Krups KM1000 10-Cup, Great little coffeemaker
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Great little coffeemaker
Some have commented in their reviews that the coffeepot drips, that the pot itself is difficult to remove and replace into its alcove, or that the coffeemaker spontaneously turns on. I value the consumer reviews posted here and usually heed them, but I loved the look of this coffeemaker so much and could find no other brands to match the styling and features of the KM1000 that I decided to risk it and order. So far, I have experienced none of these problems, and have been very happy with my purchase. The Krups KM1000 is a great little coffeemaker that not only makes a great-tasting, piping hot cup of coffee but looks good while doing it. Programming is easy and the price is right. My only fault with Krups is that not even a sample pack of cone filters was included with the coffeemaker as a courtesy, so be prepared with size 4 cone filters if you want to start brewing out of the box.
Update (5/17/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Krups KM1000 10-Cup Stainless-Steel Coffeemaker Kitchen, was written by MLE956.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: April 6, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
dorel_c
March 7th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Easy to use, good looking, fast and good brew
I owned the Krups KM1000 coffee machine for about one month.
So far so good:
Positive:
- the analog electronic clock. It has a very nice blue light and the “analog” design is beautiful. Nice little blue light in the kitchen during night.
- very easy to set the time and the auto brew:
H and Min buttons set the time on the clock. Push “Prog” button and the light in the ON/OFF button blinks blue showing that if you use H and Min buttons you can set the Auto-start time. After a few seconds it stops blinking and the time is programmed. If you push Auto, the On/Off button lights blue showing that it set to start automatically.
When is brewing the same On/Off button lights RED.
- very large filling mouth on th reservoir. It covers the whole back of the unit basically, so you can fill it using your right or left hand, as you please.
Negatives:
- The carafe lid can not be removed which makes it difficult to put in the dishwasher.
- Sometimes the carafe hangs in the filter support (in fact in the valve which stops the dripping when removing the carafe during the brewing cycle). You have to either move it a little back and try again, or wiggle it a little.
Overall none of the issues are big enough to deserve less than a 5 star when you consider the price also.
Donald J. Gross
March 16th, 2010 at 1:12 am
Good News & “Challenges”
Six months ago, my wife and I were at Macy’s at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California looking to replace our 20 year old Braun coffee maker. Knowing of the Krups reputation and seeing a cool, blue, round, “digitized” analog clock on the demo unit, impulse buying got the better of us. Programming and using the KM-1000 was an intuitively obvious dream. The first pot - and six months of pots - of various Trader Joe’s coffees have been wonderful…after we figured out that to return the carafe to the unit, you have to tilt the carafe backwards slightly to reduce the contact angle of the carafe lid and the filter basket.
But…after about 3 months, what looked like a calcium deposit began to form on the surface of the heating plate. No biggie. However, when it got bigger and bigger, closer examination revealed that the dark brown coating was coming off exposing the base metal underneath. The tech folks at Krups had never had any calls about it nor had the folks at California Electric which is one of the Krups factory authorized service centers. Fortunately, Macy’s has a 180-day return policy so this afternoon it was returned.
Bottom line: Because the KM-1000 makes superb coffee, is a joy to use, and looks good just sitting on the counter top (the water reservoir looks like a translucent, semi-circular fish tank), I only hope that the coating problem was an isolated incident. Although you never see the coating failure unless you remove the carafe, if you’re a perfectionist like me…
UPDATE: The replacement unit is vastly superior! Krups has totally redesigned the carafe. The pouring spout is much larger and now wedge-shaped making the dripping problem when pouring (I didn’t mention that earlier) a thing of the past. Also, either the carafe lid and/or the filter holder has been redesigned such that I no longer have to tilt the carafe to return it to the heading pad. A call to Krups confirmed the redesign. With all new products, employees also test the unit and their comments are noted. However, it’s only when customers call in with the same complaints/observations, that manufacturing changes are made. It looks like Krups actually listens to its customers. I would now give the unit a 5-Star rating.
MLE956
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Great little coffeemaker
Rated 5 stars.
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