Instant Solo Single Serve Coffee Maker, From the Makers of Pot, K-Cup Pod Compatible Brewer, Includes Reusable & Bold Setting, Brew 8 to 12oz., 40oz. Water Reservoir, Black

Esta muy bonita, muy fácil de usar, súper funcional

This coffee maker replaced a Keurig mini plus which was very unreliable. The Instant Solo offers several benefits over the Keurig—the coffee is hotter and seems less bitter (same K-cups), it has a more effective bold/strong setting, can hold more water, and it hasn’t had any issues brewing (unlike my Keurig). It also comes with a well made filter cup if you want the option of using your own coffee and it is pretty quick at making a cup of coffee, even with the bold setting. One feature that seems to be unique to this coffee maker is that it has a “pre-infuse cycle” which soaks the grounds before brewing—this may be why the coffee doesn’t taste as bitter. The coffee maker does have a few negatives for me. 1. The cup sizes are not accurate. When I select 8 ounces (smallest cup size), I get almost 10 ounces of coffee—if you want less, you have to watch the coffee brew and press the 8 ounce button again when you want it to stop brewing, keeping in mind that it will continue to add some water after you press the button. This is the main downside for me since I prefer 7-8 ounces of coffee when I use K-cups. 2. It causes much more splatter than the Keurig. I now use a black 4”x2” mini cake pan turned upside down to raise my cup (see photos) and this has eliminated the splatter. A ramekin would also work well for this purpose. If this coffee maker is updated at some point, it would be great if the manufacturer could make the height of drip tray adjustable. 3. It doesn’t slide easily on the counter. I keep the coffee maker in an appliance garage and slide it out when I use it. I don’t want to use an appliance caddy (takes up more counter space), so I added small (1.2”) self-adhesive appliance sliders to the bottom of the coffee maker. I used 4 sliders under the main part of the coffee maker and 2 stacks of 2 sliders under the drip tray which is elevated (see photo). This hack has worked great— the coffee maker now slides easily on the counter when I need it to. Overall, I would rate the coffee maker 4.5 out of 5 if I could, but since there are no half stars, I’m giving it 5 stars since it is a great coffee maker overall. Do keep in mind that if you want less than ~10 ounces of coffee, you will need to manually stop the brewing cycle. If this isn’t an issue for you, I do highly recommend this coffee maker.

This has replaced a 5 mo old top model keurig and even though Keurig is sending me a new one I decided I needed to try another make and have a backup. This is far more simple to operate than the keurig and it brews hotter coffee. It has less features and offers less cup sizes but I find 8,10 &12oz sizes is all I need and would use. The flavour using McCafe is not quite as good as the keurig but not enough difference to make me return it. Build quality is on par plus amazon has a 90 return or replace warranty on it and after that the manufactures 1yr warranty. That's excellent because most problems arise within those 90days. One major difference that gives this 5 stars is that it puts no coffee grinds in the cup of coffee. The keurig did unless you cleaned it out after every use. That was unacceptable this is the first of out 4 Keurigs that did that. I phoned them and they said that is normal because of the multiple punctures it makes in the pod. Maybe I had a bad machine because it died within 5mos. I no longer trust them so time will tell if Instant pot solo will prove to outlast and out perform over the next weeks and months. I just got it today so these are my initial impressions so I will update if I have any issues with it. I do recommend it. UPDATE After time if not properly cleaned with a bacteria killer like bleach etc this will harbour bacteria. The many reason is this does get the water hot enough. That is a major flaw. I got sick from using it and I thought I had kept it cleaned. I stopped using it and return to using the top Model Keurig which has a temperature adjustment setting in the menu. At its highest temp it produce far hotter coffee than this Instant solo. At first I loved its simplicity but always had to add boiling water to a cup of coffee after adding milk. Totally unacceptable plus the coffee made from a Keurig is far better tasting even though this machine has its issues...coffee grinds in coffee as does the Solo. I find myself have to run just water thru either machine to get rid of grinds so they don't go in the next cup of coffee. Still the keurig wins hands down. The solo would be fine if it made a really hot cup of coffee and over time with constant use produces less hot coffee.

No es funcional para mi aquí donde se pidió no hay cápsulas de este tamaño fue una compra inútil. A

Works well and takes up very little space!