My Mr. Coffee cost me $11.88 at Walmart. The only switch / button it has is for "OFF" and "ON". It's going on 5 years old. When it finally takes a dump, I have another "in stock", and ready to go. That one I got for $10.49 on a end cap sale.
Before that I paid almost $150.00 for a Cuisinart. The front panel looked like the controller for a 5 axis CNC machine. It lasted a total of 4 months before the steam from the brewing process screwed up the thing to the point it wouldn't work.
I'm seeing that in the majority of the newer ones, they finally figured out that hot steam and electronics don't mix.
I see the price has gone up.
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Since I am the only person in my household that drinks coffee, I use pods.
The $11.88 Mr. Coffee obviously doesn't take those.
However, while I was waiting the 2 weeks for Cuisinart/Conair to honor the warranty on my machine, I still wanted coffee.
So, I dropped $19.88 at the World of Wally for some store brand, no name pod machine.
It was turdtastic. Happy to have a new replacement for my machine back on my counter.
I have very few vices. A decent coffee machine is one of mine.
Next time Macy's runs them for about $100. I'll pick up a spare, since my warranty ends in April.