• Reviews around design flaw (1.94 of 5)

    Cuisinart DGB-625BC Grind-and-Brew 12-Cup Automatic Coffeemaker, Brushed Metal

    • Design flaw in carafe lid open/close mechanism prevents coffee from entering carafe thus spilling to counter
    • Two slight design flaws involving the built-in grinder:1
    • Cuisinart was willing to "upgrade" my unit upon RMA, but I soon found that this unit not only had the design flaw, but it also had a carafe lid that after 6 months absolutely would not unscrew
    • Two major design flaws make this maker fail to deliver
    • It could also be a design flaw, I suppose, or perhaps because it's new and efficient, it's producing hot water faster than it can be filtered
    • Trust me, they have NOT fixed this design flaw.
    • What can be worse than a critical design flaw in a premium coffeemaker
    • For a coffeemaker that costs as much as it does, this was not worth the money considering this major design flaw.
    • It is amazing to me that anyone is happy with this coffee maker because of this design flaw.
    • Trust me, they have NOT fixed this design flaw.
    • It is obviously a terrible design flaw.
    • It is a design flaw that I cannot fathom.- Next, the thermal carafe must be pre-warmed in order to deliver a sufficiently hot cup of coffee.
    • Pro:programmablethermal carafeCons:grind and brew design flaw
    • Maybe I received a faulty unit but my guess it is a design flaw
    • Cuisinart needs to figure this design flaw out so completely irritating
    • To have the same problem with 3 different makers tells me that there is a design flaw.
    • I think the errant coffee grounds are a design flaw.
    • I think it's a design flaw
    • The designers of this coffeemaker, in an attempt to keep it compact, have engineered in a critical design flaw
    • It works pretty well actually, but there is a bit of a design flaw.
    • This machine has a pretty serious design flaw
    • It's a design flaw that is kind of a pain.
    • First of all, the cuisines makes a great cup(s) of coffee from preground beans
    • Love i!t!
    • The Cuisinart G and B we had for a few years suddenly stopped working.
    • Wanted to like this very much as it's a cool idea, but instead it was an expensive failed experiment.
    • Bottom line is if you want a reasonably convenient, fresh ground, cup of coffee that will never taste burnt and you are willng to invest 5 minutes in cleanup after each use, the Cuisinart Grind & Brew Thermal is in my opinion as good as it gets at a reasonable price point
    • Works as it should but is a pain in the a$$ to clean
    • The only advantage this coffee maker has over my old $20 machine from Target is the scheduling functionality, which works as it should.
    • Also the plastic grinder cap design makes it a very difficult-to-clean machine.
    • Do not overfill as it will leak from the
    • Please try to make this return authorization as easy as
    • Also it uses the flat cup kind of basket, and coffee doesn't taste nearly as good as when using a cone filter or basket
    • We are not gentle on them, but prefer over the burr grinder as we drink a flavored coffee and it does not clog like the burr did.
    • The carafes cool down the hot coffee as they fill up