Anyone else had it with Keurig yet?

[Dave Baird]

Man, loved the initial idea and our first machine lasted for 6 years. Second machine lasted 3 years and the third just bit the dust yesterday after 2 and a half years. I clean them, descale them, you name it. No kids in the house. In my experience, they are getting cheaper in quality each year. We're going back to a whistling tea kettle on the stove. They are great for business settings maybe, but home life? Not worth it IMO. There's a song out there, something like, "Another one bites the dust, and another one...." lol

 

[Sevens]

The first time these hit the market it just kind of seemed to me like a more expensive, annoying way to make coffee. I never wanted to own one.

Friends have them so I've used them many times and it reaffirmed my initial thoughts.

I'm using your basic old school pot, filter and Maxwell House. I'm drinking 8-10 cups daily and enjoying it thoroughly.

 

[lihpster]

I have about 15 different ways to make coffee. One of them is a Keurig type machine, although cheaper. It makes an adequate cup of coffee. It's best used for convenience, not high quality. My machine just keeps chuggin along. The best thing about it is if I don't have to make a full pot if I don't need one. But truly I can do that with my pour over setup. The machine is easier and faster.

 

[Bullet Bob]

When I first saw a Keurig I wondered who would buy such a thing. Mine is now 12 or more years old with no problems.

I like gourmet coffee, but really I just want a drink that's fast, hot and bitter, just like my girlfriends.

 

[twodog max]

We have one and it is gathering dust in the corner while we use the 27 dollar Mr. Coffee. I guess that says it all.

 

[rockquarry]

Truly a gimmick for the gadgeteers.

My wife has been using the same machine for ten or more years and uses it several times a day. I've never used it, have no idea how it works, and can't see what the advantage is over more conventional ways of making coffee. If you're only making one cup , a Mr. Coffee is about as fast.

 

[Baxter6551]

We have had probably 1/2 dozen over the years. Like the OPs experience they last a shorter amount of time each upgrade. I don’t buy / use pods anymore. Currently the latest has the new brewing nozzles (5) so I can’t use my old plastic reusable EZ Cup pod with little paper filters. I use the screen pod contraption it came with buying whole beans and grinding my own. I’m the only coffee drinker and only make 2 cups a day so hopefully this one will last for awhile.

 

[prairieviper]

Love my Keurigs. I have one in the kitchen and one in the office/shop of one of our farm buildings.

 

[venomballistics]

The concept is wonderful. But you're right about the execution.
Great machines at the beginning, then they went to Keurig 2.0, which flopped.
Each coffee pod had an RFID tag. Without this, it would not function. This eliminated non partnered suppliers and all the sensible refillable pods.
You could cut the top off of an official pod, and tape it inside the machine to hack the system however.
The latest angle is multi point injection.
This system doesn't hash with any refillable pod because it injects center and like 3 other points around the top of the pod.
Since the refillable are center only, you are stuck with pre loaded pods. Though it makes a stronger cup of coffee, you cannot avoid the elevated price.

 

[ACORN]

For me I like that it’s convenient and zero waste.
I’m the only coffee drinker at home and I can only drink one cup at a time so time isn’t of paramount importance.
The quality may not be gourmet level but I’ve had much worse.

 

[Venom6]

Keurigs vs. drip kinda reminds me of muzzle-loaders vs. semi-autos.

 

[pharmer]

We have one and it is gathering dust in the corner while we use the 27 dollar Mr. Coffee. I guess that says it all.

We are the same. The 6 y/o Mr Coffee got done one morning a few weeks back. I was able to break out an identical new one and run water 5 times through it before the wife got up. The Keurig is strictly for emergencies although we must have 150 K-cups hanging around searching for something drinkable (WalMart "Donut Shop"). Reminds me, I gotta get another Mr Coffee "for just such an occasion." Joe

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am a long time Keurig fan. When we recently moved Ruthie said the old reliable red Keurig would clash with her new kitchen decor.

On the advice of my youngest and her husband (coffeeholics) We ordered a Farberware.

I like it better.

 

[Dave Baird]

You guys are hilarious! I've really enjoyed all of your posts!!!! I hope those of you that use the Keurig's to keep experiencing great results! Those that use something different, I hope you keep enjoying your choices! Those that initially saw it as a gimmick, I bow to your wisdom!!!! Hahah!!!!

 

[BC38]

Keurig is fine if all you want is one cup of coffee.
I drink coffee all day, starting within 10 minutes of getting out of bed and stopping about 10 minutes before my head hits the pillow.
We just spent 3 days at my sister-in-laws cabin. We made a pot of regular drip every morning and I got a little more than my share of each pot, but since I was the only one of the three of us who is an all-day coffee drinker, once the pot was gone I resorted to the Kuerig by early afternoon each day and drank 2-3 cups of it per day.
I like mine strong and black so the Keurig made a little better cup of coffee than the drip maker, but I would personally never pay the $0.50 - $0.75 per cup for the pods all the time. That would cost me more than $5.00 a day at the rate I drink it.
So it is good when you only want a cup or two - though you can brew a whole pot for the price of just a couple of cups.

 

[ladder13]

Not a coffee snob, Tim Hortons for me. I drink one cup a day, if that.
Food snob yes, much more important.

Her side and His side.

 

[Rich Richardson]

Whole beans, grinder and perc pot.

 

[Maddog 521]

My kids gave me their old one and I gave it back. They then gave me a new one. I used it a few months and gave it back. I am using an old Presto percolator that works very well and makes good coffee. It even kept up with my son, a retire Navy Chief that was home a while back.

 

[jkmo]

So much waste in all the packets

 

[venomballistics]

Keurig is fine if all you want is one cup of coffee.
I drink coffee all day, starting within 10 minutes of getting out of bed and stopping about 10 minutes before my head hits the pillow.
We just spent 3 days at my sister-in-laws cabin. We made a pot of regular drip every morning and I got a little more than my share of each pot, but since I was the only one of the three of us who is an all-day coffee drinker, once the pot was gone I resorted to the Kuerig by early afternoon each day and drank 2-3 cups of it per day.
I like mine strong and black so the Keurig made a little better cup of coffee than the drip maker, but I would personally never pay the $0.50 - $0.75 per cup for the pods all the time. That would cost me more than $5.00 a day at the rate I drink it.
So it is good when you only want a cup or two - though you can brew a whole pot for the price of just a couple of cups.

refillable pods would be your solution .... if you needed one.
If you share a household with multiple avid coffee drinkers. getting screwed out of a hot cup of coffee is a common affair.
The Keurig eliminates this issue.

I'll park this here, just in case it is of benefit.
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