bit-tech Shopping: Braun KFK12FL 12-Cup Replacement Carafe for KF157/180/187

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2 Years

Strengths: Strong,does what it should, washable, holds alot of coffee

Weaknesses: Is still a glass pot.

Summary: This does every thing you could expect. It holds up to most normal drops and bangs even though it is still glass. Holds a sizeable amount of coffee and can be wash in the dishwasher. While as a coffee pot it is nothing special in life, this product still does a great job.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Days

Strengths: Easy to clean. Pours great. Large 12- cup capacity.

Weaknesses: Cracks easily. Very fragile.

Summary: Great carafe. Easy to use. Light weight. Doesn't drip when pouring. This is the third replacement carafe we have had to purchase. Must be extremely careful when washing because the thin glass cracks if it taps the side of the sink. Would give 5 star rating if it didn't break so easily.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Days

Strengths: Perfect replacement for the Braun 12-cup flavorselect coffee maker.

Weaknesses: The glass on this carafe is very thin.

Summary: I purchased this carafe when our original carafe got a crack in it. Since we have had the original coffee maker for over 8 years, we considered purchasing a new coffee maker. But since the replacement carafe was only $12, it was much less expensive to purchase the replacement carafe than to get a new coffee maker. The glass is thin on this carafe, just like the original, but since the original lasted us 8 years, it does not seem to be a problem.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 1 Days

Strengths: Light weight, good price.

Weaknesses: A little bit fragile and easy to be broken, and the handle is not fasten enough.

Summary: This coffee pot is very easy to use, but I need to be very careful when I clean it every time. Because the glass is very thin and kind of fragile. I ordered this from drugstore.com because I broke up mine. The delivery is very fast, it took only no more than a week for me to get my order. And the package is very secure for such a glassware. They used air bags to secure the box. After all, I love this coffee maker and it brews great taste coffee.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Weeks

Strengths: Conical shape slightly stronger, and less coffee surface area in the pot. Pyrex or whatever is very easy to clean.A little cheaper than the cylindrical aromaster pots.

Weaknesses: Still pyrex (or something like it)

Summary: Oh I love coffee, and I love my braun coffee maker. I wish the carafes weren't quite so fragile. The conical shape is a bit stonger than the cylinder aromaster carafes. The origonal lasted a few years. (I had a nice stainless steel replacement for the aromaster, but it didn't clean up as well as the glass ones.) So it's part of the cost of making coffee.