Hamilton Beach Programmable Drip Coffee Maker, 12 Cups, Front Access Easy Fill, Pause & Serve, 3 Brewing Options, Black (46310)

I would give it 10 stars if I could. Super convenient front water loading and easy to read side water level gage...even without my glasses! Love the swing out grounds basket. So easy to remove the basket, rince and replace. Also, I love the choice of bold or regular brew as we prefer and love the bold brew option. The carafe's no drip lip at the spout catches not only drips, but also any grounds that might escape during brewing. The time and programming are so easy and fast to handle. After my last Mr Coffee, I was going nuts with how laborious and tedious it was to set time or program. 😫 More on my new HB coffeemaker, it's a handsome design esthetically and just the right the right height to fit under my 14" upper cabinet. Last but not least, thank goodness this coffeemaker has no beeping alert when coffee is brewed or when 2 hour auto shutoff occurs!! I cannot say enough about how happy I am with this wonderful coffeemaker. 🤗

This coffee maker is a great choice for coffee lovers seeking convenience and affordability. It's sleek and functional, and looks great on the counter, a bit retro. One of its best features is the programmable timer, which allows you to set the brew time up to 24 hours in advance. Waking up to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee feels like a luxury! I can smell the fresh brew upstairs. The coffee maker also boasts a "pause and serve" function, enabling users to pour a quick cup mid-brew without any spills—perfect for those busy mornings.With a 12-cup capacity, it's ideal for households with multiple coffee drinkers or for hosting guests. The machine also has an automatic shutoff, providing peace of mind for those who might forget to turn it off. I like that feature. And it has a reminder to let you know when to run the cleaning cycle.

I had a quite old Mr. Coffee coffee maker with a square reusable basket that gave me many years of good service. It brewed very good coffee. The square basket, due to being used only serveral thousand times, was wore out and tore at one of the seams. I went to find a new basket for it and they are nowhere to be found. Bummer as that is a really good design. Yes, it is odd, but it brews really well.Anyway I did some research and decided on this coffee maker. The first one I received had something rattling around inside and I didn't want to take a chance and power it up only to find it was a loose screw that shorts out inside and burns down my house. It was quickly replaced with no hassle other than having to take the old one to a drop off point.It works well, but, and has a couple features I like. I like the top lid fill. It is designed well and when filling it doesn't splatter water all over. Whoever designed it figured out the right curves for water to pour and drain into the maker. The brim on the pot is plastic. I like this as I have a tendency to be clumsy and smack the spout on something breaking it off; however, this is a double edge sword. The plastic brim doesn't allow all the liquid to be poured out easily. It wastes a good couple teaspoons of coffee each time. The only way I know how to get those last two teaspoons is to shake the bejesus out of the coffee pot, but that would result in maybe one drop making into the cup and the rest spattered all over the counter.It also wants cleaning all the time. My water is very soft and doesn't build up like most other areas, but the maker only seams to track pots brewed, and not the actual build up in the machine. I am OK with that, but the fix to reset it is to unplug the maker, let it sit about ten minutes and plug it back in. Sounds easy, but then I got to reprogram the clock and make sure to set the maker on "BOLD" as that is the only way to make coffee. It really needs a reset button.Last thing I don't like is the water level is on the left side. The place I have my coffee maker is in an area where the left side is obfuscated. I am not going to change that as it would require a complete redesign of cooking area to include my microwave and other stuff I have near the coffee pot. Would really be nice to have levels on both sides.I have been using it several months and it brews good coffee. I wish somebody would come back with the square basket. That worked so well and brewed really good coffee. :(

The media could not be loaded. We got this coffee maker on Prime Day. It does exactly what we want at a price point that can’t be beat. We had been using a reusable keurig pod and the coffee was okay, but we had to take turns and it took a while. I prefer espresso and my partner likes regular decaf. This Hamilton Beech lets us make a strong half caff and we are both satisfied. We set it up at night to brew at 6:00 am and we are ready to go first thing! It’s perfect. The coffee tastes great, the timer starts the coffee right on time, the buttons were intuitive, and it functions perfectly. It is a little noisy but there is nothing that effects at 6:00 AM.

Love the ability to fill from the front. It has a built-in reminder to clean the unit every 30 cycles. You can choose from regular to bold and also how many cups u want to brew. The only negative thing i can say is the black paint on the heat pad flaked off after 2 or 3 months of use, but doesn't affect the ability to heat up.