lpalter's Full Review: Krups FME4 12-Cup Coffee Maker
When my husband-to-be and I were registering for wedding gifts, one of the most important items was the coffee maker. We had been happy with our Braun for many years, but it was time for a replacement. Since we use Brita water from a pitcher to fill our coffee maker, it was important that the new machine have a water level indicator on the outside of the machine that could be read. You would be surprised how few manufacturers actually include this feature any more (which doesn't make sense considering how many people now use filtered water). (Many machines have the water indicator inside the machine. If your machine is one a counter and you are as short as I am, forget about being able to see inside!) So, we went with the Krups FME4.
The design is nice and the coffee stays hot. Great. But the water level indicator just does not work. It does exactly what the other reviewers describe - just fills with bubbles of useless information. We took the first one back, thinking that it must just be a faulty pot. Nope. The indicator in the new pot worked for even fewer days. This cannot be a major engineering feat to overcome. C'mon Krups!
I would also like to note that the Krups decanter seems to be made of thinner glass than the Braun we last had. I've broken plenty over the years so I know to be careful, but the Krups decanter cracked quite easily when I gently tried to clean it with a plastic kitchen scrub brush.
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