How often do you replace your coffee maker?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never had to replace one because of how the coffee tastes. I've replaced them because they no longer brew or the carafe breaks (why is buying a replacement carafe almost as much as a new machine?)

I do cleannit regularly with vinegar. I support problem is because it needs a more thorough cleaning or you need better coffee. But $30-$40 for a machine is really cheap.

+1 but I don’t clean mine with vinegar.

[Anonymous]

Get a Technivorm Moccamaster (preferably with stainless steel insulated carafe). It’s the best drip coffeemaker on the market. Though not inexpensive, it comes with a five year warranty. And even after the warranty expires they will still repair it for $59 or so if you send it back to them. When I sent my out of warranty Moccamaster in for a repair with the fee, they couldn’t fix it and so they just sent me a brand new one.

[Anonymous]

We have had the same Technivorm Moccamaster for 7 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably once a year because the water where we live is very hard so the coffee maker gets deposit build up. I just buy the cheapest Mr. Coffee maker or whatever is on sale. Nothing fancy. I do like my relative's Keurig but I drink enough coffee that I would feel incredibly wasteful using 3-5 pods in one sitting. If I drank one cup in a.m. and called it a day, then a Keurig would be awesome. But I'm not that person.

I AM that person. Love my Keurig.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually at least ten years- we get nicer cuisinarts and they have served us well so far

I think I’ve had two cuisinarts in the past 20 years.

[Anonymous]

I have a deLonghi from 13 years ago that I got as a wedding gift. I will use it til it breaks. My husband got me a random mr coffee a couple years ago for Christmas because I guess he thought why not replace a nice working coffee machine with an inferior one (??) but I agree with you, coffee brewed in it tastes weird and plastic-y. If my deLonghi ever breaks I will either do a French press or a higher end pot- the cheap ones make gross coffee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably once a year because the water where we live is very hard so the coffee maker gets deposit build up. I just buy the cheapest Mr. Coffee maker or whatever is on sale. Nothing fancy. I do like my relative's Keurig but I drink enough coffee that I would feel incredibly wasteful using 3-5 pods in one sitting. If I drank one cup in a.m. and called it a day, then a Keurig would be awesome. But I'm not that person.

Descale your machine or get a water softener

Y'all are SO WASTEFUL. Throwing huge hunks of plastic into the landfill every year. I can't believe it. Use everything- cars, TVs, appliances until they are irreparable. Fix them when broken. Our disposal culture is what is broken.

[Anonymous]

I have a 13 year old cuisinart drip maker. I descale with vinegar every year.

[Anonymous]

We only use Brita water for the coffeemaker bc Fairfax Co water is so hard. Start there Op.

Def affects coffee taste and ginking up the coffee maker.