West Bend 58030 12-30 Automatic Party Perk
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of West Bend 58030 12-30 Automatic Party Perk
Customer Review: Works Fine
Summary: 4 Stars
Mine works just fine - I have no complaints, and I recommend it. I do have two things to note, however.
First, the capacity (12-30 cups) is based on the assumption that a cup is 5 ounces in size. That's really small - an official "cup" is 8 ounces, and most people use a 10 ounce coffee mug. So, you should probably think of it as more of an "8-15 cup capacity" machine.
Second, the owner's manual recommends how much ground coffee to use in the pot - these recommendations gave me VERY strong coffee. It may take some experimenting to come up with the right recipe.
Customer Review: Great Coffee Maker
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to use at work and here we are a year later and I couldn't be happier with it. This does take a little elbow grease to get fully clean, but it does get clean. Also, when clean the coffee is hotter and tastes better. I use the stock filter that came with the coffee maker plus the Mr. Coffee filters ( the white ones ) and have never had a problem, and the cleanup is easier, and the coffee tastes the same. I would definately recommend this and Amazon has great service... go ahead and buy one, you won't regret it.Customer Review: Maybe I did something wrong, but...
Summary: 1 Stars
Everyone else seems happy with this thing, but I have been very dissappointed. No matter how I scour and wash the inside of this urn, I am always left with a gritty, oily deposit on the bottom. When I refill the urn with water and heat it (I use it only for hot water, not coffee), I get an oily film on the water. It is unuseable and I will have to replace it. For what it's worth, I do not get these deposits or oily surface on the same tap water when boiled in a regular kettle. Avoid this product!Customer Review: Read carefully- it is made of aluminum
Summary: 2 Stars
It says it right there- polished aluminum. I did not pay attention when I read the description. I purchased if for my office, but several people did not want to drink from it for fear of aluminum poisoning (which is reputed to cause damage to your nervous system). I can't say if this fear is well founded, but I didn't want to drink from it either. Now it just sits there and we purchased a Kurig cup at a time maker that we use daily. (The Kurig gets 5-starts btw.)Customer Review: I use a lot of hot water
Summary: 4 Stars
It has almost become traditional in our family to get me this item, new, for more years than I can remember. It works 24/7 at our house, but at just about 1 year of age, it starts dripping water either around the spout, or actually just dripping. I guess it would be a worn out washer perhaps?
In any case, this years urn didn't make it a year, but fell short by 3 months.
I'm shopping again for another, but can't give 5 stars.. quite.