I have owned this particular model (B70 Platinum)for about 7 months now with no major issues. I could go with 4 stars, but I put 5 because I do love my Keurig and the over all concept!! I drink coffee and tea regularly,(and use it to make my oatmeal and cup of noodles too :)) and I have always ran into the problem of wasting more coffee by brewing a pot on my old coffee maker. I would make about 4 to 8 cups with the intention on drinking it, but never happened that way, or it would taste stale after sitting a few hours. Yes, the K-cups can be a bit on the pricey side, but in my case it is far more cheaper to go this route (I drink anywhere between 2-6 cups a day). I haven't tried the filter to add my own coffee yet. So here we go based on my few months of use and other reviews:
-Yes the machine makes some noise, but to say it is loud may be a little extreme in my opinion (unless it's about to blow up). It has to heat and pump the water. It may be a tad bit louder than a traditional coffee maker brewing a pot of coffee if thats even considered loud.
-K-cups: There may have been about 4 or 5 times where I ended up with coffee grind in my cup and from what I observed, it seems that some companies are packing too much coffee into the K-cup. I had this problem only when I had purchased a 24 ct box of The Original Donut Shop by Coffee People and the Green Mountain variety pack. (not all of the cups did this though, so I would say that some K-cups that make it off the line can be faulty, but thats not very common)
-There were 2 times where the coffee was short changed and didn't brew completly. I figured I might have done something wrong, but I really couldn't tell you. Haven't had the problem since.
-The temp. is great. It brews hot everytime. I do use a lot of liquid creamer so it does cool it down to the perfect drinking temp. If you prefer it mouth burning hot, you can always heat up your milk or creamer prior to adding it to your coffee. But, I have yet to do that because it comes out fine.
-can purchase K-cups from Amazon, grocery store, and some other well known stores as well. Which makes it great when you don't want to pay for the shipping from the Keurig site or you don't want to wait. Plus, there are so many types of coffee,tea, hot chocolate, lattes, etc to choose from. If your not sure, buy a 5 K-cup sample pack from Keurig until you find your favorite.
-Brews a fresh cup of coffee/tea/hot water everytime in 3 minutes or less. No more wasting a pot of coffee or stale/burnt coffee from sitting too long. No more filters or messy coffee grind (use to hate measuring, spilling, and cleaning with my traditional coffee maker which half the time lead me to go buy a cup from somewhere)
-this model comes with 4 brewing options. I keep mine set to the standard cup. I have used the brew over ice option, and am not too big of a fan of that because it melts the ice and waters down the K-cup ice tea (which isn't strong or sweet enough, but that has to do with the Celestial Sweet Tea K-cup); I may need to lower the temp. When I make hot tea w/ the K-cups I use the smallest cup (sorry don't know the exact size) because it gives it a better/stronger flavor as I tend to add a lot of milk to it.
-Flavor is great. I have sampled many flavors and brands of coffee and tea, and figured out the ones I really liked best. I've learned that for a good flavor coffee, stick with the standard size brewing option because it seems that is how they package the K-cups. This is also the perfect option for you fellow Cup of Noodle eaters:) If I use my 16oz travel mug, I just brew 2 K-cups (thats where the price can get you) because the coffee isn't as strong as I like it, but still drinkable.
-Once again, I haven't tried it, but you can purchase a filter to use your own coffee with. I also purchased the water filter to put in the water resevoir because I have pretty hard water. I did use bottled water for the first month, but became lazy shortly there after!
All in all, I could have went with a cheaper model with less brewing options because I don't really use the others as much as I use the standard size cup option. But, I just bought this after my friend told me about Keurig, so I just bought the one I thought was fancy!! haha (stupid ol' me)So, if you don't think your going to use all the features, you may consider going for a cheaper model that has one or two brewing options. I do like Keurig because of the design and ease of use.
I do love my Keurig and everyone has their own opinion and experiance with it, but I would recommend this to a friend as I plan on purchasing one for my father-in-law and parents for Christmas. If I could do it all over again I would still purchase this because I am truely satisfied with it and I am sure you will be too.
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