DeLonghi DC50B 4-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: Good coffee, low price, dishwasher clean-up
Cons: Bad carafe design drips when pouring

The Delonghi DC50B is a good looking coffee maker for a good price. It even makes a good cup of coffee. Unfortunately, it does so while making a mess. My old trusty 4-cup coffee maker finally died. The carafe developed a slowly growing crack, and ...

Pros: Price and Easy to clean
Cons: Design, fit and finish, poor electrical system, and poor results.

Our hapless boss decided that this machine's low price fit his cheapskate requirement and purchased it for our office. It has turned out to be not worth the savings. Design Triumph of awkwardness and poor design over usefulness. In order to pour ...

Pros: Attractive - does what it should do.
Cons: None

I don't know what the other two reviews are describing - they do not sound like the Delonghi Twenty Four Seven four cup coffee maker that I own.  I have no trouble with poring water into the reservoir.  I prefer paper filters or a Swiss Gold permanent filter but the reusable one that comes with it is okay.