Very nice coffee maker, adjustable temperature hot plate. Only improvement would be to make it easier to fill water. With the filter you have to fill from the back right side and the lid of the maker tends to get in the way when pouring.
I bought this for my wife when we got tired of our Keurig leaking, breaking down, costing an arm and a leg, and brewing bad tasting coffee. We also have a percolator coffee pot and to be honest this Cuisinart brews coffee that tastes just as good and is easier to clean. Seriously this is one great brewer! Also we bought the copper color which looks fantastic! You will not be disappointed with this machine!
I went from a single serve because of Cuisinart because of it reputation & owning one before was great. The only problem is a design flaw. After using, & you open the lid the drip shelf on the rear isn’t large enough to hold the condensates water amount to allow it to flow back into the machine through the slit on the back. It then causes water to slide down the back of the machine onto the counter service so the machine sits in some water. I returned my previous machine for this reason thinking it was defective but they both have this flaw. The only othe problem was the chime letting you know of coffee is done can barely be heard. This 2 defects makes another one makes skeptical.
I have had the WORST TIME trying to find the right coffee pot!!! But my search is OVER!!!! I absolutely love my coffee pot.. super warm coffee and works so so so well!!!!! If I could give this 10 stars I totally Would!!! Recommend it to EVERYONE!!!