The product description says the carafe is made of glass but a lot of the customer reviews say plastic. Which is it?
1629070
Mine is glass, it has nice plastic that protects the glass but the coffee is made in the glass part.
1629071
I bought two of them for a backwoods coffee station. I can attest that it is indeed made of glass.
793052
About the same as any other coffeemaker, I suppose. The brewing parts are metal and hard plastic. Integrated into the brew basket is a gold filter. The carafe is glass with metal bands and a plastic handle. It's actually kind of heavy so there must be other metal parts in it.
624776
Plastic and after several months use, I'm very pleased with it. My coffee and wine (later purchase) both stay very fresh after opening the original container. I'm sure the plastic is better than glass would be for this product. One big factor is breakage. You must, must, must keep the gaskets around the rim clean and free of everything for best performance. Happy New Year, Hal
54268
The "carafe" is not insulated.....however, it is unbreakable. I am happy with my purchase, just knowing it will not crack or break like the glass ones do.
63252
Yes, the carafe is completely glass, except for the lid and handle, as you mention. I've had a 4 cup Mr. Coffee, which didn't last long, but had a Proctor Silex Commercial coffee maker before that. That one lasted years before something went haywire with the wiring. This one is 12 cup, so I only have to make coffee once daily. I'm totally happy with it!
1267245
I believe this one is stainless steel. The carafe we had with our previous coffee maker from, Black and Decker was lined with what looked to be glass and kept the coffee warm for a long time. In fact we still have that carafe and it works fine even though the coffee maker wore out. That is why we decided to get another one. I am not sure why they changed material.
1725704
No its black plastic on the back exterior but the rest is stainless steel. Best damn coffee maker I've ever had. Makes greast coffee and espresso/lattes. It even has some hot chocolate attachement.
2209666
no it is glass, but is a great machine all in all. it makes a great cup of coffee, takegood care of it and it will last quite a long time.
697945
You are correct the description does not say either way, but looking at mine it looks to be Glass tho I am no expert. The Stand Part of it is in fact Plastic.
539166
I can no longer answer your question because the carafe broke on the first week we used it. It's apparently not tempered glass, because it broke from the gentle tap of one edge of a dishwashing brush. It is extremely fragile. If you can find a stronger product, I suggest you do so.
1853612
It is now made of glass. The older version was made of plastic. It works great!
2083190
The coffeepot is glass, the middle stem is durable plastic and the lid is durable plastic with plexiglass dome(small piece on top).
502831
no the bottom is plastic, but this carafe will keep drinks warm for 6 hours or longer. It has a thermos type liner. We LOVE ours!
1193747
There is no plastic taste now. However the machine stopped working after 3 months. The carafe lid was poorly made and held water inside. I would not buy this appliance knowing what I now know about it.
1231643
Yes it is all stainless but the lid, which is all plastic. This carafe works well, keeps coffee hot for , I would say, at least 4 hours. Would buy this again.
273956
Made out of plastic. This is an excellent refrigerator bottle, perfect for iced tea.
265545
I don't have this particular model of coffee maker, but all the replacement carafes shown are glass.