Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51771 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Kenwood
• Model: CM651
• Released on: 2003-11-14

Manufacturer's Description
For instant get up and go enjoy continental style coffee as part of your early morning routine. With the push button swing out filter basket on this coffee maker making fresh coffee couldn't be simpler. With a water level indicator and a graduated glass carafe you always know exactly how may cups you have left, while the anti drip valve prevents unwanted spillages.

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Customer Reviews

Good size but poor durability
Bought this because of its big capacity which has been good, but some features are poor - eg. water tank is awkward to fill, and on/off light poorly visible. Main problem though is the first one stopped working 1 week inside the year's warranty, and the replacement has lasted just 2 years. Could be due to being left on longish periods by mistake - would benefit from auto cut-out which some new machines have.

Too tall
The worst aspect of this product is that it is taller than typical coffee makers, yet the water has to go in the top - this means that it cannot sit underneath a wall cabinet.

It made good hot coffee but the filter compartment has no clearance at the top, which means that it is not suitable for using filter papers as they tend to get squashed over sideways by the closing of the door, and then the hot water just goes down the outside of the filter paper.

As I like to use coarse ground coffee in a paper rather than the nylon filter supplied, I got rid of this unit for a better designed one.

Good Coffee. Poor Quality Machine.
This is the 3rd Kenwood CM651 I have purchased and all 3 have now had some issue (similar) so you ask why did I purchase it again, who knows, perhaps because the coffee always tasted good and was hot.

The above aside, the main issue for all 3 is that the water seems to get stuck and not drain through to the filter or it gets stuck in its compartment which leads to a wasted batch or two of coffee every time or coffee that once it does make it into the pot, is quite harsh and filled with grains.

When this machine works, it's great but since it is so unreliable...3 strikes and you are out.