RSS500-MOZ 72 oz Mozart Single Serve Coffee Brewer with Spin Brew Technology, Large, Black

FOLKS, This is one amazing single serve coffee brewer. First, A Short Story," I have been a Keurig Fan Boy from their 1st machine many years back and have owned 6 different models over the years. My last Keurig was the "Lack Luster" K550 2.0 with the cheap plastic pot that would not allow brewing to take place! Anyway, the worst machine I have ever purchased. After using it for 3 weeks, plugging up every-other day (now I know why they provided a De-Plugging Tool with this machine, OMG!!), lousy tasting coffee etc.etc... I returned it. I will never purchase a Keurig again!!" Now for this Amazing Machine that is $36.00 less than the Keurig K550 and 100% better! It arrived 2 days after ordering from Amazon by "My Secret Pantry", I unpacked it, washed it out, cycled 1 tank of water and made my first cup of coffee. WOW, what a difference, great tasting mug of coffee for once! I really like the Volume Dial for cup size selection, goes from 4 oz to 12 oz in 1/2 oz increments, very nice. Recovery for next cup is very fast, nice lighting set up both for the tank and for the cup when brewing. Has a energy saver button that I use and it shuts down the iCoffee Brewer after about 2 hours of non use. When off condition, I just push the on button and in about 30 to 60 seconds, the ready light comes on and away you go. You can use any brand of One Serve Pods. I stopped using Keurig, way to expensive and now use San Francisco Bay Pods from Costco On-Line or from Amazon. Best pricing seems to move back and forth between the two. To date I have had "0" issues, great tasting coffee and can use any Single Serve Pod brand out here... Side note: The San Francisco Bay Coffee Company, provides this iCoffee RSS500-MOZART in all their offices for their employee and they also sell other iCoffee models at their On-Line Store but the best Price Point is here on Amazon, super fast shipping and no tax! Bottom Line Is. I am very happy with this iCoffee RSS500 Mozart Brewer and highly recommend it to everyone wanting a Great Looking, Well Made with Outstanding Performance in making a GREAT Cup/Mug of Coffee. Don't mess around with Keurig just get the BEST without the hassle for less and enjoy a great cup/mug of coffee! ;-) 5-17-2016 Up-Date: I am very pleased with my purchase, still cranking 6 to 12 mugs of coffee a day out of this "Killer Machine" without one issue. The only complaint I can muster up is: I have increased my coffee consumption by double because it is "SO GOOD!" Coffee really worth drinking!! "Keurig, R.I.P." V/R The PhotogDog ***UPDATE, UPDATE, NOW HEAR THIS!!*** Well, I'm back with an up date... 4-5-2018 and still producing the best ever coffee. 0, nada, NOT ONE PROBLEM TO DATE! So far, outlasting every Keurig I ever owned over the years and that is a plenty. This iCOFFEE machine is truly the best I have ever owned, "BAR-NONE!" ***UPDATE, UPDATE, I'M BACK WITH ANOTHER UPDATE 5-11-2020*** OKAY, It has been over 65 months of continued 7 day a week use and about 9,725 12 oz mugs of single serve coffees later and my Mozart Machine is still cranking out the best tasting coffee ever. Honest, not one problem or fault in all that time. Everything still working and brew times same as when I first started using back in January 2016. I give my highest recommendation for this Mozart RSS500. IF YOU CAN FIND ONE, GET IT, YOU WILL NEVER NEED ANOTHER ONE AGAIN! THIS MACHINE HAS BEEN A TRUE 5 STAR PERFORMER FOR ME 👍👍

