This thermal coffee maker has a major design flaw.

The design flaw is that some more sophisticated brewers have a screen in that area to prevent the nipple from clogging

We bought this model because our Cuisinart coffee-maker with thermal carafe was driving us crazy with its basic design flaw

As others have pointed out, there is one incredible design flaw: The air raid siren that is the finished-brewing alarm is insufferable and what's worse, it cannot be disabled through the controls

It's a design flaw and nothing I can do to fix it.

Considering it's happened four times in a year and never in any previous coffee maker I've had in 15 years, it's definitely a major design flaw.

the leaking issue is both “user error” and Design Flaw

Bottom line: Awesome carafe design isn't enough to overcome the serious design flaws of just about every other aspect of this machine

Adequate coffeemaker but a couple of design flaws make it less usable than others.

These design flaws seem amateurish.

So this is a good coffee pot but has a design flaw.

Here are the negatives:Design flaws everywhere

Worked fairly well for about 10 months, but there seems to be a design flaw with how the water contacts the grounds

There must be a design flaw with the top of the thermos or something internal since we tried to brew without the thermos top on as well

But it has one major design flaw, which is why I am giving the coffee maker two stars

Other than this rather major design flaw, it’s a halfway decent coffee maker.

so I see this as a design flaw.

The hottest I was able to get out of room temperature water (~76°f) was 175°f, well below the billed brewing temperature.

Finally, a full bodied cup of coffee - but - it was older and wasn't keeping the coffee as hot as I liked

I use 35g of whole bean Colombian and grind on the fine setting for 20 secs to make a consistently brewed masterpiece

Stopped working g after 2 days

The hottest I was able to get out of room temperature water (~76°f) was 175°f, well below the billed brewing temperature.

My old Braun poured as fast as if there were no cap, and it kept the coffee as hot amd for as long as this one

I read some of the complaints as well as the many positives before buying and I can say that the complaints are largely 1) user error or 2) impatience

I set mine to brew at 8:45 AM, and by noon my coffee was still as hot as if I had just made it

My last thermal pot I had to turn the lid to get coffee, this one you only have to push down on a lever as you pour, much easier

Love this coffee maker and mine is still working but the rubber seal on the pot is worn out so it is not keeping the coffee as warm as

When it happened to my husband twice yesterday morning, and he said his once enjoyable morning routine had turned into a stressful way to start the day, I picked up a simple no frills coffeepot that hopefully will work as it's supposed to

If you wait too long to due a cleaning your coffee maker will poop out due to hard water deposits build up.

Of note is that the machine will let you know when it is time to clean, and will not make coffee, as far as I can tell, until cleaned.