I really like this coffee maker. The convenience of pot or k-cup is great. I would definitely buy this again, BUT….. The things that need improvement. 1) The display being on the top is not preferred. It should be on the front where it is easily seen by everyone. My wife is just a little over 5′ and it can be tough for her to see the display. 2) As several other reviewers noted; the pot “leaks or drips” when pouring. I couldn’t figure this out at first, as it didn’t do it every time I poured a cup of coffee. But, after some investigation, I discovered that there is a plastic “dam” under the lid that has a hole in it to let coffee pour through the spout. That’s fine, but If you tip the pot too much that coffee goes over the top of the “dam” it will then leak around the lid and drip. The solution is that when the pot is more than half full, you must not tip it to the point that coffee runs over the dam and drips. Kureg shoud redesign this portion of the pot so that there is a much larger “dam” under the lit to prevent this. I realize that if the “dam” is too high it would interfere with the brew drip hole in the lid, however, it could be much higher without interfering. 3) It’s great that there is only one reservoir for both the pot and k-cup BUT its only big enough for one pot of coffee. So, if you’re like me, I set up the machine the night before to brew a full pot, the problem is that if you decide to have a k-cup or two after the pot timer is set up, there won’t be enough water left in the reservoir to make a full pot. So, I must often re-fill the reservoir before going to bed. Kureg shoud have made the reservoir at least 50% larger to allow for making k-cups while still allowing enough water to remain for brewing a full pot. 4) I realize that Kureg placed the reservoir at the back to keep the overall footprint of the machine compact but this requires pulling the machine out from under the overhead cabinets in order to remove the reservoir or fill it with water. I suppose that if you could place it in a spot where there were no overhead cabinets, it wouldn’t be that much of an inconvenience, but my guess is that 90% or more of customers will place this in a spot that requires the entire machine be moved in order to access the reservoir. 5) Programing the pot brew isn’t really that intuitive, it takes a few times doing it before it becomes second nature. I think that Kureg could have made a better user interface for the settings features. OVERALL, I’m happy with this purchase.
