so there's not quite enough time for me to finish my first mug before the second mug is going cold. Indeed, coffee tastes awful if it has been on a heater for too long, but this is not quite enough time. About another 15-30 minutes would have been perfect.
Some reviewers have referred to this carafe as "thermal," which may be misleading. The carafe is made of steel, but it is NOT thermally insulated or double-walled. If the carafe is not sitting on a heating element, the coffee inside will cool quickly. Its only advantage over a glass carafe is that it's unbreakable. Its main disadvantage is that you can't see how much coffee is remaining. Also, in my experience the carafe stains and discolors quite easily; the "stainless" steel used in the carafe is probably not of very high quality. Admittedly, one can't expect to see much 18/10 (high-quality) stainless in a $30 product.
Alas, I'm still searching for the perfect small coffee maker....
A great cup of coffee from a badly-designed machine October 15, 2007
bencharif (Staten Island, NY United States)
When I first used this machine, I couldn't believe they let it out of the testing labs. Yes, it's very good looking, black and brushed chrome and all that, but what happened to all that fashionable blather about ergonomic design? The people at Cuisinart seem not to have gotten the word. Filling the water reservoir, for example, takes great skill. If you pull the water chamber lid far enough back to fill the chamber comfortably, you'll snap the lid off. So you have to pull the lid back, but not too far back, which makes filling the chamber extremely awkward.
My solution has been to get it over with, let 'er rip and just fill it, then wipe up the water I've spilled. And if you think pouring more slowly makes the slightest bit of difference, think again. Water dribbles all over the counter anyway, so pouring more slowly just takes longer and prolongs the discomfort.
It's the same story at the end of the process, when the coffee's ready to pour. You're guaranteed to spill hot coffee all over, whether you keep the pot lid on or take it off. Not only that; prepare to have your hand scalded by the steam rising out of the pot. I've finally mastered the specific contortion necessary to pour coffee without burning myself, but it took time. For a while, I wore oven mitts. No joke.
So why, you might ask, is this maddening small appliance still on my kitchen counter? Because it (1) makes a great cup of coffee, and (2) it actually keeps the coffee piping hot. If you've tried a lot of coffee makers, you already know that while some coffee makers may offer you the former, almost none offers you the latter. Except for this poorly designed Cuisinart.
Don't say you weren't warned.
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