The BVMC-SJX33GT 12-Cup Coffeemaker Chrome Review

I've owned various Mr. Coffee coffee makers through the years and never have I had the problems I had with this. Let me start off by saying that I purchased 2 of these. One for coffee & the other for tea. My family drinks a large amount of tea and it's just so much easier to run the water through a coffee pot that will keep the tea water hot for a longer period of time then having use the teapot every time you want a cup.

The pots arrived on Friday (it's Sunday when I'm writing this review & the pots are already boxed for return). I was excited and I unboxed the first pot right away. When I set it up I noticed a funny plastic smell when I opened the unit up to pour in the water. I've had pots with this problem before, so I ran a water/vinegar mixture through the pot twice, dumped that out and then ran two pots of just plain water to get rid of the vinegar taste/smell. I'm sad to say that it did absolutely nothing. The unit still stunk and the water that came out of the pot had a foul disgusting plastic taste to it. Figuring that since I was using a pot for water only the taste would be more prominate, so I redid the vinegar/water mixture three more times (each time using more and more vinegar). Unfortunately, it did nothing to make the taste better. I then switched and tried a water/lemon juice mixture I found after some research on line. Still no change. The unit still reaked and the water tasted foul.

I boxed up that unit and figured, ok, let me try the second unit. That unit was just as bad. It had the same foul odor and funky water taste. (And no, it's got nothing to do with the water as my house water tastes fine & I drink it all the time).

To anyone who chooses to disregard the 1 star reviews (I did the same figuring that the problems the others had were ones that wouldn't really bother me and things I could work around), I implore you, test the pot out with plain water first. Coffee may mask the funky taste, but I can't imagine that anything that would produce a plastic taste like this could be healthy for you in any way shape or form. Have had this pot for over a year now. I like the timer feature--shuts off after 2 hours. Makes good coffee, doesn't burn coffee. No problem filing water reservoir, filter collapsed on me one time but I think that was because the filter was folded to begin with. Carafe doesn't leak if you don't pour too quickly--just like most other coffeemakers i've ever owned and way better than some I've owned. I have the thermal carafe but don't use it.

Only complaint I have is that the heating plate under the coffee carafe is rusting. I clean the pot after each morning's use but don't dry it. There is condensation on the pot sometimes--all normal usage issues. Once the paint wears off the plate, it starts to rust. I wish the plate came in stainless steel or that I could buy a stainless replacement.

5 stars for great coffee maker but one star off for rusting plate Despite a good review from Consumer Reports, I would only give this a fair. Despite doing the recommended cleaning several times, there is still a plastic taste and smell to it. Even going to better coffee and freshly grinding, the coffee taste is just okay and that may be giving it more credit than earned. Keep looking, as I am sure there is something that does better coffee yet is still reasonably priced.

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