Black & Decker DCM2160B Black 12-Cup Programmable

Pros: Few if any. When it works it does indeed make coffee, but an iron pot on a wood stove can make coffee too. I wanted a coffee maker to have a pot of coffee ready for me when I woke in the morning. Even when it was "working" it was really a gamble to see if the coffee would be waiting for me or not.

Cons: Carafe drips when trying to fill or pour coffee, like another reviewer said. Why did this need an all new design? The technology of a non drip lip has existed for thousands of years.

There is a replacement carafe that costs almost as much as the coffee maker, and it uses the 20,000 year old technology of a lip that doesn't drip. Hooray! Of course, it is made out of glass so thin that if you look at it cross-eyed it breaks.

Buttons in bad locations. Don't move things on your counter, the buttons are placed so that any bump changes the time. Surprise, now your coffee starts hours earlier than you expected.

Really? Start my coffee at midnight:00 sometimes, just to see if I'm keeping track? The technology of the alarm clock has also been here for a long time. USE IT. Your re-invention of it has gone horribly wrong.

One of two temperature switches opened and I had bypass it. With the timer having a mind of it's own, I couldn't even leave it plugged in overnight anymore.

Other Thoughts: I can not for the life of me imagine what these people were thinking. Doesn't set reasonably, the timer is worse than unreliable, it doesn't pour without dripping, the safety features break, and that is only part of the list.

It's a timer coffee-pot! It should act like one.

Pros: Programable brewing: Set it at night and wake up late

Quick Cleaning

Brews a half way Decent cup of Coffe

Automatic Shut Off: Wont burn your house down

Cons: The problem I have is , the carafe can't pour into a cup without spilling.

Have to make my coffee over the sink every day

Had to give 2 Stars because of this flaw, I wish Black and Decker whould make a new carafe, and recall the other one or sell one that doesnt Spill. Cant just put any one on there because it is designed to lift a spring loaded drain/valve that alow your coffe to drain into the carafe

Other Thoughts: If the Price is right for you and you dont mind making your coffe over the sink, Then Buy it.. But to be honest with you. I have had ones from tag sales that I picked up for a couple bucks that did not have this problem.

My suggestion again to B&D is to discontinue this carafe and make a new one. The Actual Machine works great.