Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I drink regular coffee and my wife drinks decaf. So this seemed like a perfect replacement for the two coffee pots we've had sitting on our kitchen counter for the past year. :) My son has an older Hamilton Beach Flexbrew and loves it, so we decided to give it a shot. I bought model 49976 which I think is currently the newest model. So far so good! We love the flexibility of being able to brew a single cup/mug, or an entire pot. And being able to use K-cups if desired is a nice bonus! I would have given it 5-stars except for two small gripes... 1) It would be nice if the carafe warming plate would remain on when you use the single-brew side. But as soon as you flip over to single-brew, it turns off the carafe side completely, even if you just finished brewing a full pot of coffee! Hamilton Beach could vastly improve the design by including a button to turn the carafe warming plate on/off, with an auto-shutoff after a certain amount of time. And 2), the single-serve brew basket seems to let a lot of coffee ground "residue" through into my cup. I can't stand coffee grit in the bottom of my cup. I grind my coffee fresh, so I'm going to play around with the coarseness of the grind to see if I can eliminate that problem. UPDATE: So apparently after using the single-serve side, you can switch back over to carafe and hit the brew button to turn the warming plate back on. If there's no water in the carafe side, it just turns the plate back on and doesn't try to brew anything. Nice!