On 6/24/14, 12:51 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/24/14, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:52:57 AM UTC-4, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.

--

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".

Thomas Jefferson

The weak link on the Keurig machines seems to be the fill pump. My
first one lasted about 11 months before it became terminal. They
replaced it under warranty, and this one is now nearly two years old.
It gets used only on the weekends, as we have a drip pot upstairs we use
while getting ready for work during the week. The Keurig only gets RO
filtered water, so it's not a water contamination problem in my case.

When this one goes I'll probably investigate other compatible brands. I
really like some of the coffees and the fresh taste of the K-cups.
Sumatran Reserve and Mahogany are two of my favorites.



We like the k-cups, but not the keurig-branded machines. There are other
brands of hardware for k-cups that are more reliable.

Apparently H*a*r*r*o*l*d the A*S*S*H*O*L*E (FlaJim) is working OT here
trying to stir things up. Poor little feeb...


Damn landfill filling coffee dispenser! What a non green device. Hell, my
Cruisinart insulated coffee carafe maker, will make a 4 cup pot, for less
price than one K-cup, without a disposable plastic package.



And, as usual, you're wrong, Bilious. I use a reusable stainless steel
"k-cup" which I fill with my favorite at the moment brand of coffee from
a can, typically plain old Maxwell House and sometimes a "New Orleans"
blend.

Crawl back into your right-wing cave where you can mingle with your
fellow antidiluvians.

--
If right-wing assholes could fly,
rec.boats would be an airport!

On 6/24/14, 12:55 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:20:50 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 6/24/14, 12:14 PM, wrote:


I drink more coffee than that.
I have had an assortment of full sized drip machines. They are all
about the same IMHO. In a pinch I have just used a strainer with the
paper filter and slowly poured hot water through it. Same stuff comes
out.



I drink two cups of coffee a day, usually, and never more than three.


Must be a Navy/CG/IBM thing.I drink about a quart of coffee a day but
I make it fairly weak by JPS standards. If I get a designer coffee I
want half a cup and fill it up with water.
I used to like 7-11 coffee before they tried to be Starbucks.


The "Starbucks" sort of coffee is too strong for my taste. If I am
driving somewhere, I get coffee at WAWA. It has a few exotic coffees but
also has the plain coffee we non-snob traditionalists like.
There's one remaining 7-11 nearby, which I frequent only when there's a
$500 billion lotto ticket to buy. WAWA has hit 7-11 hard.


--
If right-wing assholes could fly,
rec.boats would be an airport!

On 6/24/2014 12:33 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:24:51 PM UTC-4, KC wrote:
On 6/24/2014 10:31 AM, wrote:

On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:52:57 AM UTC-4, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of

complaints, on the internet, about them.



--



"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the

government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of

taking care of them".



Thomas Jefferson



The weak link on the Keurig machines seems to be the fill pump. My first one lasted about 11 months before it became terminal. They replaced it under warranty, and this one is now nearly two years old. It gets used only on the weekends, as we have a drip pot upstairs we use while getting ready for work during the week. The Keurig only gets RO filtered water, so it's not a water contamination problem in my case.



When this one goes I'll probably investigate other compatible brands. I really like some of the coffees and the fresh taste of the K-cups. Sumatran Reserve and Mahogany are two of my favorites.





We went through several Keurig machines, all failed way too early.

Warrantee doesn't mean **** on a Sunday Morning...



We use the Bunn single cup maker, it's built just as well as out Bunn

Coffee maker...

It's not our only coffee maker, so an outage would be a slight inconvienence.

The Bunn we have has had it's own issue. There's a rubber gasket in the top well that dries out and cracks, causing water leaks when filling. Already replaced it once.


Yeah, used to be you could get them with the industrial innards, all
stainless but they cheaped out over the years...

On 6/24/14, 1:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:06:48 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Must be a Navy/CG/IBM thing.I drink about a quart of coffee a day but
I make it fairly weak by JPS standards. If I get a designer coffee I
want half a cup and fill it up with water.
I used to like 7-11 coffee before they tried to be Starbucks.


