Side by Side Comparison of: DeLonghi vs KRUPS

Excellent product so far, I've only had it a week and haven't used it that much.

Love this machine my kids even love it my poor keirig All alon!!!!!

Perfect coffee. easy to use

Love My Delonghi maker! I just hope they still make this product down the road! I am a loyal customer.

Excellent price for a quality product! Hard to find Combination maker, I look forward to making my morning coffee
and latte's.

Used for 6 months now. Makes good coffee with fresh ground beans. Basic device, no filter, no timer, no bells and whistles, just brew, serve, keep hot. 10 cups isn't HUGE but it's a good size for a small group. This was one of the only higher end coffee makers without timers built in. We didn't want that because we've had two fail and start smoking.

This device is well made and solid (not made in China). Very easy to use with a single blue light that toggles as an on and off switch. Appears to be made in Erope so superior construction compared to the cheap plastic Chinese-made stuff you buy everyone in America now. I would recommend it. Perfect size and very hard to break. Reliable.

Only flaw in this coffee maker I have found is the coffee filter holder not going in all the way. If thats not place in its slot just right, and the lid does not completely close, it fills with water and the grounds and coffee come pouring out all over the counter. That's because the bottom of the plastic filter has to push through the hole below that drips the coffee karaffe below. So make sure thats in its slot just perfect and the lid is completely closed otherwise its a mess!

Our old Krups coffeemaker served us well for 14 years. It still works, but we got so used to seeing it on the counter every day that we hadn't realized how beat-up looking it has become. Until a few months ago, that is, when I began my search for a quality coffeemaker that had the fewest bells and whistles. The more buttons and displays on it, the less likely I was going to buy it. All I wanted was a coffeemaker that had an on/off button and that made great coffee. I searched and searched. (This country has become so gadget-crazy.) Finally I found the Krups (not that I am especially brand loyal) KM-1010--and am I glad I did! While I see most reviewers gave this unit high marks, I can't understand why *all* of them didn't. I would have preferred a separate (from the water reservoir) swing-out cone for filter and coffee, but the setup Krups has now (coffee and water under one roof) is not a big deal. Unlike the complaints of at least one reviewer, I find the carafe itself to be first-class. It has a hefty handle on it, and it pours easily without dripping (unlike my old Krups pot). It also slips in and out of the coffeemaker with ease. Lastly, I find the water fill indicators on both sides of the unit to be handy and easy to read, and I find the blue "On" light to be very pleasant. I've never looked so forward to making a fresh pot of coffee in the morning!

PS: I haven't drunk water straight from the tap since 1986. I use only distilled (countertop distiller) water for my coffee and tea. It *does* make a huge positive difference in the flavor of one's brewed beverages, and it eliminates the need for any water filters internal to the coffeemaker.

The good: Really sleek design; even the blue "on" light looks cool. Really sharp looking coffee maker. Coffee is REALLY hot - which is great, and brews quickly, I like the mess free filter mechanism - snap it out, dump in garbage can, and return. No grounds or drips getting all over. Not sure why other said this drips when you pour. My last Krups dripped all over when I poured. This is totally drip-free when pouring except if I put a lot of water in (more than the 10 cup capacity). Coffee is nicely brewed - really seems to make a nice brew.

The so-so: as other said, the area to pour water in is a little tricky to pour into, but really not a huge deal. The stainless is nice, but show fingerprints, like most other stainless. But, cleaned nicely with just a papertowl and water.

Also, the coffeemaker is larger than I thought, especially since its a 10 cup coffeemaker - slightly taller and deeper than I would have thought / than my old one.

Given the simplicity of this, I expect it to last as long as my last Krups - 10+ years.

We had a Braun coffee maker for many years and when it died we were unable to replace it. The KRUPS coffee maker is super. It does not have all of the bells and whistles (which we did not want) and it is sleek and modern looking. It also makes a great cup of coffee!!!!!

