Farberware FCP512S 12-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: easy to set and use.
Cons: Coffee is not HOT! Does not make or keep coffee hot.

Made good coffee at first - now the coffee is only luke warm when perking cycle is complete. Does not keep coffee hot.

Pros: *Excellent* coffee. No plastic! No aluminum!
Cons: Display could be better. Pot a bit heavy. Both very minor complaints.

We purchased this percolator after trying 3 brands of drip coffeemakers. We checked with the mfr and the entire pot is stainless steel, with no aluminum or plastic. This percolator makes the best coffee I've had at home in many, many years.

Stay away from the cheap plastics and go back to what coffee is supposed to taste like! This percolator makes coffee faster than any drip machine we've ever had, and it's quieter, too. It has a much smaller footprint and looks good on the counter.

I wish I'd been using percolators all along. How did we all get so Madison-Avenue-brainwashed into thinking drip machines were better?

Run, don't walk, to your nearest store and get this one. I can't recommend it highly enough.

The only cons are that the buttons for the timer and clock are small and the screen is hard to see if you're at all bleary-eyed in the morning. The pot is a bit heavy, but it's worth it for the phenomenal coffee.

Farberware customer service was very quick in responding to our questions about this product and gave us prompt, accurate information.

Pros: good coffee
Cons: breaks

loved the coffee but I bought one and it broke in 1 year. Bought a second and that one broke in a few months (wouldnt stay hot) also the knob on top broke. I now use a plug in timer connected to a non-programable pot.

Pros: Hot coffee. Fast brewing. Programmable feature a plus.
Cons: NO "ON" INDICATOR LIGHT - POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD.

Nice looking percolator. I am using Maxwell House Original in the blue can and have no grinds in our cups of coffee. I do find however, a little fine sediment on the bottom of the pot when cleaning. I do not use filters.
Coffee perks at 1 cup per minute.
Coffee tastes great if you're making 12 cups or just 2.
No problem with timer when used.
Coffee maker needs an "ON" indicator light.
My husband picked up the coffee maker not realizing it contained a freshly brewed pot of coffee. The pot and coffee are extremely hot.
The omission of this feature is a terrible safety hazard.

Pros: Looks good and works great for a short time.
Cons: Both coffee pots died in about one year from purchase. Customer service is non-existent.

We purchased this product as well as another one as a gift.
The Farberware name was a big buying point for us. It used to mean quality. Both coffee pots quit within a year.
The base whistles when it is plugged in. Customer service
is non-existent. The Farberware name is no longer popular
with us when buying appliances.

Pros: Reasonably good coffee (although a filter is necessary)
Cons: Cracked buttons, broken plastic knob, hard to read display.

Wanting a programmable percolator, I decided on this model. It makes reasonably good coffee but does require a filter--otherwise you get grounds in your teeth. Ugh!
As others have mentioned, the buttons cracked in just a few months. Recently the plastic knob on top broke (just out of warranty, of course) and I agree with another reviewer that it definitely needs to be glass, not plastic.
My other criticism involves the hard-to-read display.
Overall, the percolator is a big (and expensive) disappointment and I don't recommend it. My last one lasted nearly 30 years, this one broke in just over a year.