This is hands-down the BEST 4-cup coffee-maker I've ever owned - and believe me, I've gone through more than my fair share of them! I can only surmise that most people who've rated it less than 5 stars are not that experienced with such smaller brewers.
The base unit's lid is exceptionally well designed, such that it discourages the consumer from opening it up during the brewing cycle and thus scalding yourself from the hot steam. The carafe's lid is equally well designed... better than any other 4-cup model I've ever owned. Some people have complained that when pouring from it the coffee "dribbles all over the place" but that is because ALL 4-cup coffee-makers' carafe lids are designed to require a slow pour... but this one is better designed than others, actually allowing a slightly FASTER pour without the dribbling.
Although some people have claimed that the stainless steel carafe imparts a "metallic" taste to the coffee, this is simply not true. The *perception* of such a taste is honestly purely "psychological." Nevertheless, everyone's certainly entitled to their own personal preferences so if you really BELIEVE that a stainless steel carafe somehow inexplicably imparts a "metallic" taste to coffee by all means do not purchase this model. But I can assure you it just isn't true, and this stainless steel carafe will never break so you will no longer find yourself having to replace it due to breakage (like everyone who had bought the cheaper "Kitchen Gourmet" brand from Walgreens - before they had to pull them from the market - has had to).
What IS true is that this brewer makes a VERY good cup of coffee. It uses cone-shaped filters, which consistently brew coffee more thoroughly than do flat-bottomed basket filters. And whereas most coffee-makers - even smaller ones such as this one - often tend to deposit their hot water over the grounds in a manner that is uneven and does not thoroughly extract all of the coffee's flavor without having to open up the brewer's lid and redistribute the grounds during mid-cycle, THIS coffee-maker gets it "right" - even when brewing only 2 cups (that's 2 "European"-size cups by the way, not the larger "American" cup size) - so there is NO NEED to redistribute the grounds mid-cycle.
While some buyers have stated that they thought this coffee-maker produces coffee that is not hot enough, upon deeper investigation I've determined that this may *seem* so to them because its 30-minute warming plate auto shutoff feature ACTUALLY WORKS! The fact of the matter is that ALL such coffee-makers supposedly have a 30-minute auto shutoff of their warming plate, but in the cheaper brands/models this feature more often than not DOES NOT WORK - resulting in over-heated coffee evaporating, drying and getting caked onto the inside bottom of the carafe, and potentially causing a fire hazard. The 30-minute auto shutoff on THIS model, however, ACTUALLY WORKS! So people who are not used to this feature actually WORKING will find that 45 mins. to an hour after the brewing is complete the coffee in the carafe is indeed cooler than proper serving temperature. In fact, if you try actually touching the stainless steel carafe within 30 mins. of completion of the brewing cycle you will find that it is VERY hot... the design of the plastic handle will PREVENT you from accidentally burning your knuckles when you go to pick it up and pour the coffee - again, an excellent and well-thought out design.
The instructions that come with this model instruct the user to always use high quality, freshly ground coffee, and encourage you to grind your own in SMALL BATCHES. HEED THIS ADVICE. This coffee-maker does SUCH a good job of extracting the grounds' flavor that it will AMPLIFY any "off" taste of poor beans or stale ground coffee... as any really GOOD coffee-maker will. It comes with the proper-sized ("European," like Gevalia's) coffee measure... USE it; if you use an "American" sized one you will probably wind up with coffee that is too strong.
If you are a true coffee connoisseur, love coffee that is brewed to *true* perfection, and looking for a 4-cup model that for all practical purposes will last virtually forever with minimal care, THIS IS THE ONE TO BUY. Any price under $25-$30 is a good buy; I bought mine from 6th Avenue Electronics via Amazon for $23 with free shipping - an *exceptionally* good price - but 6th Ave is now completely sold out of the model and I suspect that it may be harder and harder to find it as time goes on so if you can get one BUY IT NOW before it's too late; you will NOT regret it. I rate it 5 STARS.
P.S. Like most "4-cup" coffeemakers these days, it ACTUALLY has a 5-cup capacity: If you fill its water tank up to the very bottom edge of its "emergency" water overflow hole in the upper back of the unit - and of course put an additional coffee-measure's worth of coffee in the filter basket - you'll get that fifth cup (which the carafe can accommodate without overflowing once the brew cycle has completed).
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| Model # | DCC-450BK | DCC-1120BK | DCC-3200P1 | DCC-3400P1 | DCC-T20 |
| Carafe | 4-Cup Stainless Steel | 12-Cup Glass | 14-Cup Glass | 12-Cup Thermal | 14-Cup Glass |
| Cup Settings | 1-4 Cups | 1-4 Cups | 1-4 Cups | 1-4 Cups | |
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| Auto-Off | 30-Minute | ✓ | 0-4 Hours | 0-4 Hours | 0-4 Hours |
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| Controls | Push Button | Push Button/Dial | Push Button | Push Button | Touchscreen |
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I love this little coffee maker!
3/2023 - update (see original review below) after seven months, the unit stopped working. I was so bummed because I loved that little coffee maker! I called Cuisinart customer service and they were very responsive and are going to send me a new one, so hopefully all’s well that ends well. I hope the next one lasts longer. Because of the good customer service, I’m still going to give it 4 stars.8/2022 - It’s been along time since I’ve used a coffee maker. I’ve gone through about three averagely priced ones over the years, and I wasn’t satisfied with any, so I went to the single use version. (It’s a plastic cone that you put on top of your cup.) I decided to give coffee makers another try after I had some decent coffee from a small coffee maker at a hotel, and looked at reviews on Amazon and I liked the Cuisinart, especially the stainless steel carafe. Well, it was a good choice! Great coffee, love the little carafe, and the removable Filter basket is extremely easy to remove and put back in. One review that said the top to the carafe is a little difficult to put on, which is tricky, but I’ve got the hang of it now. At the top of the handle, there’s a slight overhang from the top which is where you pull up to take it off. (See photo) To put it back on, you line up the pourer with the front of the top and then push it down. I am very happy with my purchase!!
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