I've been a loyal Keurig customer for over 10 years. Faithfully buying their nicest home models every 1.5 - 3 years (the average life span of a Keurig). When our last model died, we did not want to switch to the 2.0 system so we were forced to look for other machines. A friend suggested this one and I have to say, we are both really happy with it. The Pros greatly outnumber the Cons so I am going to start with the Cons first. Our coffee consumption, just for reference, is about 3 cups for myself, and between 5-10 for the love nugget. CON - After a month, the only complaint we have for this machine is the energy saver mode - in that you can't shut it off if you want the water to be warmed past two hours after your last cup. So in the morning, when the love nugget is walking around in his zombie-like trance, grumbling and moaning, he has to wait a minute or two for the water to warm (to which, he grumbles and moans - as he is not capable of actual words until his first cup (ok.. third) of coffee.. By the fifth, he is stringing words together in sentences. Coffee is a very important part of the day. PRO(S) - 1. The coffee spinner - when I saw this, I thought it was just a cute but gimicky appearance feature, but it really does make a difference in the taste of the coffee. A lot of the darker roast coffees have that nasty bitter taste, and this technology eliminates it so you still enjoy the deep roast flavor without any of the tang. Kudos, iCoffee! Good one! 2. The ounce dial - with a Keurig, I thought we had it pretty good with 5 different options, but no - the ounce dial is better. If you find a roast that you like that would taste better with just half an ounce less of water, poof. Done. And the display is large enough so the person behind you (mumbling and groaning) can see it and change it if they need to. The display was so small and oddly-lit on the Keurig (pretty, but oddly-lit), that most of the time we just took the cup size we didn't want because by the time we noticed, the coffee had brewed. 3, The price - half the cost of the nicest home models in the Keurig line and has all of the same features that we coveted. 4. The cup glow - ok - this really doesn't affect the taste of the coffee, but I found our lives were slightly less complete without this feature. There is a glowy blue light from above that gently cascades down into your mug while the coffee is brewing, filling you with a sense of major accomplishment, as well as anticipation of things to come. It finally makes sense when people say that "They saw the light". I, too, have seen the light. And the light is good. 5. The appearance - it was well-thought out. There's a clear bubble at the top where you can watch the spinner spin, and it matches the design on the cup holder, which easily pops out so you can use a travel mug, then pops right back into place with a magnetic CLICK. The blue light fills the water reservoir as well as your cup. It is the perfect combination of function and pretty. Overall, although change is scary and bad, we are very pleased with this machine and would happily recommend it to anybody who does not want to move away from the single-serve lifestyle of the Keurig machines. **Editing in a comment - 4/21/16** If you bothered to read all this way, anyway - here is another comment in the 'pro' category. After 6 months, our Mozart refused to suck water. Straight-out refused. The love nugget grumbled something incomprehensible and pointed. Supergirl to the rescue, I have my pink paper clip in hand, ready to remove the coffee ground blocking the flow of water from the upper needle... However, the day was not saved... til I called. I'm thinking - I never filled out the registration.. But if they let me order a part, maybe we can still save our Mozart. Talked to their customer service... and not 6 hours later, a new replacement Mozart is on its way. I asked, "How much for the replacement?" since I was hoping to only have to buy a part - they said nothing.. Not nothing as in silence. They said, :"Nothing." Really? You're replacing our already awesome coffee maker for nothing? *Happy Dance*. Kudos, Remington. Never has Keurig offered to replace our machine when one has failed (and often they have failed!) Truly happy campers, here.

Do not buy!!! Coffee pot does not work for long and customer service is terrible. Unfortunately we are on our 3rd icoffee mozart, in less than 6 months! And it isn't working right! I have to say I read reviews a lot before buying and rarely write a negative one. But I feel buyers beware! I wanted to love this coffee maker and did for the few weeks that it actually worked. There aren't many coffee makers that you can use all k cups with. Our first coffee mozart we bought on Amazon.com shortly after ours just stopped working, no coffee, water, sound, nothing! I called icoffee and they started off with great customer service and over night sent a newly refurbished one. This was great, right? So I thought, for a month or so it worked then the exact same thing happened again, no coffee, water, sound, absolutely nothing! So another call to icoffee, not quite as friendly customer service and they had no solutions to the problem, but sent another refurbished coffee ...all wet in the box again. This literally only worked for a few days. Now you either get no coffee or the spin brew technology fails and you get a terrible weak cup of coffee and waste a kcup. So. ....yet another call (or should i say half dozen calls)...I have yet to have someone return a message or talk to me beyond "let me transfer you, or hold on" for 15+ minutes before hanging up on me. Shame on you Carlos and Kathy at I coffee...I have not said one rude thing, talked loud or even acted mad. But now an furious at your customer service! Do not buy, do not buy!!!

