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Question: Why such a difference in experience between 5-star and 1-star reviewers within the same recent time.  Are there two different products being shipped?
Document: Bought this product back in December-ish 2013. It broke down in April 2014, and I had bought a new one. The second one broke down within two weeks, and now I'm going through amazon to get a third product.I'm not sure if I'm getting defective products or it's just the brand, but I wouldn't recommend this to anybody.I'll come back and update the review if my third item works this time, if not, it stays at a one star.
I can put two teaspoons of coffe in and add a cup of water and within 1 minute I got my coffee. Cleans up really easy with the built in filter. This makes a &#34;medium&#34; size cup and is plenty for me. Don't want too much caffeine stimulation. If you need a small jug of coffee to get going in the morning you may want to look at the 5 cups makers!
This product works great, but I don't use it anymore as I upped my morning coffee dosage to 3 cups. I now use a Black and Decker 5 cup brewer where you can set a timer to start brewing while you are sill in bed.I have decided to add the following to all my reviews:Beware! Some &#34;reviewers&#34; will trash a product for no reason simply because they are paid to do so or because they sell competitive products.
This machine is nice and convenient, but not as fast as what I have been used to with those Flavia products in office. To brew a cup, it takes about 5~6 minutes. Counting also the time you prepare for it, the total is about 8 minutes between the time you start and when you  can drink. Another complaint is that the mug smells a strong plastic/rubber smell. Of course it is covered up after you brew one or two cups of coffee :) Overall a great product.
I got one for hubby's desk at work and one for home use. We absolutely love it. Plan to take it on vacations and such due to it's size and the coffee is always good. We use the 1-4 cup pot paper filters due to the one that comes with it is messy to clean out and time consuming but for how we use it we'd rate it a 5 star. We make coffee in it nearly every day I have also made hot chocolate and tea in it as well.
Being the only coffee drinker in my house this one cupper seemed ideal and it was for 1 mo. then it stopped working, dead as a doornail. In my experience Black and Decker products are cheaply made, and priced, and do not last. I expected more than 1 mo.
The mug doesn't fit exactly right on the tray, but I don't use the travel mug anyway, so it didn't matter to me. I see other reviewers were disappointed that the unit stopped working after a few months, and since this is my first time trying this, I can't say yet whether or not I will experience the same problems. Hopefully not, but I will save the box just in case it konks out. I use it about 3 times a week and so far so good.
Come on B&D, make it longer. I've owed a lot of B&D products. It surprised me this stopped working after the first use. I gave it a 3 star rating instead of a 1 star because, once I get a replacement, I think I will like it for the most part. I don't know if all coffeemaker manufacturers are all making their cords this short, but I don't like that short cord.
I generally don't review products, but this time I may have something helpful to say. I use this coffee maker at home with no problems other reviewers have reported.
I bought this product two weeks ago. It's a great idea that they design this for those people who live alone, don't need too much coffee every morning and don't want the coffee maker occupy too much space. Literally brew and go... for a short period of time then it start to malfunction. When the red light's off and water stops dropping down, there's always more than half amount of water left in the machine and the cup is about 1/5 full.
Answer: I bought this in Dec 2010 and I still use it almost everyday now, it is still working like day 1.For the overflow problem, it is simple. Just put less ground coffee in it. I had that problem too when I switched to different brand of coffee because they have different ground size. I have to learn and find out. What I found out is that if it is very fine ground coffee (e.g Lavazza), I put less so it won't overflow. Since it is fine ground, the taste is still pretty strong. If it is coarse ground coffee (e.g. Starbucks), I can put more coffee in it to get a stronger taste. I admit I am not a picky coffee drinker and that's why I am only willing to pay $16.20 for a coffee machine. If I am picky, I won't get this coffee maker.I don't know if the machine stopped working because people wash this coffee maker. Since the electronic is connected to it, I did not wash it very often, only once every 6 months. And I am super careful not getting water to the power switch. Most of the time (or if overflow), I will use paper towel to wipe it.About the shelf life of the product, I can give my 2 cents since I work in R&D; doing product development. Their manufacturing process may not be robust plus their QC could not pick it up that finished goods may not work after 2 weeks. It is a problem that they should fix. But as a consumer, I think by comparing the ratio of 5 star vs. 1 star at the same period of time should give you some idea about how likely you will get a lemon. If a single cup of coffee is what you need and you can only afford <$20, you can't expect too much and I would take the chance. You can buy 6 of these or 1 Keurig. It is also cheaper to put in 2 spoons of ground coffee by yourself than a K cup. You will save more money in the long run.