DeLonghi DC50B Twenty Four Seven Drip Coffee Maker, Black

The DeLonghi DC50B Drip Coffee Maker is perfect for anyone who likes to start the day with a good, strong cup of coffee. Get the most flavor from your preferred blend and produce four cups of goodness, to get yourself ready to take on the day. Push-button control makes it easy to use Cord Storage Black Unit Size(WxDxH) - 7.09 x 9.06 x 11.3 Weight - 4.28 lbs.
Customer Review: Fine, Fast, Hot, Small
This fine looking little device is the second Delonghi 4-cup coffee maker that I have owned. The first had the dewar flask carafe and no warmer and the coffee wasn't really hot enough. Lots of microwave action for second cups with that one. This one has the glass carafe and a warmer; MUCH Better. It has the permanent filter but I put in a paper filter anyway. The first lasted nearly three years before the switch failed, more than acceptable for this inexpensive and reliable little unit. It makes coffee fast and strong and just the right amount for a quick big mug to wake up and another after my morning dog walk. Later mid-morning coffee is managed by making a fresh pot of great tasting coffee (I prefer Community Club Dark Roast). One has a tendency to grip the carafe handle with ones fingers and rest ones thumb above on the flip-up lid lever (This is similar in sprit to riding the brake in your vehicle). The effect is to raise the lid just enough for the coffee to pour out all around the lip of the carafe and the result is spilled coffee while pouring. Do not do that. Like all makers with the steal-a-cup feature, if one only partially inserts the carafe then the valve will not open and coffee and grounds will overflow. Do not do that either. I would recommend it to tho others (I have) and I would buy it again (I did.)
Customer Review: Too Hot
I would not recommend buying this coffee maker. Getting the water into the reservoir is a clumsy feat at best. But worse, when pouring the last third of the hot coffee out of the pot, the lid falls open allowing the steam to scald your knuckles. I wish I could have gotten another Krups 4-cup but they've stopped making them.