This is the worst maker I ever had in my life. I bought this two months ago and from the very first day there were issues. The coffee grounds some how kept getting pushed in with the water. It would only brew half a pot and if you wanted a whole pot you had to hold the carafe manually. After about a week the hot water some how caused the carafe to break so I had to purchase another one of these. Then the best part....the coffee some how started coming out from under neath the whole maker itself. This kept happening once the pot brewed about a half of carafe. Finally today I woke up to a maker that was completely fried because this time the coffee got all over the maker and fried the inside. I would have never expected this from Black and Decker. To top it off....I never signed up for the warranty because I thought " ehhhh what could go wrong with a coffee maker". With my next NON Black and Decker pot I will never make that mistake again!