I purchased this from Amazon about 1 year ago. I payed a lot more for it too. For 60 its a pretty good coffee maker. If you are looking for a premium "pour over style" automatic, THIS IS NOT IT. If you are looking for a nice looking normal brewer, that makes coffee a slight step above a Mr. coffee; Sure, go with this. There are so many design decisions on this thing that are just BAD. The carafe has to be the worst insulated carafe ive ever witnessed. Coffee will be noticeable cooler within 30 minutes so DO NOT store the coffee in here. Even if you prime with hot water before you brew. Its an awful carafe. You must have the lid installed to pour from the carafe. You must run vinegar through more than any other coffee maker ive owned (once a month), or it will shoot out crazy amounts of dry steam. The 30 second off-gassing mode is inconsistent and just ok. I use it, but I need to spin the filter to make sure all of the grounds are soaked. I feel like i'm just making a pour over at this point.
Listen its not the best by far. But for 60 id say it can make good coffee fairly consistently. This was among the first brewers that attempted to simulate a pour over. There are far better ones out there now. This style has improved.
SamweissDo you have hard water? It's quite unusual to need to descale that frequently unless your water has issues. The machine isn't really at fault for this, it's the mineral content that causes problems, so you'll want to switch to softened water or make your own water for coffee brewing to resolve any scaling issues.
steverhinehartI have the larger - used it for more than a year and never needed descaling. Moved to a home with hard water, and only need to descale every few months. One pot daily use.
Listen its not the best by far. But for 60 id say it can make good coffee fairly consistently. This was among the first brewers that attempted to simulate a pour over. There are far better ones out there now. This style has improved.