BLACK+DECKER 12 Cup Thermal Programmable Coffee Maker with Brew Strength and VORTEX Technology, Black/Steel, CM2046S

We had a Cuisinart Thermal for several years. It made good coffee, but the pot lid continually leaked. It was hard to fill the water because of the strange angle. It was reliable so we put up with it. Well, it bit the dust and we got this one for about $40-50 less than a replacement Cuisinart. We like—the ease in the water fill, the pot doesn’t leak at all and the coffee is fine. The display is very hard to read. They tell you to rinse the pot with hot water before making the coffee, and that does keep it hot longer. However, if you have it set for wake up, obviously you can’t do that. It stays pretty hot. The pot is so much lighter and easier to clean than the Cuisinart. We think this was a very good purchase and would recommend it. We have had it for a couple of weeks, we will see about the durability.

Purchased for my husband for Christmas. We had a prior GE that was seeing its last day! My husband was reheating his coffee on the stove as he did not like the taste change from microwave. This particle model has functioned very well with none of the prior issues noted from other reviews! This model is easy to use with a reservoir that is accessible and easy to fill. My husband is impressed with the water dispersion which is much improved over our old model with a noted improvement in coffee taste! Note: This model has the stainless carafe and you will be satisfied with reasonable expectations if you preheat the carafe he has found the coffee stays brewed hot for 3.5 hours and is still a good temperature at 4+ hours! No, coffee will not be brewed hot all day long! However, you can have the pleasure of drinking hot coffee for 3+ hours retaining maximum flavor without the burnt taste from microwaving or other heating. We use premium beans and with costs increasing it is an economical way to treat those beans the right way for great flavor and readily available hot coffee. While reviewing others reviews I’ll make the note that the carafe holds 2 quarts of water. You do the math that is 8 measured cups. Most cups are larger including ours so we say 6 cups of coffee! Not the size it says - 12 cups but typical for most coffee makers. We have not noticed much noise except at the end of brewing which to me signals the coffee is ready! Yum! With this model the carafe is easy to clean without special brushes. The spout of the carafe pours easily with no noted drips or spill issues! This coffee maker gets 5 stars for a coffee maker in a great price range with the stainless steel carafe. Features work as described and we’re hoping this machine gives us several years of great coffee! Price $86.93 during Christmas sales in combination with a nice stainless coffee grinder! To us that’s a bargain!

I purchased this coffee pot in October, 2025 and am still very happy with it. It keeps the coffee very hot for at least 1-1/2 hrs. I love the opening for the water reservoir. It's nice and wide, unlike my other maker. It's very easy to fill. I also like the wide opening on the pot itself, which makes for easy cleaning. There are 2 downsides to this maker - the display is very hard to read. It should be bolder or brighter. Also, there is no alarm to alert when the coffee is done. I did learn that the on light slowly pulsates when it is brewing. When the brewing is done, the light is steady. But, you have to keep checking the pot to see if it is ready. Overall, I highly recommend this coffee maker.

This affordable coffee maker is a gem, and that opinion comes from a pair of coffee-crazy coffee maker buying experts. We have spent a small fortune on coffee machines, always in pursuit of THE ONE, from an expensive industrial always on restaurant size Bunn because we were hoping for all stainless steel and no plastic, to everything in between. What we have learned, the hard way, is that spending a lot of money on a coffee maker does NOT equal a more delicious cup of coffee than a budget friendly machine like this. And pursuing a plastic-free machine that makes yummy coffee is like hunting for snipe. What we get with this machine, what I personally get as the setter-upper, is a straightforward ease of use machine that makes a delicious very hot cup of coffee, on a timer! no less, so that when our dogs wake us up at 2 am, as they do every day (that’s another story), the blessed coffee is inside the carafe beckoning to me, whispering…Forget about your happy dreams and your cozy bed with the satin pillow cases, Come hither… It is far and away the first quiet coffee maker we have ever owned, and we have owned soooo very many. No obnoxious buzzer. Just the near perfect silence of filtered water dripping over aromatic coffee. You can set the timer or not. The button is titled Brew Later. I use a magnifying glass because the am/pm in the upper right corner is ludicrously minuscule. So minuscule I still sometimes get it wrong. You can make a full pot or just enough. You can steal a cup during the brewing. This works better for us when we use a large Bunn paper filter, because the coffees we enjoy are finely ground. If we use a permanent filter they flow over and end up clogging things up. It even shuts off automatically so you never have to give it a second thought or worry. And you can buy a permanent gold tone filter that fits like a glove. I am currently using half Starbucks medium roast decaf with half gorgeous Seattles Best Portside Blend caffeinated ground coffee. I just pour the bags of coffee into a jar together. (We recently bought a Kitchenaid Cold Brew coffee maker so I want to get Starbucks Sumatra whole beans to grind for that. See! I told you we are coffee crazy!!). I cannot wait to make Sumatra fresh ground coffee in this machine. But I should mention it does better with a coarser grind. By the way decaf coffee has made giant leaps and bounds!! over the years. Who knew? the benefits of coffee without all the caffeine. After we enjoy our coffee in the wee hours, with our furry little stinkers, I set up the machine for the next day and push the Brew Later button once. Just the push of the timer button and I know I have another cup of joy to look forward to. If you accidentally push it more than once, it doesn’t matter. Still works. Tips: Do not overfill with coffee grounds, especially if they are Finely ground. The filter cup needs a bit of space between the spout and the grounds. We are comfortable making 10 cups. I believe I use a 1/3 measuring cup that I leave in the coffee jar, 3 scoops to a pot. Also, if you steal a cup during brewing, it won’t have had time to get very hot, especially if it is being poured into a cold cup. And if you overfill the basket, you will clog it up and the stealing a cup option becomes a small clean up operation. The machine tells you when it is time to run the Clean cycle. I simply add vinegar and water and press the Clean button. Afterwards I run a pot of water through it and Voila! Clean Machine. Update: We are hooked on freshly ground coffee of late. I found an inexpensive mess-free grinder on Amazon and we have been swooning this week over Seattle’s Best Portside Blend. It is a smooth, medium roast coffee that starts our day (or night) with the taste of coffee perfection.

I Love my new Black and Decker Coffee maker

I brought this coffee maker because I am looking for a coffee maker with a thermal carafe, but had to return it immediately as it was a 110V machine, something that isn’t mentioned on the product description and I did not want to get involved with a step down converter. Cant rate it really accordingly.

Por el precio recibes más de lo que pagas, la jarra conserva adecuadamente el calor y el sabor, con el beneficio de que no tomas un café recalentado, sella debidamente la coladera para aquellos impacientes que no pueden esperar.

Received it completely broken and facing difficulties to return it till now!

This is a lovely machine but unfortunately is not UK compatible