So far so good - had some reviews of the unit breaking down quickly, but has been good for us so far

This is an amazing machne when it works jus wish i knew that if the plate burned out after 4 uses I would have protected with warranty now i am stuck with this mega machine and cannot use it because it does not get hot anymore. When it was working the coffee was amazing

This replaces one just like it we'd had for years and finally quit working. The new one works great and makes perfect foam for latte's. The poor from the caraft is better but still not great.

Sometime ago we had a DeLonghi combination machine and we were quite happy with it. I recently purchased another for my husband as a gift. Just two weeks after it arrived it began to malfunction. We returned it, replaced it and had been quite satisfied for approximately 5 months. Suddenly, this machine did exactly the same thing as the other machine and ceased to work. There seems to be something consistently wrong with the digital timer mechanism. I won't be re-ordering this time. I'm very disappointed.

Works beautifully - makes excellent expresso and coffee. Couldn't be happier with my new expresso/coffee machine.

The coffee side works great and the espresso side worked very well... for a while at least. My girlfriend says her espresso is always bitter now and prefers to buy it from the coffee shop.

Had the machine for a few years and it's been great. No gadgets, dials, temp control, deionizer, lasers, or Bluetooth speakers. Just one manual on/off button that does nothing more than the engraving says, turns the machine on and off. Like those fancy, adjustable machines that often break and have mostly bad Amazon reviews, this machine produces coffee that is as good as whatever quality grounds you put in it, no better no worse.

Had this unit for a year now and it is reliable and easy to use. I bought this after several other coffee makers broke down in less than a year. I have every reason to believe that this one will keep on brewing! I run vinegar through it twice a year and I have had no issues whatsoever. You cannot program this unit to come on at a specific time. Instead it is the first button that I push when I wake up in the morning.

I've owned and appreciated Krups Coffeemakers for 25+ years. Unfortunately, the quality standards seem to have depreciated in recent years. This unit makes good coffee, but not nearly as good as my original unit, or units I've owned tens years or so ago. It's easy to use; easy to clean; and attractive on the counter. The biggest aggravation is its propensity for spilling coffee all over the counter when pouring the first cup or two from a full pot. Come on Krups, fix the carafe.
Update: After stupidly breaking my carafe, rather than pay too much for a replacement, I ordered a new coffeemaker; the new carafe seems to have solved the spilling problem.

I have had a Krups coffee pot for over 20 years. When our elderly basic Krups manual coffee maker was becoming unable to perform, we went looking for a replacement. This coffee maker makes great tasting Hot coffee. It is simple to use and elegant on the countertop.

Unfortunately, most coffee manufacturers have now burdened their customers with lids that are fixed onto the carafes. This makes a hand wash/hand dry-immediately mandantory in order to clean the pot. With its lid down you always dribble coffee or water while pouring. And the handle was made for someone with large hands. So for a more petite person, the handle makes the carafe hard to pour when full.

We looked at many different coffee pots and manufacturers and found this one to be the best. The coffee tastes great, its hot right after brewing and during the entire two hour period that the pot stays on automatically. No plastic taste. The two-hour automatic shut off is a great safety feature.

If you are looking for a quality coffee maker that doesn't cost you a fortune, this is it.

This coffeemaker is not elegant.. very box shaped but it is sturdy and makes a good cup of coffee.
I have two reasons for rating it four stars instead of five. First, I have trouble
reading the cup level on the side of the coffeemaker. It is too darkly tinted for me to read easily.
As a result, I have to remember how much water I put in the decanter. Not too big a deal.
Second and more annoying, the plastic lid on the top of the decanter cannot be removed for cleaning.
This makes it more difficult to clean or to put in the dishwasher rack. It would take a special tool to get the lid off of the decanter without breaking it. No help from the instruction manual about this problem.

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fine, as described

At first I really liked the unit, and it was my first combo unit. After a few months, the steam wand stopped working. I do need to contact the company, but haven't yet.