Before I go too far with the review, just a quick FYI...giving it 5 stars simply because I haven't discovered any major issues yet. With that said, my initial impressions are that this is a rather nice product and one-ups the newer Keurigs by virtue of it's ability to use all major beverage provider's pods without issue. Also comes with an iCup reusable minibasket/filter that allows the user to brew their own freshly ground beans or favorite store variety ground coffee. I would suggest purchasing one or two additional iCup reusables however, as emptying, rinsing and refilling is rather annoying should you desire a quick second or third cup. To my knowledge, these can also be had from Amazon. This machine has a Dial-A- Brew feature that allows the user to dial up from 4 to 12 ounce brews in half-ounce increments. Nice feature if your formal dinnerware comes with tiny cups and saucers, but your regular morning cup of joe is a hearty mug full. Which segues nicely into the idea that the brewer also features a removable cup stand to accommodate your larger mugs or glasses as well as a reasonably sized travel mug. The base is held in place magnetically, and as of yet I have not had it pop out of place inappropriately. As for the SpinBrew Technology, the brewing needle actually spins in the pod as it steams and stirs the brew, for what Remington refers to as a mini french press effect. I can't honestly say whether this makes for a better cup of coffee or not, as my taste is not that refined. Sometimes I think it's all in your head at any rate. Or your simply a coffee snob. However, I will give the machine its props in one area re the flavor...I do notice a distinct reduction in bitterness from my usual drip style coffee. And for me, that's enough. Brewing temperature is closer to established optimal than most lower/moderately priced machines I think, so it might be said that this makes for a better tasting cup of coffee as well. The Mozart model brewer has relatively few controls. An LCD digital readout showing ounces and water temp status. A knob to dial in your preferred beverage size. And two small buttons for power and Energy Saver function. In normal mode, the unit will remain on and hot for two hours of non-use, after which it will remain on for an additional 26 hours, however the hot water holding tank temp will be reduced. While in this mode, water temp comes back up rather quickly, so you are still able to brew a quick cup. It will shut itself off completely after a total of 28 hours. Should you choose to use the Energy Saver function, simply press the appropriate button and the unit will shut itself down completely after 2 hours of non-use. This function will remain in effect until you deselect it. The only other feature of note is the lighting...yes, I said lighting. When the unit is on, the water reservoir is lit with bright blue LEDs. When it's actually brewing, the cup cave is also lit with blue LEDs. This light goes out when brewing is completed. The LCD readout is also blue, and is not illuminated when unit is off. So if you're into lighting, this is the machine for you! Personally, meh...I can take it or leave it. It does, however, draw interesting comments from friends and family. All in all, a nice unit, and I would have to say a good purchase should you be in the market for a single serve brewer. I've had mine for a month or so, now, and not a single problem. So while nothing is ever perfect, I think you could do worse. I recommend the iCoffee Mozart highly. Remington has done well. 4/11/16 Update: In my review for this item, I noted that additional iCup reusable brew cups were most likely offered by Amazon. After a bit of research I find I am mistaken. As of this date, they do NOT offer the iCup reusable. I was, however, able to find them at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $9.99 + tax.... Update 10/23/16: update from April indicated that as of that date the iCup reusable brew cups were not available on Amazon. Discovered this morning that now they are, for $14.46 with free shipping. Still available at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $9.99 plus tax however.

Purchased December 11, 2015, the pump stopped delivering water on January 11, 2017. I'm a bit disappointed it didn't last longer since was a $100.00(+) purchase. It would be nice to be able to purchase a new pump and install it, but I didn't see anything available when I Googled it...maybe someone else will have better luck. In so far as the mechanics go, my wife and I loved it. Quiet, and the coffee was always at just the right temperature. I've read where people purchase their iCoffee and the pump failed within a few months, I guess we got lucky to have ours last this long. I really hate to toss it when the only thing wrong with it is the water pump, but I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and move on...we purchased the iCoffee DeVinci model with the digital interface as a replacement, maybe this one will last longer...we hope so, it's a good product just needs a bit more longevity which is why I couldn't give it a five star rating.

