Proctor Silex 12 Cup Smart Plug Compatible FrontFill Coffee Maker

I gave this unit a 5 star rating due to:Front water fillProgrammable timerPlease note this is a very basic coffeemaker. No frills, It is less expensive than other models and thus made with a lighter weight to it. The glass pot fits very tightly in the unit and can make it difficult to pull the pot out to pour a cup. I have almost pulled the entire unit off the coffee bar.The filter basket holds a normal round filter but due to the basket shape, it is often difficult to be sure the grounds stay in the filter if you are brewing 12 cups. Also pulling the filter out of the basket after brewing is a bit of a challenge because the grounds are nearly to the top of it after brewing.The front fill and the size of the unit are both pluses. Unit is very compact since the tank is in the rear instead of the side of the unit.

I was looking for a coffee system that didn't take up much room on my countertop. This is very trim, and does a great job. I love that the grounds basket can be easily removed so I can wash it better. You do have to pour the water in slowly, the pour area is very shallow, but once I adapted it was no problem. I love that it auto-shuts off in about 1 hour.

PRO:1: feels sturdy. door snap in well.2: works well3: the area where you fill the coffee grains open and close tight. you can remove it to wash it.4: the the coffee pot and coffee grain area is dishwasher safe. you can pull out to put in dishwasher.CONS:1: the area you fill the water is real shallow. it it easy to overflow and spill the water.2: the coffee container pour spout is terrible. you have to poor the coffee real slow. easy to overflow the spout and get coffee everywhere.3: the area of the coffee filter is too short. the coffee filter when closing the container will bend the filter over and it becomes ineffective. it this happens you get grains in your cup. it needs to be a little taller to prevent the filter from collapsing.CONCLUSION:The coffee machine has some issues but overall i like it. for its price range it feel more sturdy than other coffee machines in that price range. and it makes of good cup of coffee.

I bought this coffee maker one year ago. I don’t use it in my home, I got it for me to use at my friends home. I use it about 3-4 months out of the year at my friends house. She doesn’t drink coffee so of course she didn’t have a coffee maker. I am so thankful I don’t have to use this coffee maker on a regular basis. There are 3 major design problems with this coffee maker. First & most horrible is the coffee carafe MUST be snapped into place on top of the heat plate while brewing or staying hot. If it is not snapped perfectly in place the coffee runs out of the filter basket all over everywhere, gets coffee grounds in the carafe & all over the area where the coffee maker is sitting. It is a horrible mess. It is difficult to get the carafe exactly into the right position. It must SNAP into place perfectly or there is a big mess everywhere. Sadly I have done this twice when I was sure the carafe was in the proper position. Second, the controls are on the side, at the bottom of the maker in black. The controls are very difficult to see, even with lights on in the room. Third, the carafe drips everywhere every time you pour from it. It is impossible to put water in the coffee maker without having water everywhere. Coffe drips all over the counter when pouring a cup of coffee. I have tried so many times to pour as slow as possible without dripping. The carafe never pours without dripping. I would never buy this coffee maker again. If I had to use it every day it would have been replaced months ago. I am always so happy to get home to my own coffee maker. Proctor Silex you failed on this one.

I love this coffee maker. It’s so easy to use and pretty quick making coffee. It’s reasonably priced compared to more expensive coffee makers that I feel might not be any better or last any longer. It also comes with a 3 year warranty at no extra cost to you. I think you will be very happy with this coffee maker, it does everything asked of it. Love it!!!

For a couple dollars more, we could have gotten the coffee maker (sounds like “Fister Toffee” 😉) of the same brand to replace the one that just died—the button stopped working. My husband and I did a lot of back-and-forth about trying another coffee maker… He makes the coffee! This one seemed like a good thing because the water front-loads, and it makes 12 cups of coffee. The coffee is hot though we found we needed to put a little extra coffee in because it wasn’t strong enough.There are so many downsides to this coffee maker: first, the handle on the carafe is lightweight. It does not feel like it will last very long. This is a problem, of course, because it is holding really hot liquid. Second, half of the time when pouring coffee, it drips. I don’t know why, but my other coffee maker did not. The front loading area for the water is not real big, so you can’t just pour the water in all at once, but have to pour it in more slowly. This is an issue if you’re in a hurry. There is a spot at the top of the handle on the carafe, where we usually would hold the other carafe: but in this Proctor Silex model, there is steam coming out at the top of the handle where the lid joins the carafe and so I burned my thumb. Next, the coffee maker itself is lightweight and cheap: so when you try to return the carafe onto the “hot plate,” it pushes the whole coffee maker back on the counter and you need two hands to secure the carafe onto the hot plate. For some, that may not seem like a big deal, but I have never needed a second hand to complete this simple task… Finally, we are used to loading both our water and our coffee filter (with coffee) at the top. No mess and no fuss. This brand requires that you pull the coffee basket that holds the filter out to the side. I did this because there were a lot of little grounds in my coffee today, and I wanted to see if the filter had collapsed. The filter had not fallen, but the coffee maker commenced to drip coffee all over my countertop. To save a few bucks, I feel that we disrupted our happy coffee morning ritual. This puppy is going back!