The "Starbucks" sort of coffee is too strong for my taste. If I am
driving somewhere, I get coffee at WAWA. It has a few exotic coffees but
also has the plain coffee we non-snob traditionalists like.
There's one remaining 7-11 nearby, which I frequent only when there's a
$500 billion lotto ticket to buy. WAWA has hit 7-11 hard.


We don't have WaWa down in Ft Myers. It is 7-11 and Circle K mostly



I know there are a few in Orlando. Didn't see any around Ft. Lauderdale
or Miami earlier this year. Not familiar with Circle K.

--
If right-wing assholes could fly,
rec.boats would be an airport!

On 6/24/2014 9:52 AM, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.


Apparently hit or miss in terms of reliability. Mrs.E. has gone
through two or three machines in the past four years.

I have a basic model in my "man cave" that I use often (meaning five or
six times a day). It's over four years old and works fine. I've done
the vinegar cleaning thing once on it.

One thing I noticed is that it would occasionally not brew the water
through the cup acting as if the pump is bad. Turns out not to be the
case. The small needle that penetrates the top of the cup to inject
water gets plugged from time to time. When that happens cycle the system
without a K-cup in it (runs hot water through it only) and it clears
the needle. Only happens once in a while.

I also discovered that K-Cups vary slightly in size depending on the
manufacturer. There is one brand (forget which) that the cup is
slightly shorter than others and the needle that pokes a hole in the
*bottom* of the cup doesn't always penetrate fully. I got in a habit of
pushing the cups in by hand to ensure the needle penetrates the bottom.

On 6/24/2014 10:42 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/24/14, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:52:57 AM UTC-4, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.

--

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".

Thomas Jefferson

The weak link on the Keurig machines seems to be the fill pump. My
first one lasted about 11 months before it became terminal. They
replaced it under warranty, and this one is now nearly two years old.
It gets used only on the weekends, as we have a drip pot upstairs we
use while getting ready for work during the week. The Keurig only
gets RO filtered water, so it's not a water contamination problem in
my case.

When this one goes I'll probably investigate other compatible brands.
I really like some of the coffees and the fresh taste of the K-cups.
Sumatran Reserve and Mahogany are two of my favorites.



We like the k-cups, but not the keurig-branded machines. There are other
brands of hardware for k-cups that are more reliable.

Apparently H*a*r*r*o*l*d the A*S*S*H*O*L*E (FlaJim) is working OT here
trying to stir things up. Poor little feeb...

Well don't get all stirred up. Tell me what sort of machine you like and
why.

--
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".
Thomas Jefferson

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/24/14, 12:51 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/24/14, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:52:57 AM UTC-4, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.

--

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".

Thomas Jefferson

The weak link on the Keurig machines seems to be the fill pump. My
first one lasted about 11 months before it became terminal. They
replaced it under warranty, and this one is now nearly two years old.
It gets used only on the weekends, as we have a drip pot upstairs we use
while getting ready for work during the week. The Keurig only gets RO
filtered water, so it's not a water contamination problem in my case.

When this one goes I'll probably investigate other compatible brands. I
really like some of the coffees and the fresh taste of the K-cups.
Sumatran Reserve and Mahogany are two of my favorites.



We like the k-cups, but not the keurig-branded machines. There are other
brands of hardware for k-cups that are more reliable.

Apparently H*a*r*r*o*l*d the A*S*S*H*O*L*E (FlaJim) is working OT here
trying to stir things up. Poor little feeb...


Damn landfill filling coffee dispenser! What a non green device. Hell, my
Cruisinart insulated coffee carafe maker, will make a 4 cup pot, for less
price than one K-cup, without a disposable plastic package.



And, as usual, you're wrong, Bilious. I use a reusable stainless steel
"k-cup" which I fill with my favorite at the moment brand of coffee from
a can, typically plain old Maxwell House and sometimes a "New Orleans" blend.

Crawl back into your right-wing cave where you can mingle with your fellow antidiluvians.