11/15/2020 NEW UPDATE : Bought this in 2016 and It is still working just fine. Too bad they went out of business. I did what the design engineer said and used clean bottle water then went to osmosis water filter system. Has never failed like my first one did after I put the filter system in. To bad they could not get a pump motor to work with normal hard waters like most machines. Mine still dials in and brews like a charm. 4 year and still going strong. Best signal serve coffee machine I have ever owned for flavor. When any of these signal serve machines fail it is almost always due to sodium in the water or hard water itself. UPDATE ON THIS ONE. NOW I GIVE IT 5 STARS. 1 year 6 moths and still working like new and we are still enjoying great coffee because of it. Just make sure you give it good clean no or low sodium water and it will last. Best on the market when it comes to k-cup coffee brewers. OK update. We love this machine. Best one cup maker out there. We dial in all the flavor we want and control it all with this Mozart. Very Silent machine too. It is with out doubt the best and Remington has done well if it will last. I like this coffee maker and give it 4 stars. Why not 5? Because I do not know at this point how long it will last. I see to many have failed inside of a year. Sad to say all of my Keurig K Cup machines have failed inside a year and a half. 4 failed now. If this one fails that fast I will be done with the single serve coffee machines. Why spend over $100 on anything that will fail so fast ? People think or have a mind set now that over a year is good . Let me tell you it is not even close to good. These machines should be lasting at least 5 years or more for the money we are asked to pay. Sooner or later somebody will make a single serve coffee machine that will last a long time. They will win the market when they do.People want things to last. Time will tell on this iCoffee machine now. Companies now have people trained to a mind set that crappy quality is good. Used to be if one bought an appliance of any kind it would last 5 to 10 years easy. NOT NOW. As I said. Time will tell.

The wait time makes this hopeless for any real coffee drinker. I need to have a coffee waiting for this to make coffee! I don't care that the water will eventually "dry up" or evaporate, whatever they were thinking it is wrong. You walk up to a Keurig and it starts brewing right away. This machine is either "off" totally, "heating up", "add water" etc. Even after one cup is brewed, you may have to wait a minute or more for the next cup. I am talking about carpools going on, rushing out the door and deciding you want a cup, etc - not if you have plenty of time and get places a half hour early, then it may be acceptable! The mechanism and the actual taste, etc are fine - similar to Keurig. I don't see any difference. Also, it is nice to be able to choose the volume of coffee with a "wheel" - from 8oz all the way up to 16, but just remember you are really fooling yourself because only the first 8oz is ever good strong coffee. The rest is just how much you want to water down the flavor.

I am in LOVE with a coffee pot once more! I've had this Mozart going for 3 days now, and simply am in love with it! My ole coffee pot gave up the ghost and I was having to heat up water over the stove to pour over grounds. I was one grumpy hot mess. This unit has super easy maintenance, operation, and dispenses lickety split, just as I need it early mornings. I had considered a Keurig but didn't like their propietary electronics AND attitudes. I like the versatility of using K-style cups or my own chosen ground coffee in its accompanying reusable I-cup, but also the ability for others in the household to heat water for teas or hot cocoa K-style cups. I can put as much water as I expect to use during the day, less coffee ground mess to clean up, dial an exact amount to be brewed, and still have hot water on demand for further cups. I love the removable magnetic drip tray as it keeps drips and liquid mess to an absolute minimal. Now onto the energy saving features. Many people do not realize that appliances that are hooked up can still and often do, draw energy, resulting in costing money on electricity bill. So, this does shut down the standby heating mode after 2hrs, but you can also push the Energy Saver button to ensure it shuts off completely after 2hrs. But better yet, just push the Power Button, to make sure it's off, if you are leaving for the day and no one is in need of the coffee pot.