I've had this machine for a couple of weeks, it has a nice look, is programmable [on the coffee side only], and so far it works, but I have several caveats. First, it doesn't handle ESE Espresso Pods which I like, and had I realized this I would not have bought it. Second, while it appears compact and suitable for small, tight counter spaces, it really isn't. First, on the Espresso side you have to allow for the space it takes to get top cap off and the water loaded, and you have to load water each time you make espresso--there is no reservoir. Also, on the coffee side, you have to have a lot of extra space to swing the handled part six inches or so to the right so that you can get the coffee in, and it must be COMPLETELY OPEN before you can put water in the machine--take a look at the pictures and you will see how you have to do this. This requires me to pull the entire unit out of its space every time I want to fill it then put it back, otherwise I can't get the door open. In my view, it would have made much more design sense to have the handled part pull straight out.

a frequent complaint is water spurting outside the expresso filter cup. The knob that is turned is a mechanical valve that releases hot water onto the expresso grinds. Under pressure due to the boiler, it will spurt out all over if you suddenly open the valve all the way. Open it gradually, let the pressure that has built up dissipate, and then open the valve all the way. Wont leak all over the place if you do this. instructions should be re-written to address this problem. overall it's ok.

It served me well for almost 3 yrs, but it all of a sudden decided to die on me. That's the only reason I gave a 3 star. It's very simple. Has no fancy features I never use, which I liked a lot.

This is a simple coffee maker and is aesthetically pleasing. No special features--on/off and auto-off. One defect is the basket where the filter goes. It must be twisted in properly. If not, the coffee will overflow and make a mess. Unless you're always 100% careful, you will eventually make a mess! It is not obvious when it isn't in properly locked in. An ideal design wouldn't have this flaw..

ON my first coffee maker this summer, I used it about 6 weeks and the switch quit working. It was too late to return it to Amazon so I had to mail it to Krups and they did send a replacement. In the meantime we had to have a coffeemaker so I bought a different brand which my husband prefers so I have not used the Krups replacement!

The glass carafe handle burns hand. The hinge for the lid has an opening that lets steam escape toward the hand and thumb. I had to put the carafe down and reposition hand.
Just thought that the handle and hinge for the lid could be redesigned.
That is the only problem I have.

Great coffeemaker. Bought the wire mesh filter to make life easier. Highly recommended over any Mr Coffee, which is now made by Sunbeam.

UPDATE: Bought this in April 2011. Still very happy with it and filter. Makes a great cup of HOT coffee. ONLY negative. Fingerprints show up stainless.

UPDATE 2: SHE DIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012. :( Not sure if i'd reinvest in another. Here we go again.

The combination of an espresso and coffee machine sounded great. Well, its not! The coffee machine is at the bottom of functionality with minimal feature; not that a coffee machines need features. The espresso machine pumps out just a small cup of coffee. The pressure or bars that an espresso need to give the creme and that full body richness, its not here in this machine. I would've returned it but stupid me got rid of the box. Next step is just espresso machine and french press.

Liked the machine, but it quit working after about 4 months.

Drip coffee maker quit working after 7 months

Update:We have had this for exactly a year and we use it daily.The espresso side has been a problem. It started clogging and blowing water out of the frother soon after we got it so we stopped using espresso grind because we thought it was too dense ... kinda defeats the purpose ... but it brewed. Then we had to start turning the switch to off so it would build pressure and then switch it on to work ... now ... nothing ... glad we paid $10 for the protection plan.The pots tend to leak when you pour but other than that they are great.

This machine was itoo complicated and mpossible for my wife use as a quick coffee & latte maker.

This is a combination of two below average coffee appliances mushed together by a bunch of folks in separate rooms (or one big room with no one facing eachother) with cheap plastics and thin metal bits. Nothing really lines up quite right and the you'll probably need to stockpile a few of the plastic parts to replace the ones that will crumble in your delicate grasp.The drip coffee half works just as good as any other drip coffee maker that you'll find on the open-box table at Walmart. If you use fancy coffee then it totally makes a gooder brown water... yay.The espresso half is... not great? Good luck with trying to produce any sort of crema, if someone has figured it out, please let me know what sort of moon wizardry is needed to conjure up the magical morning froth. I'm not a professional preparer of fine coffee delights by any stretch of the imagination, but this thing isn't going to help me roleplay any of my SO's baristo fantasies.So why did I give it a two start rating with a one star review? Well, it still feeds me caffeine in the morning, so there's that.

