Farberware 8-Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator - PK8000SS

Ctmom: I remember using this pot years ago. I have tried many of the auto drips and I just don't get a hot cup of Joe and it usually tastes watered down. Love the clean stainless steel look. It can transfer to the table easily. The stainless steel keeps the already hot coffee hot for a while. This pot makes coffee fast and you really get the good flavor of perked coffee every time. Far superior to the drip pots and durable. Excellent value. I bought 8 cup. Works well and makes hot coffee.....hope it lasts as long time.

United States on Jan 13, 2015

LegoGirl: For a month, this percolator made delicious hot coffee. Then the troubles began! This percolator slowly died over a period of ten months---tepid coffee, limited percolation, tripping the circuit breaker, then total refusal to do anything. Repeated warranty emails to Farberware were fruitless.

This brand is no longer what it once was. Now it's the same cheap junk you can get in any discount store, just overpriced.

United States on Jan 02, 2015

Lindsey: I bought this a week after I bought the Presto. The Presto consistently gave me watery coffee. I tried several different methods and coffee brands/grinds to no avail. I thought maybe I was using the Presto wrong. I returned it and this came the next day and what a world of difference. The coffee was much much stronger and more flavorful. It was easier to use.

There were some design cons with this unit that I prefer the Presto:
-- the lid's handle is screwed on and since it seals tight around the unit it unscrews a bit (first use actually). This make me wonder how long the lid will last.
--Presto has a light that indicates when the coffee is done (not necessary but a very nice touch)
-- the chord on this unit is very short, probably 4-6 inches shorter than Presto
-- Presto has the cup fill line marked clearly on the inside of the unit, Faberware's is very faint.

All in all I like the Presto more cosmetically but who cares about all that when the coffee sucks. This unit gave me a stronger, superior cup. Presto was a big waste of money.

United States on Aug 15, 2014

Florida Lady: Got tired of so-so, not quite hot coffee from plastic machines that didn't last a year, couldn't be properly cleaned, and wanted programming. Ordered this Farberware percolator and loved it so much I bought a second as a back-up, and for the extra set of parts. Now our coffee is truly hot each morning, the parts go in the dishwasher (not the pot itself, of course, but the metal pieces inside, and the lid), and it's just as fast as that plastic machine we threw in the trash. We put the water and coffee in the night before, and just plug it in in the morning. Takes about six minutes to make a pot. Unplug it when the noise stops. Works well, and is dead simple. Love it.

United States on Jan 09, 2014

CW Carter: I've tried so many coffee makers, and never found one that was so hot that once cream was added, it didn't have to be microwaved. Had always been told the Farberware percolator is the best, but thought with today's sciences to coffee, and how technical & EXPENSIVE others are, can't be. But again, after spending more money on simple ones & expensive high level ones, I've come to that conclusion myself. It's makes the hottest (without boiling), and the most smooth tasting, delicious coffee on earth...The only thing that makes me a little nuts is just trying to make sure the tall tubular piece inside is kept clean, where it's not something of which you can touch its inside. But, even with that, there are pieces of the others that are hard to perfectly clean too. So a drop of soap down, and the hot water rushed through it - or any way you can find - and it makes the best...Will likely use it for life, and highly recommend it...

United States on Oct 23, 2013