Mr. Coffee DR13 12-Cup Coffee Maker

Mr Coffee Maker has been around for a long time.They make fairly good coffee makers. Also, can be inexpensive too. This particular coffee maker would be good to take on camping trips and such.

What a mess! Spills coffee all over on the first few cups. Basket drips all over when you remove it and coffee always falls on burner, counter, floor. This is a REAL example of letting an industrial designer make something that looks nice, but is not...

We used a NLS12 for years at work and it was perfect. It had the basket that swung out on a door hinge and the water reservoir had a separate lid. It finally broke, so we bought the DR13-12.  BIG Mistake!!  Mr Coffee engineers really messed up on this...

We used a NLS12 for years at work and it was perfect. It had the basket that swung out on a door hinge and the water reservoir had a separate lid. It finally broke, so we bought the DR13-12. BIG Mistake!! Mr Coffee engineers really messed up ...

My old Mr. Coffee was well-used and finally broke. I thought it would be no big deal to buy another while having the old carafs as back-up to use with a new brewer. Not so. Here's some of the major flaws I found with this machine. It's the worst yet: ...

My old Mr. Coffee was well-used and finally broke. I thought it would be no big deal to buy another while having the old carafs as back-up to use with a new brewer. Not so. Here's some of the major flaws I found with this machine. It's the worst yet:

Compared to a braun coffeemaker of the same price, this coffeemaker is awful. I bought it because my braun carafe broke and was hard to find a replacement, so I bought the first cheap coffeemaker I found. What a mistake. This one is big and bulky. The...

This coffeemaker is something a little different than the typical Mr Coffee models that we've used for years. Seems that the "improvements" sometimes cause problems. For instance, this model is designed to use the cone-type filters or the standard...