The coffeemaker works just fine but it is huge. I have been searching for a 10 cup pot that is sleek and fits, on a counter, in a galley kitchen. I had high hopes but, alas, it is big. The back is dark and although I can see the water I have to pull the pot away from the wall to see inside. I guess consumers want either big coffeemakers or the keurig type that makes mediocre coffee. I forgot what drove me to a French press.

I am keeping the Krups for guests and back to the French press for every day.

I had my previous Krups for 15 years, but I probably won't keep this one much longer at all. It has one of those little springs so that you can pour a cup while the coffee is still brewing. The most annoying thing is that you have to clip the filter basked down or it doesn't press the spring and coffee doesn't drain into the pot. If it's not clipped right it floods the filter basket, grounds drip down the side, goes into the water container, etc. The filter basket is not well made so it won't stay clipped in - you have to check and double check before pushing the start button or splash... coffee all over.

Purchased this a little over a year ago, respected the name. Other than heating the water too fast when I first bought it, causing the basket to over flow, has worked fine and was right for my needs. But over night has stopped working, switch or hat plate, don't know.I will have to think about it before I buy this brand again.

I owned a wonderful KRUPS coffee maker (the one with the ball-shaped glass pot) which made excellent coffee for over 16 years! But alas, it came when I had to purchase a new one. So I decided to stick with KRUPS of course, and purchased this unit (KM1010). The design looks fantastic... but unfortunately, it just "can't hold a candle" to the previous one. The coffee is ok... but the unit seems quite flimsy in construction... perhaps cheap is the word... and it is utterly impossible to see the water level as it's poured into the tank. And the coffee basket is loose and keeps bouncing around... A colleague suggested that the old coffee maker might have been manufactured in German, while this newer product, perhaps in China. Not really sure. I can certainly live with it for a while, but would not go this route again. It seems more and more... with the quality of manufactured items these days... you certainly do get what you pay for.

We bought this coffee maker to replace a 6-cup Krups coffee maker that we had had for at least 15 years. We've had other coffee makers that have made lousy coffee and have always ended up going back to our old Krups. We prefer a smaller coffee maker, but couldn't find any 6-cup makers. This coffee maker makes excellent coffee (we like ours very strong and make small pots). Overall, we're very satisfied with it. It is very tall, so I do have to move it out from under the cabinet when I set it up for brewing, otherwise I can't open the lid of the coffee maker all the way. One minor quibble: the carafe lid does not stay shut when pouring coffee, which can drip hot coffee onto your hand. I haven't experienced any of the other minor problems mentioned in these reviews, such as problems with getting the filter basket to fit right or putting the carafe back in the maker. I'm sure one day I'll get sloppy dumping the ground coffee from the grinder to the filter and get some in the reservoir, but so far so good. Our main criterion was flavor and we're satisfied with it.

UPDATED 1/2015: The heating element started rusting after a few months, the heating element for the water seems to be constantly on (just discovered that), so now we unplug it after every use, and we just discovered that it's been leaking water from the reservoir! Can't recommend it. Damn Krups for selling out.

This coffee maker stopped working for no reason after one month of use. I returned it and was sent a replacement. After less than 6 months it has stopped working again. Terrible!!!!

The on button for the espresso side was broken upon arrival, it needs to be held manually to work. Extremely disappointing, only way to receive support apparently is over the phone which doesn't really help someone with hearing loss, and I don't want to have to pay return shipping on this to try again. So until the machikne breaks fully all my espresso drinks are going to involve several minutes of standing next to the machine holding down a button.

