Hamilton Beach 14 Cup Easy Measure Programmable Coffee Maker

I don't always do reviews, but this maker deserves one. I'm an avid coffee drinker. I just bought a high priced coffee pot from Best Buy and within 1 month it stopped working properly. Luckily Amazon shipped this one quickly. I wasn't super impressed after unboxing this one, but after using it, it's definitely the best coffee pot I've owned in 40 years. I was determined to get one with a built in filter. This has a small light illuminating the filter reservoir & for some reason the design makes it super easy to dump the coffee grains and clean. Love that. Also, I wasn't sure about the detachable water reservoir, but it's a spectacular idea. I use filtered water and it's so much easier to pour into the reservoir than any coffee maker I've owned. Great idea. Another thing I noticed is the pause function that allows you to steal a cup of coffee while it's operating is superior to any pot I've ever owned. It doesn't drip one drop on the hot plate. And I mean not one tiny drop. The hot plate was always ruined quickly on previous ones, because the pause didn't work well. I'm impressed. I also love that it produces coffee quickly! Once I prompt it to percolate, I need that first cup fast. I'm not a morning person and I need my first cup right now. This makes 10-12 cups pronto. Oh, and the glass carafe pour spout is designed perfectly. Others I've seen don't pour right, and this one is designed so it doesn't drip on the counter. This maker is the easiest to clean out of dozens I've owned. I'm super pleased with my purchase and I paid a minimal amount for a 3 year warranty. Thank you for finally making a coffee maker that is a pleasure to use instead of a pain.

This is one well designed unit. Nice looking. Squared form factor makes it look less old fashioned more “tech-y”,large amount of coffee, easy to program, easy to fill/empty filter, easy to fill & attach water reservoir (only have to lift it less than 1” to attach). A PERFECT NO DRIP LID on the pot. Great filter-very little “crud” on bottom when pouring last cup. Long “warming” time-up to 4 hours. Three brew strengths. Only cons are: reservoir on back, BUT keeping the unit on a small tray allows me to slide the unit out and access the reservoir very easily. DO NOT use the guides on the filter for the amt of coffee to use. You’ll be up for a week! Love the 14cup size but a full pot is kind of heavy to lift. All said it’s still a full 5 star unit.

UPDATE! LIKELY USER ERROR. I thought it was only fair I come back & update this review. I'll leave my previous review below so anyone else with the issues can reference & hopefully correct. We were experiencing the exact same issues as many other reviewers. Couldn't find any fix/solution anywhere. Checked online. Checked youtube. Nothing. Maker was shutting off around 12 cups, leaving 2 cups in the water resevoir. The warmer tray was also shutting off in a very short time. By the second cup of coffee it was already off & getting cold. I can't say for sure but I think I had somehow activated the "timed brew" setting. The buttons on this coffee maker are not really buttons but are just like your cell phone. Touch sensitive. They are very sensitive and are close together so it's easy to mistakenly hit one. We do not use the pre program brew feature so it never occurred to me. SO HERE'S HOW I FIXED IT: 1. Unplug it for about 15 minutes. 2. Carefully reprogram the time of day. 3. Program your flavor ( classic, bold, etc.) 4. Set the heat pad temperature ( low, medium or high) easy. 5. Lastly, set the "how long to stay warm" time. ( Up to 4 hours just hold the button it jumps in 10 min increments) THAT'S IT! TAKE CARE NOT TO ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUTTONS. ITS SO EASY TO DO. We prepare our coffee maker before we go to bed. When I wake up I simply touch the power button and it brews the entire 14 cups and keeps the coffee hot. I have our warmer set to 4 hours because I get up so much earlier than everyone else. I have the heat pad set to high. I checked the coffee temperature after 1.5 hours & it was 175°. I hope this helps someone out & you don't throw out your coffee maker like I almost did. I only rated this 4 stars because it's so persnickety. Definitely a learning curve involved. I do love it. Great water resevoir. Great coffee basket. Keeps coffee hot up to 4 hours. Brews 14 cups. No pouring water under cabinets ( reservoir lifts off only requires 1 inch of lift) PREVIOUS REVIEW. Beware! If you ignore this CONSISTENT WARNING you'll be throwing this in the trash. If you're looking for a defective coffee maker, you've found it. I would recommend you to ask yourself " how much time do we have to spend trying to contact customer service". This is a defective piece of junk. It will work just long enough to get you past the warranty period. HOW DOES AMAZON MANAGE TO HIDE THESE HORRIBLE NEGATIVE REVIEWS?

I owned this coffee maker for three months. It worked fine. Brewed nice hot coffee and stayed warm. Then it stopped brewing hot anything. The plate would get warm and that was all. The display went blank and now it doesn't do anything but take up cabinet space.

Love this. Easy to use and makes delicious coffee.

Muy rápida y eficiente hasta el momento todo perfecto

I bought because the Hamilton Beach heating plates usually stay looking new, compared to other brands. No aftermarket carafes can be found and the filter pouches are hard to get. I do like the removable water reservoir. Unfortunately, the heating plate surface started degrading immediately, more like the brands I was avoiding.

Exelente cafetera muy linda muy fácil de operar y buenísima en sus funciones solo que ya me empezó a fallar ala fecha de hoy es una lastima me encanta