Keurig????

[RickN]

Tell me about Keurig coffee makers please. Anyone own one? Do you like it? Easy to make a cup of tea or coco? I am thinking of buying or trading for one as we have no coffee maker at the moment and do not drink enough for a regular machine. I might want a cup of coffee every month or two as a hold over habit from my construction days. Wife does like hot tea a lot. I figure something like a Keurig or similar would be all we need and with all our daughters stuff we have to sell I should be able to afford or trade for a reasonably priced machine.

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[Aries]

I love mine. I drink about three mugs a day. If it breaks, Imma order another one right away. Splurge a little, I have a Keurig Elite and one thing I really love over the base model is I can turn it on, hit the brew button, and do something else and come back when it's ready. I think with the base model you have to let it heat the element up and then hit the brew button to make your cup. But if you just drink a cup now and then, that's probably not a big deal.

Tons of variety in flavors, teas, cocoa, about anything hot you want to drink. No plans to go back to a drip maker, ever. I make it as I drink it, never have any left over, or have to make another pot.

If money is an object there are off-name machines that are cheaper, but I don't have any experience with them. And a $20 Mr. Coffee and small can of Folgers is probably the least costly route, even with waste.

 

[O4L]

I've been using one of these for a couple of years. Works great. I prefer it to the large Kuireg that was given to me.

$20 at walmart...

Robot or human?

 

[TerryMiller]

Tell me about Keurig coffee makers please. Anyone own one? Do you like it? Easy to make a cup of tea or coco? I am thinking of buying or trading for one as we have no coffee maker at the moment and do not drink enough for a regular machine. I might want a cup of coffee every month or two as a hold over habit from my construction days. Wife does like hot tea a lot. I figure something like a Keurig or similar would be all we need and with all our daughters stuff we have to sell I should be able to afford or trade for a reasonably priced machine.

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Not sure that a Keurig is all that great. We've got a friend that drinks a lot of coffee and he has had to replace two or three of his.

If as you describe is accurate, could you get by with a 4-cup Mr. Coffee coffee maker? Granted, it takes the filters and coffee in a can, but they work pretty well for just heating water for tea as well. If you think something like the Mr. Coffee would work for you, I have one that I could give you.

 

[TedKennedy]

We've got one at work and I love it. I get Sam's club dark roast for 28 bucks per hundred. Good stuff.

 

[Garrett]

I love mine, these days I only have 2 or 3 cups of the life giving bean juice so there no waste with the single cup unit. Wal-Mart sells an entry level one that works just like the more expensive coffee makers.

 

[WoodsCraft]

Great machines I purchased one of the business grade Keurigs from Staples back in 2008 ish and its still working. I can't speak for the home machines but the business grade ones are built like a tank and just work

 

[NationalMatch]

I might want a cup of coffee every month or two as a hold over habit from my construction days.

Dunno 'bout newer, smaller machines, but the larger machines hold water in the reservoir and if people didn't use them regularly? Mold would form.

I have a "larger" machine but I drink several cups of Kcup coffee a day, plus, I use it for instant oatmeal in the morning.

If you only want a cup of coffee every month or so, I'd suggest getting a machine that doesn't keep water that you cannot drain. (If they make such a thing.)

The one I've got stores water (in the heating section) that cannot be drained. It can only be replaced via usage. I can remove the "canteen" portion, but cannot drain the water in the heating reservoir. That's where the mold forms if it isn't recycled regularly.

 

[trekrok]

We've had one for years. It sounds like a foghorn when brewing and pumping water, but it keeps making coffee.

 

[Glock 'em down]

Hell, if a cup or two a month will do ya, just pop on down to your local Casey's or whatever stop-n-rob you prefer, and buy a cup there.