Thanks for the suggestions. I have been looking at the Bunn and the Cuisinart. I have the Cuisinart toaster, blender, and the food processor and have been quite happy with them. And as Momj47 said, my pot doesn't just drip it runs out the top. I have tried holding the lid down and I really don't think you should have to do that. Now the feature that you can take the pot out and it is no suppose to continue to drip isn't working. This coffee pot is only 4 months old. But then I did get it free from Gevalia. Actually my third one with them and this is the second one to do this. I guess I have learned nothing is free in live. So off to the stores to check out the Cuisinart and the Bunn.

I'm a big fan of my Chemex pour-over. There are for sure some downsides. Most notably, it's not a push a button and leave sort of deal. Due to this, though, you control the water temperature, and pour, because it's your own hand doing it. It also uses proprietary filters that aren't the easiest to get. I live in downtown Boston and have found a few places within walking distance that carry them. But it's not a matter of going to your local supermarket and grabbing them off the shelf. Coffee geeks also will note often that said proprietary filters impart a "papery" taste into the coffee. I do a rinse with about a cup of hot water and then dump it down the drain before I add my grounds and that takes care of any sort of taste. The final plus? I think it looks beautiful sitting on my counter :)

#15. Strain the liquor out of a broken bottle. Go ahead and laugh, but I did just that. I had been out of work for 4 months, and after 5 interviews and a ridiculous wait for a "yay" or "nay", I was hired. To celebrate, I bought a bottle of Ciroc and a bottle of Hypnotiq... that's about $50.00. I get home, and as I'm headed to the front door, I DROP the bag and both bottles break. I almost cried. The Hypnotiq was completely gone, (I hope my Hostas enjoyed the runoff...), but the bottom third of the Ciroc bottle landed standing up, and there was still vodka in there. Thus, the 15th use for a coffee filter!

We've always had a programmable coffee pot that we set up the night before & it's brewed by the time we get up. Finding a pot we like is hit or miss; the last one was krups KM4065- has a dual timer; so we can push 1 for it to brew for hub & 2 for it to brew for me. Nice if you get up at different times. There were various things I dislike about it; mainly the top lid where you fill the coffee & water; I hate that it's one piece. We like pots where there is a lid over the grinds & another over the water fill. Can't count the number of times I spilled the grinds into the water. It died this morning; so we'll be looking for a new pot. Thankfully we keep one in the basement for days like this. It's one of our old ones that the teflon came off of the burner; otherwise it works but burns the coffee We've found that pots that take the #4 filter have a better flavor then the Mr Coffee type filter. The reason is that it takes longer for the hot water to pass over the grinds.