# Please recommend a good, durable coffeemaker {Purchase made 12-25-2022} **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 25, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077 "2022-12-25T15:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077/21 "2022-12-26T14:39:53Z")
We have a Cuisinart with a bean grinder. These last 3 - 4 years, but the failure mode is a leak in the water storage area, nothing mechanical. We use filtered water. Given how often my wife makes coffee, this has been perfectly acceptable to us. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077/22 "2022-12-26T15:18:25Z")
Quoting myself for context: > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I have a Capreso brand utterly generic barebones 6-cup drip maker. It’s 5 years old and it’s predecessor was 10yo when I dropped & shattered its carafe. It cost ~$25 at Target. They’re now $40. Gahh! But that’s still only about $4 per year of use. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0728C671N](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0728C671N) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077/23 "2022-12-26T16:08:34Z")
Very “no frills” very basic. Should last a while. > **[Amazon.com: Mr. Coffee Coffee Maker with Auto Pause and Glass Carafe, 12 Cups,...](https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-12-Cup-Maker-Black/dp/B002YI2IG0)** > > Shop Mr. Coffee at the Amazon Coffee, Tea, & Espresso store. Free Shipping on eligible items. Everyday low prices, save up to 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077/24 "2022-12-26T16:20:30Z")
I second the Aeropress. Makes a great cup of coffee, very little waste. I’ve had mine for 4 years and more than 4,200 cups of coffee based on filter usage and it works as well today as the day I bought it for $30.00. ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077/25 "2022-12-26T21:10:27Z")
I like the Aeropress as well but I am a single guy who almost never has visitors so a cup at a time isn’t a problem for me. If the prospective buyer needs to have coffee for two or three people every day, perhaps a different brand would be a better choice. Saying that, I expect to have a few visitors tomorrow and note that Aeropress has the capacity to make four cups at a time, something I have never attempted and am trying to decide whether I will tomorrow. We will see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-good-durable-coffeemaker-purchase-made-12-25-2022/977077.md?page=1)