Been using for two weeks and just love it. Carafe does not drip when pouring like other past versions. Coffee from both the single cup and carafe come out hot and as strong as you want it. Single cup brews in less than 2 minutes and has multiple sizes from 4 oz to 12 oz. Very happy overall!

I'm giving this coffee maker two stars because I do like it's functionality and it does a good job at brewing with the wedge shaped basket, better than the flat ones. But the reason my review is negative is because I'm reviewing a replacement unit after the original failed in less than six months. I've had cheap coffee makers that lasted so long they got grimy or I wanted a fancier model, I just tossed them. But the carafe heater / water boiler NEVER failed, and this one failed in less than six months. For a unit at this price point that is unacceptable.

We bought the Coffee Center 2-in-1 Coffeemaker after a recent visit to my sisters home. I told her that we just had to finally replace our old Cuisinart 12 cup programable coffee maker after it developed an internal leak after many years of service. We purchased a new Cuisinart 12 cup "stainless steel" programable coffee maker and were soon disappointed with the machine. First of all unlike our old machine it was almost entirely made of plastic and felt like it was low quality. Additionally the carafe did not pour correctly and often we would end up with water (while filling) or coffee (while pouring) if it poured too fast on the counter top. Liquid would spill over the sides of the spout. Within a couple of months we decided to replace the new 12 cup with the 2-in-1 machine. We have been presently surprised and enjoy programing as well as the K cup feature. Cuisinart has been redeemed in my opinion. Now I just need to decide what to do with the "new" 12-cup machine that caused much disappointment!

Very poor construction of the pod portion of this machine. Every second or third pod will rip open a spew coffee grounds everywhere. And I’ve spent over two hours trying to clean the residual grounds out. I think maybe the water is under too much pressure. The carafe portion works well except it doesn’t pause very well when the carafe is removed. Excellent warming plate.

I purchased two of these coffee makers within two weeks. I was so excited because it had everything I wanted. On the third use, the hot plate began smoking very badly. It filled my kitchen. I reported it and returned it. After ordering a second one, the single pod button wouldn’t even turn on. I was extremely disappointed because all Cuisinart products I have are great.

Got off to a bad start but now I love it. It seems folks have had an issue with the single serve side not working. No POD light when the POD button pressed. A google search showed a quick fix. I interpreted this problem as a sticky pod sensor switch right under the pod lid. I had that problem right out of the box. Did the 'fix' and all was good. It did it a day later and I did the 'fix' again. Since tht it's been working fine great.

Great looking coffee center but the set up was difficult. The pod feature wouldn’t work. After reading several negative reviews and watching a you tube video which described how other users got it to work, we were able to get it functioning. The rubber cover over the switch in the pod section was stuck preventing from brewing. Way to complicated and and apparently a common problem.

Disappointed and would not buy again. I had a 10-year-old Cuisinart k-cup machine with a function screen. Loved it and was still working. Pros about this machine, looks good. Cons, k-cup does create a hot coffee (previous machine I could set temperature), small water tank, but most frustrating is no real function screen, and the buttons are not back lit. Very hard to see. Also, the know is strange as lettering is for selections are circular, so you have to spin your head to read while using. Weird. I will purchase another machine at some point. Unrelated to this machine I also have owned a Cuisinart Capuchino machine for many years which I like very much.

So far, very satisfied with this coffee maker. Of course, time will how long it will last, but we had the previous k-cup/12 cup Cuisinart and it’s still works great. We wanted this new design, so we bought it and put the previous one aside as a spare.

I received my first coffee center at Christmas. It sounded like a freight train when brewing and woke us up when set for auto brew. The single serve sounded the same and pods exploded. I received my replacement and once again the machine is extremely noisy when brewing to the point it is my alarm clock in the morning when using auto brew. I want to like this coffee maker because it makes hot coffee but it is so loud. Also even though you fill the reservoir with based on the markings I never get that amount. I feel like returning it for the second time.