Junk
Pros:
It looks nice.
The hot water spigot is a nice feature.
Cons:
It's a piece of junk.
The water is not hot enough.
The Bottom Line:
Don't buy this unless you're a desperate housewife needing an excuse to visit the appliance repair man.
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Author's Review
In 1977, when my wife and I got married, we got a Bunn coffee maker for a wedding present. We replaced it in 1987 when we moved to a new house - it still worked, but looked grungy. In 1997, we replaced the that Bunn with a new one - the lime in our well-water had taken a toll on the heating element. In 2007, we needed a new coffee maker again, so I bought one of these Waring Pro pieces of junk. I've been married for 30 years. In that time, we've had six coffee makers - three Bunn's that lasted 10 years apiece and three of the these Waring Pro pots that seem to last about a month before they break. Don't be deceived by the way they look - they are not industrial strength.
About six weeks after we purchased the first Waring Pro coffee pot, it stopped working. It had an internal short that caused the Ground Fault breaker in our kitchen to trip whenever it was plugged in. Think about that - A coffee pot with a metal cover, filled with water and a short circuit. Without a ground fault breaker, it's an electrocution waiting to happen.
Unfortunately, we had purchased this at Fry's, so it couldn't be returned after 30 days. So I took it to a repair center, and they got it exchanged for a new pot.
The new pot arrived. It has a light that is supposed to tell you when you need to add water to bring the resevoir to full. A week after we got the replacement pot, the "add water" light came on, and would not go off, even when the resevoir was completely full. The first one started doing this just before it shorted out, so back to the repair shop, back home with a new coffeemaker. If I could get my money back, I would.
