Why I buy this one ?
- 40-ounce, chrome, thermal carafe keeps coffee hot for 4 hours
- Brew-through carafe lid keeps air out, flavor in
- 24-hour clock/timer brews "wake-up" coffee
- Automatically pauses when carafe removed for mid-brew pour
- Measures 9-3/4 by 15 by 10 inches

What our customer's say!

"Coffee shouldn't be this much trouble", I love the handy features on this coffee maker (programmable timer and thermal carafe), but this machine's been a problem ever since my thoughtful husband gave it to me as a birthday gift a year-and-a-half ago. The coffee wasn't great from the start, but I decided to keep the thing because I didn't want to hurt my hubbie's feelings. Soon after purchase, the carafe began leaking and has never stopped. I always have to pour the coffee over the sink so as not to make a mess on the counter, and there's constantly a puddle underneath the carafe in the machine. Now, I'm finally getting around to looking for a replacement carafe and can't find one. After reading all the other negative reviews here (the moldy lid problem really disgusts me), I think I'll invest in a newer, better maker altogether. I hope my husband understands! ;)

"Makes nice cup of joe, but lousy carafe design", Yes, this model Black & Decker makes good coffee, and it keeps it hot for a while on the table, but... We got the product cheap because it's discontinued. We found, as other reviewers have said, it's all too easy to have an overflow issue--you need to be super careful about placing the carafe precisely on its seat. Plus a little coffee leaks into the space between the glass bottle and the vinyl casing. Then eventually it leaks out the bottom of the casing. It looks like you could remove the bottom cover (big slot in the middle), but I tried and couldn't budge it (there's a warning not to do that!). We're holding on to this thing until we get our money's worth, but will think twice before buying B&D again.

"More Black & Decker garbage", We purchased a B&D Thermal coffee pot(TCM508)about 1 year ago. The first one lasted about 2 months before the electrical connections in the base failed and the carafe leaked between the liner and the casing. I wrote B&D explaining the problem and how most baby boomers associate the Black & Decker name with a quality product. The only power tools you would find in my dads possession would have that famous B&D logo. With this in mind we figured that the quality that was long famous would carry over to their appliances, well lemme tell ya that ship sailed before it left port. Anyway, back to the story, they sent me a "replacement". The replacement had a white carafe instead of a chrome one, other than that it was the same. Boy was it ever. The good news is that the electrical problem was gone but the same old leaky carafe was still there. I wrote them and told them about the new problem but have never heard back. I noticed that the second coffeemaker was a TCM500, not a TCM508. I still had the first carafe, which I guess I didn't throw far enough. I put both carafe's side by side and noticed that the seating surface's where the lid screws onto looked like a dried riverbed, a lot of cracks, which explains the leaks. I guess you can attribute the failure to poor engineering and design. Oh yeah, lets throw in cheap materials. I for one will boil water & coffee grinds over a campfire before putting any more money into Mr Bleak & Decrepit's pockets. My Grandfather used to say, "Quality is like buying oats. You can spend a little extra money and get the oats out of the bag or few a few dollars less you can the the oats that already have passed through the horse".


"Imploding Carafes", These carafes are crap! We bought the coffee maker for our office 3 months ago, and since then, the glass on the inside of our original carafe imploded while washing it out. We then bought a replacement carafe (for $24) that we no longer have- the replacement imploded too. I'm all set with losing an eye while doing the dishes. I'm buying a new coffee maker altogether.

"A Decent Coffee Maker for the Price", When I first purchased this coffee maker, I thought it was great. I did have a couple "over flow" situations, but soon realized that I was screwing the lid on too far. I also realized that the basket & lid needed to be removed and cleaned at least once a week to avoid any potential mold situations. But this should probably be done with any coffee maker. I did end up having to replace the maker after about a year, when it completely stopped working. I soon found out that my husband was trying to be helpful & submerged the entire unit under water in an effort to clean it! I did end up purchasing the same one again, and that was about 1 1/2 years ago. I have had no problems with it since.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Stop and think about it.", Let me first say that I have had the B@D Thermal Carafe for a long while.

First: Don't soak the lid...clean the lid carefully but don't submerge. Problem with water in lid solved.

Second: Don't submerge the carafe. You won't have water seeping out of the seam because no water will get in. Put water into the carafe (not COLD if carafe is HOT, I will get to that later). Wash the inside with a long sponge on handle, sparkling clean every time.

Third: Don't ever try to put COLD water into even a WARM carafe, instant explosion (I know). Don't try to mix your coffee in the carafe, they were not made for it.

Lastly: This coffee maker will not spill if you fully tighten the lid and place it carefully into the housing. If you violate the "careful" and the "tighten" part all bets are off. I think this makes great coffee as long as you start with good filtered water and of course good coffee. I have had to replace the Carafe I ordered one they sent me two (took many weeks). I love it to death (except for the small part about the failing on/off switch) Anyways, I like it and will buy another but will skip the timer part and save big $$$ on a lesser model of the same brand. Hope you have good luck.

"is ok", Everything is a winner except for the markings on the glass tube to let you know how many cups you have. Difficult to read. The whole aparatus is quite high-make sure you have room under your counter. Am sure if the glass in the carafe breaks=you would need to buy the whole thing cheaper.

"Coffee all over my kitchen", This coffee maker leaked all over my counter almost every other time I used it. I investigated the problem and tried positioning it differently, screwing the top on more or less, and it still leaked. If the top is left unscrewed almost all the way, the plungers are depressed far enough for the coffee to go in, but then you can't get the carafe out. What a pain.

"I don't like cold coffee. Do you?", We purchased this coffee maker, hoping that we would actually be able to have a hot cup of coffee. Unfortunately, it doesn't ever make the coffee hot. Even when we tried using hot water, we still get a lukewarm product. We never got totrying the clock or programming features because it just didn't last long enough to bother with that. Make your own decision.

"Leaking, breaking caution, parts problem", I agree with two others on this problem, "Water somehow accumulates between the outside metallic cover of the carafe and the inner glass liner. It leaks out the seam at the bottom". Would like to caution people in hanlding the carafe. We broke one liner stirring in cream (to take the unit with prepared cofee). We broke another putting ice into cold coffee.

To buy a carafe, if you call the 800 number on the box, they refer you to another 800 number. They will ask for the model number, as their are several. We had to look for TCM508 in very tiny print under the "electrical caution" notice on the bottom of the coffee maker. We bought two at aboutr $$-$$ US. There seems to be some room for negotiation.

I don't know why they don't sell the carafes in the stores that sell the coffee makers.

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