 overpriced and disappointing |
| Review Date: October 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. Barnett, |
| Caring about coffee, we decided to follow the reviews and the recommendation from the Wall Street Journal. The coffeemaker never worked consistently, a fairly temperamental piece of equipment, the coffee never tasted all that great, and we ended up replacing it, after a year, with a cheaper automatic maker. If the coffee maker is going to be twice as expensive, at the least it should be as good as coffee makers that are half the price. |
Coffee maker leaked first time I used it
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| Review Date: April 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Poo, Los Angeles, CA USA |
I just rec'd a Capresso MT500 Plus. I read the instructions and ran four cups of water thru the machine to clean the internal parts. I was very DISMAYED to find out that it leaks! The leak is coming from the bottom of the removable filter holder on the left side. I tried again and made absolutely sure that the filter holder was snapped in to place and that the lid was in the correct position and it still leaked, ran down the side of the carafe and on to the hot plate and the operating buttons. I read that this can occur if you're using too fine of a coffee grind, but since there was no coffee being used, this couldn't be causing the problem. I expect much better quality for a $189 coffee maker!
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Great coffee maker!
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| Review Date: November 3, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Patric E. Peake, Ojai, CA. |
| The Capresso MT500 coffee maker is the best I've seen so far, and I have had some good ones. I like the way the top screws on firmly to hold heat in and unscrews a quarter turn for easy pouring (not dribbling) into your cup. I use cones a lot, but the metal cone is a great backup when I am out. Although the clam is 4 hours, I actual find a warm cup in there 6 hours later. And it looks nice. |
Works as advertised
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| Review Date: June 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Sam in Tucson, |
I have been using a coffee press for the past few years because I wasn't all that impressed with the automatic coffee makers and their "feature" of constantly heating the coffee once it has been brewed. I really hate the smell of coffee that has been left on a heater. I basically resigned myself to using a coffee press and placing this in a Thermos to keep hot. This works very well for me, but I recently visited a friend who had a coffee maker that brewed into a carafe. Duh!
I did a pretty extensive review on the web and narrowed my choices to the Zojirushi EC-BD15 and the Capresso MT500. The Zojirushi is too tall to fit under my kitchen cabinets and I knew my wife wouldn't want a coffee maker anywhere but tucked discreetly under a cabinet (she hates coffee, which is o.k. because that leaves more for me). I bought the Capresso MT500 even though I had read that the coffee wasn't that hot for smaller brew sizes and that the lid was a bit funky.
I followed the directions and preheated the carafe and brewed a pot using the 3-5 cup setting. The coffee came out great and was very hot. The second cup, about 2 hours later was definitely hot enough, and this was even after adding a lot of half and half from the fridge. So no complaints from me about the ability of the unit to make hot coffee, or the ability to keep that coffee hot.
I have read some negative reviews about the lid, some mentioning that the "dot" on the lid is hard to see. I can see it just fine and don't have a problem with that. The flanges on the lid are a little on the thin side, but I don't think this will be a problem because I don't plan on cranking hard on the lid to close it. I do think I will buy a spare lid as a backup because if the lid breaks then you can't make any coffee (depending on just how the lid breaks).
I did not install the charcoal filter because I use RO water. Plus, I don't want to pay for what looks to be a fairly overpriced sack of charcoal. I just turned the filter light off (per the instructions) and haven't given this another thought. If you really need filtered water then I think there are other options that are cheaper in the long run.
So, nothing all too negative about this coffee maker. It looks great (I got the silver coffee holder model #441) and does a very good job. |
Works Great ~ IS great
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| Review Date: October 29, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Charles Martin, LA LA LAND |
I read a few of the reviews here and still bought this item a few months back. It replaced a very finicky Grind N Brew from Cuisinart that choked and spurted and hated my water.
Anyway, this coffee maker is superb. Don't worry about ratings of plastic body -- they spent the money on the pump -- the most vital part of the machine. The other worry about it pumping coffee all over your counter is a bit accurate. I have done the "capresso jiggle" every morning since it flooded my counter and have had no worries. Capresso DOES need to fix the issue where if you dont have the top of the caraffe just so right under the filter drop that it will back up and flood your kitchen. YUCK.
But once that is worked out in your routine, i highly recommend this item. In fact, i'd say it blows the competition away.
The coffee stays hot for hours. The machine can work through all 10 cups of coffee at just under 2 minutes. FAST. The pumping and gurgling that is usually louder in a cheaper Krups or Mr. Coffee is a bit quieter here. You want it to do something to the coffee so don't expect a church mouse. It looks great. It IS great! |
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