Kitchen & Housewares : Cuisinart DCC-1200 12-Cup Brew Central Coffeemaker

Rating: - Cuisinart DCC-1200
This coffee maker I've had for over 1 and a half years is definitely proven to be an excellent one. So much so, that I also bought the same one for my parents, who are coffee fanatics.

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Rating: - It lasted a year.
I bought this for my daughter as a thank you for taking such good care of me following a surgery, and it died in a year. Way too much money for a year.

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Rating: - Cuisnart Coffeemaker
The Cuisinart coffeemaker is exactly what we wanted. It is used with fresh coffee beans that we grind daily and produces good quality coffee in short order. We had originally intended to get a Mr. Coffee but decided on the Cuisinart because it was better looking. After a month of use, we couldn't be more pleased. Everything works as expected and it is fast.

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Rating: - Fabulous
This machine is amazing. It made me wonder why I settled for average coffee before. Very easy to use. Not sure if the listing states that it comes with a gold filter, but it does. Amazon recommended the addition of a gold filter and now I have two.

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Rating: - Looks great, but not well designed, plus IT LEAKS!
We've had this coffee maker for about 8 months, got it because a) cuisinart has a solid reputation, and b) we wanted a machine with simple, no bell-and-whistles operation. It does look really nice, very functional, but in reality, the filter and the water inlet are way too close together and the top doesn't come off for cleaning, making the whole thing a fairly messy machine. You wind up with coffee grounds all over the place. I can deal with that, but now, over the last week it has developed a serious leak. About half the water comes out the bottom of the machine, burning hot, So if you want 5 cups of coffee, you've got to put in 10 cups of water, and you get five cups of boiling water all over the counter. It's not worth repairing, the repair would be as much as the machine, so I'm tossing it and replacing with another brand of coffee maker (Technivorm Moccamaster) that is more expensive but doesn't sound like it'll have the issues the cuisinart does.