• Reviews around cycle (4.87 of 5)

    Mr. Coffee BVMC-PSTX95 10-Cup Optimal Brew Thermal Coffee Maker, Stainless Steel

    • We have tried to setup timed brews the for the following morning and woken up to the coffee maker running a clean cycle, which is about 45 minutes, wasting our coffee and causing an inconvenience
    • We run the clean cycle and it only stays off until used
    • I appreciate the additional unexpected 'touches' as well~From the "self-cleaning" cycle (a specially-timed process for the vinegar-bath to thoroughly-
    • Yes, I clean out the coffee maker based on its cleaning cycle and have a water purification system built into my home and a special filtering system for drinking and cooking water
    • Have had this for a few months now, enough to go through the first cleaning cycle even
    • Fast brew cycle and puts out a very hot and good cup of coffee.
    • Coffeemaker worked fine until the FORCED cleaning cycle.
    • I buy the bulk vinegar at COSTCO (where I also get my beans) and fill the reservoir and hit the clean cycle with my clean gold filter in as well.
    • There really are no cycle settings to adjust to compensate for this flaw, the programming allows you to set the time, set a brew delay, and run a cleaning cycle, and that's all
    • ,Finally, I love that it has a self cleaning cycle and that it tells you when it thinks you should do this
    • Per other reviews; I took the time to run a few clean cycles (45 minutes per pop) to prevent that unpleasant new coffee maker taste / toxic coffee
    • I've run many cleaning cycles, but nothing gets rid of the plastic taste
    • Half way through the cleaning cycle "as directed", the machine starts with a continues loud beeping that would not stop until I turned the machine off!
    • The clean cycle works excellent
    • The clean cycle works excellent
    • 8 cycles and some descaling solution later and it persisted, the coffee itself tasted like chemicals no matter what
    • Soap and water for removable parts and ran TWO water cycles (one a cleaning cycle
    • but i also ran a cleaning cycle of vinegar prior to using
    • So if you use a fast flowing filter, the charcoal filter has recently been replaced, the grind is coarse, not to much coffee is used and it has recently gone through a clean cycle you can expect it to overflow 5% of the time
    • The clean cycle has to have been cycled (my water is not hard) recently
    • I followed the maintenance procedures as outlined in the manual, i.e. replacing the filter disc monthly and running the cleaning cycle with 6 cups of vinegar after 90 brews
    • Went to run a clean cycle before using
    • When going through the clean cycle, the coffee maker stops everything and emits a continuous tone
    • I would not run the cleaning cycle again, but rather want this unit replaced or repaired.
    • Perhaps this is about 6 months: note that 6 cups of vinegar or whatever the directions state is incorrect - just fill with vinegar all the way up as if brewing a pot then engage the Clean cycle
    • Two (2) cleaning cycles, 6 pots of clear water and 6 pots of undrinkable coffee
    • I also like the cleaning feature... it reminds you when it needs a clean cycle.
    • So now I am at 6 brew cycles, and one clean cycle (45 minutes to clean)
    • It took quite a few water-only cycles and one cleaning cycle before that smell dissipated.
    • We have tried to setup timed brews the for the following morning and woken up to the coffee maker running a clean cycle, which is about 45 minutes, wasting our coffee and causing an inconvenience
    • We have issues with the cleaning light and cycle, but Mr. Coffee sent us a new one
    • After 10" of the clean cycle a loud alarm came on and I had to stop it; it never did complete the cycle
    • I had no plastic taste to coffee - cleaned per instructions and used only one cleaning cycle
    • Despite running the cleaning cycle as instructed in the manual, the clean cycle indicator light has remained on, disallowing normal brewing at times
    • So, I did the clean cycle using vinegar just like the booklet says, including running 2 pots of clear water through
    • I have run 10 cycles and 1 cleaning cycle and my coffee still tastes like plastic
    • After five pots of coffee the “clean” light came on, and no matter how many times I run the clean cycle, with the costly recommended cleaner
    • This coffee maker has a clean function and it will indicate when a cleaning cycle is recommended with an orange backlight on one of the buttons.
    • Occasionally this still does not remove the cleaning cycle indicator light
    • There is a special clean cycle to remove mineral deposits from the maker.
    • I run vinegar through once a month or so and follow through with the cleaning cycle when the machine prompts me to do so, probably about 90 brew cycle or so
    • From this point on, the coffee maker will do nothing else, it won't brew, it won't finish the clean cycle, just emit an annoying tone
    • Even after running multiple cleaning cycles the cleaning indicator is still on and it takes about 15minutes to brew a pot of coffee
    • ran a cleaning cycle, and it was indeed better.
    • Device failed after cycling through the first MANDATORY cleaning cycle.
    • Cannot set time, delay brew or engage the "clean" cycle
    • So take your chances if you like b/c this seems to happen sporadically so maybe you'll get lucky.
    • So take your chances if you like b/c this seems to happen sporadically so maybe you'll get lucky.