Decent cup of coffee.
Looks nice.

You better drink it fast, because that thermal carafe isn't going to keep it at a drinkable temperature for more than 45 minutes.
If I had lived through the WWII this would have caused severe trauma - waking up to a very long air raid siren every morning as the grinder does its thing.
Why did I pay $100 for this thing?

It arrived by UPS around 3:00pm.  Not too late for coffee.  So I set it up and watched it go.  I was startled at the sound of the grinder.  It really is unbelievably and unacceptably loud.   For a drip machine it produced an all right cup of coffee.  My roommate and I gave it the thumbs up.   I had worse at my mothers.  ("I brewed it yesterday.  Just stick in the microwave.")

BUT after a few days we were able to admit to ourselves our $100 purchase may have been a mistake.  We both were very disappointed with the thermo pot.  It kept the heat a little better than our glass French press.  And I must say, I was worried about waking the neighbors every morning, as I live in a condo.  It had to go back.

I was thinking about trying the burr grinder version, but after reading reviews on this site I was won over by everyone's raging praise for the Technivorm.  I wasn't ready to spend that kind of money, but hey, it was Christmas time, your supposed to max out your credit cards.  I'm so glad I shelled out the $230 for my Technivorm.  $100 is a lot of money for this Cuisinart.  It is a generic drip coffee maker wrapped in stainless steel with a grinder attached and a trustworthy name stamped on it.   After returning this I realized that just because a company makes one product that stands out above the rest (Cuisinarts food processors), doesn't mean all of their products do.

p.s. I hate my Cuisinart toaster too.  But I still love my Cuisinart Food Processor.

It arrived quickly and was returned without any problem.