Maybe not you, but way to many K cups being used. And sounds more like the
social liberal to complain about excess garbage waste.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:46:53 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

On 6/24/2014 10:42 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/24/14, 10:31 AM, wrote:
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:52:57 AM UTC-4, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.

--

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".

Thomas Jefferson

The weak link on the Keurig machines seems to be the fill pump. My
first one lasted about 11 months before it became terminal. They
replaced it under warranty, and this one is now nearly two years old.
It gets used only on the weekends, as we have a drip pot upstairs we
use while getting ready for work during the week. The Keurig only
gets RO filtered water, so it's not a water contamination problem in
my case.

When this one goes I'll probably investigate other compatible brands.
I really like some of the coffees and the fresh taste of the K-cups.
Sumatran Reserve and Mahogany are two of my favorites.



We like the k-cups, but not the keurig-branded machines. There are other
brands of hardware for k-cups that are more reliable.

Apparently H*a*r*r*o*l*d the A*S*S*H*O*L*E (FlaJim) is working OT here
trying to stir things up. Poor little feeb...

Well don't get all stirred up. Tell me what sort of machine you like and
why.

The Keurig in the house hasn't given a bit of trouble, and it's a year or so old. The one in the RV
is the same model (both purchased at Costco) had some kind of a glitch, but it was covered in the
manual and the suggested steps did the trick.

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:26:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/24/2014 9:52 AM, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:

I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.


Apparently hit or miss in terms of reliability. Mrs.E. has gone
through two or three machines in the past four years.

I have a basic model in my "man cave" that I use often (meaning five or
six times a day). It's over four years old and works fine. I've done
the vinegar cleaning thing once on it.

One thing I noticed is that it would occasionally not brew the water
through the cup acting as if the pump is bad. Turns out not to be the
case. The small needle that penetrates the top of the cup to inject
water gets plugged from time to time. When that happens cycle the system
without a K-cup in it (runs hot water through it only) and it clears
the needle. Only happens once in a while.

I also discovered that K-Cups vary slightly in size depending on the
manufacturer. There is one brand (forget which) that the cup is
slightly shorter than others and the needle that pokes a hole in the
*bottom* of the cup doesn't always penetrate fully. I got in a habit of
pushing the cups in by hand to ensure the needle penetrates the bottom.



====

I guess there is some kind of automated coffee machine movement going
on that I'm not aware of - probably the result of not watching much
television, spending too much time on the boat, and ignoring most
internet commercials. We have been using the same coffee maker for
years. It is cheap, reliable, environmentally friendly, easy to
clean, and last but not least, it makes darn good coffee. It's
called a Melita filter cone. Just put a fresh filter in it, a few
tablespoons of your favorite ground coffee, pour some boiling water,
and it's good to go for pennies a cup. We start the day with a pot of
it and save the leftovers for making iced coffee later in the day.

On 6/24/2014 6:25 PM, BAR wrote:
In article om,
says...

I wonder if Krause still loves his. There seems to be a lot of
complaints, on the internet, about them.

I don't understand the the draw of the Keurig. You buy an expensive
machine and you get to pay $.80 or more for the cups to brew your
coffee. It takes no more than a minute to get the coffee maker setup
each evening and have it on a timer to enable you to wake up to freshly
brewed coffee.



It has advantages. The one I use was $99 and, as I mentioned, it's
over four years old and still works fine. I like it because:

Faster and easier to make that first cup of coffee in the morning.
Faster and easier to have a cup of Joe just about anytime.
No wasted coffee to throw away. Brews a cup at a time.
Each cup is sealed and fresh.
Allows you to experiment with a wide range of different types of coffee.
Makes tea and hot chocolate just as fast and easily.

I had forgotten. I also purchased a commercial type Keurig for the
guitar shop when it opened in 2009. It's still at the shop now, works
fine and is used everyday. The customers like it, (it's free) and one
regular customer drives a delivery truck for WB Mason. He keeps us
supplied with a "lost" case of K-Cups every once in a while.