Comments on: Black & Decker DCM2500B SmartBrew Coffeemaker

By: V. Rickles

V. Rickles — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:31:16 +0000

After reading several reviews of coffeemakers,including Consumer’s Report, I decided on this Black and Decker model. I didn’t want a coffeemaker that was overly expensive or had too many buttons to learn, but I wanted good coffee.

This coffeemaker has been terrific. It quickly delivers a very hot cup of coffee that extracts the flavor from the coffee grounds excellently. Three of us who drink the coffee in the morning are very pleased with the quick timing and the delicious coffee.

The carafe is large enough for many cups, and easy to clean. It does not drip.

This coffeemaker is a winner.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Tribeca 2

Tribeca 2 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:08:20 +0000

I agree with the reviewers who have said "what is the fuss about?". This is a GREAT coffee maker. I have had no problems at all so far and having owned several different brands previously, I would say this one is the best I've owned for being so inexpensive.

The automatic setting is really fantastic as you can set the maker to make coffee whenever you need it to. You don't have to use this feature and if you want to, you can make coffee in the pot even if you have it set on the automatic feature and the automatic settings won't be disturbed.

The coffee stays hot in the pot for a long time and doesn't get any of the overdone or burnt flavor that I've experienced with some other makers.

I haven't had a single problem with drips from the pot and think that it does a really fine job when you pour. I don't know what some people's problem is with this feature. I think maybe it says more about the sloppiness of those pouring than the design of the coffeemaker!

I can't say I've used the interrupt feature because this machine doesn't take long at all to brew a pot and I have not needed to interrupt it in order to grab a quick cup.

I honestly don't know what the negative reviewers were expecting. This is a fine machine that does the job and is a great value for all of its features. It also looks great in the black model and fits very nicely in my stainless kitchen.

I highly recommend this coffeemaker! I am so glad I ignored the negative reviews because this machine works great and was a bargain. Rating: 5 / 5

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:06:51 +0000

I drink lots of coffee in lots of places. I've had the terrible plasticky coffee from the $10 drippers and very fine pressed coffee from the shops.

This is my third Black & Decker (more on that later) and continues to benefit from design upgrades and improvements. I found this dripper to be the top of the line inexpensive coffeemaker. Mine came with the resusable filter, but I find that using the disposable filters (for me) makes a slightly stronger and better coffee.

The program feature was a little counter-intuitive for me, but only took 30 seconds once informed to master. Wake up to my coffeemaker's aroma. Warning: The first time I tried to make coffee, the carafe didn't push the sticking, new drip basket arm in and I had a little overflow. Apparently, it was because the machine was new and it now works flawlessly. But you might want to make sure it drips properly the first time or two you use it.

I mentioned earlier that this is my third machine from this family. It's not Black & Decker's fault that I live in an area with extremely hard, unprocessed well water. All water processing appliances (like my water heater) get clogged up with time, even with proper maintenance. These machines have lasted better than the old, bottom line machines I started out with, and longer than a more expensive one I bought. Rating: 4 / 5