Krups XP2010 Espresso Machine & Coffee Maker

Pros: Solid build - looks good - makes great espresso & coffee
Cons: Coffee carafe is poorly designed. Slow Coffee section.

After my last coffee machine I spent a lot of time checking out coffee makers. I had it narrowed it down to two systems and this Krups was one of the two. My wife, tired of my procrastination & indecision bought the Krups for me for Christmas. ...

Pros: Decent combo machine, relatively decent price. Brews in acceptable time & Easy to use.
Cons: Glass carafe is extremely fragile & difficult to locate replacements. No timer/brew-set function for coffee.

I received this machine as a gift to replace a small, low-cost 10-bar pump espresso machine. Although I would not consider the XP2010 to be "top of the line" espresso machine, it does brew coffee & make a decent espresso. As far as coffee pot/carafe - - ...

Pros: Quick espresso
Cons: Extremely slow coffee maker!!!

I bought this machine thinking that for this amount of money it would be a much higher quality machine. WRONG! It doesn't even come with an espresso carafe! On our former DeLonghi machine, you could make 8 ozs. (2 "espresso" cups) at one time. On the Krups, you can only make max. 4 ozs. (1 espresso cup) at a time before you must empty the grounds for next cup. It is a bit of work for several cups. The REAL annoyance for the Krups is that it takes a full 30 MINUTES (I timed it!) to make a full 10 cup pot of coffee. In that amount of time, I could have driven to a coffee shop! This is totally unacceptable. Though this machine looks nice, it isn't worth the price they charge.

Pros: Cheap when buying at Costco
Cons: Stopped working after 8 weeks

We thought that we were getting a great deal....bought this at Costco for $39.00. Problem was the unit only worked for 8 weeks before blowing up! Now I can't find a way to get my money back. Not sure if Costco will take it back at this point.

Pros: Great espresso while it lasted.
Cons: It didn't last long before needing parts that aren't available.

The plastic parts break...that's a reality. Unfortunately, Krups and the vendors it refers you to don't carry a sufficient range of repair parts...so, very quickly it becomes an irreparable piece of junk. This is not a responsive company, they refer you to vendors that simply don't have the parts, as nice as the initial product might seem.

Pros: Looks good in my kitchen saves space feels solid works great; reliable so far
Cons: No reliability history yet. Doesn't come with espresso/frother carafe Considerable moisture from thermoblock flush

I almost didn't buy this maker because I so many poor reviews, until I realized they were all by the same person. So far, I LOVE THIS MACHINE!

I don't know what the other guys problem was, but my machine brews 10 cups of coffee in under 10 minutes. The espressos are great with a good head of crema. The frother works great; it seems to peter out of steam maybe a little sooner than I would like, but I am generally trying to froth for multiple cups.

Overall, it seems to be working great, although I have only had it for a week. I will definately repost if I have any reliability issues. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of reliability information on this model since it is so new, but I at least wanted to counter some of the more negative reports, since the machine seems to be getting a bad rap coming out the door. Overall, I am very pleased with this machine.