What do I do? I purchased this machine on Feb 15th, 2017 and like the product however five months late the coffee side is not functioning. I believe a purchased a three year warranty but can't find documentation of that. How do I get this replaced.

Extremely disappointed. I had hoped this coffee maker's quality would match the a high-price I paid. No such luck. I have owned this coffee maker for 4 months and it is broken; does not even brew coffee. I am outside the return window of 30 days and am extremely disheartened.

I previously owned this coffee maker & loved it.After 4yrs it was starting to leak, I had no problems prior to this. I tried a couple of other brands but it didn't match up to this one so I purchased it again. As soon as I started to use it, it leaked from everyplace imaginable! I sent it back very disappointed.

We ordered this machine through amazon, but from another seller. When we got this machine, we were really happy with all aspects of it - great for espresso, cappuccino and regular brewed coffee. However, about 9 months after we got it, the brewed coffee side just stopped working one day - totally dead. When we bought it, there was a 1-year warranty on it, so I contacted the seller through amazon (Cucinabella) to let them know that it had broken and to request a replacement machine. They however said they wouldn't replace it, but would rather just send me a fuse so we could fix it ourselves, or WE could pay to ship it back to them and they would replace the fuse for us. As I was unhappy with this answer, I requested a customer service number, so I could speak to someone about this, but they claimed not to have a customer service number, just e-mail. I reluctantly agreed to them sending the fuse, only because I just wanted a working coffee pot again. This was weeks ago and I still haven't received it! I I have also tried to go through Amazon customer service directly and they claimed they could do nothing to help. I am now going to try the manufacturer directly and hope they will do something, but I am very disappointed with the whole process. DO NOT buy this coffee machine if you're looking for something that will last for more than a few months.

review of THIS coffemaker has to be bad because on off switch stopped working entirely after just a few months. Wrote to Krups and they get 5 stars for responsiveness: they replied quickly to send back the coffeemaker and sent a brand new one (different, upgrade model) within 3 weeks. Both new and old coffeemakers make good coffee. Only suggestion for Krups: please make the carafe lid removable so I can (1) rinse the carafe and turn upside down to drip dry without it tumbling over because the lid is in the way and (2) fit into the dishwasher better (lid always in the way--awkward to position and takes up more precious dishwasher real estate).

This is a lovely piece of equipment. The styling is fabulous, and the simplicity of just one button (no clock, timer, etc.) is a minimalists dream. The quality of the coffee it brewed was outstanding. However, the damn thing lasted just over a year before it just quit one morning. Pushed the button, light came on, and...nothing. Of course, Amazon's return policy is 30 days, and the manufacturer's warranty is one year. If you want the best disposable coffee maker money can buy, this is your machine!

I had the previous version of this coffee maker for several years. Krups was bought out by a Chinese company. This is not the same quality product that was produced in years past. The coffee maker was delivered in mid June and lasted about two weeks. It was plugged into a surge protector / line conditioner. No other appliances, such as the coffee grinder or boom box, showed any abnormalities. The product simply failed after two weeks. Needless to say, it will be returned.

DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM, RATES A ZERO ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10.

I would like to add that I can't really understand why Amazon does not pull the product from its sales inventory. It is really that bad.

Very disappointed. I've bought Krups products for 30+ years and been very pleased. However this one has been poor from the start. The coffee holder is difficult to position correctly, the carafe needs care to make sure it is under the spout and the paper filter must be folded just so. Failure to do any of the above and coffee pours out all over the counter and burns on the warming plate. On 2 occassions it came on by itself in the middle of the night. The last straw was a few weeks ago when it refused to startat all. At the time, it was about 4 months old. The previous maker lasted over 6 years. We tossed this one and bought a Kithchen-aid. It too is is made in China but I hope it willbe better - so far it seems a better design in every way. So much for German engineering and Chinese construction!

The things that made the Braun Aromaster KF400 coffee maker great are almost impossible to find in one brew appliance today: 10 cups, a small footprint, simple design, replaceable parts, no frills, low price, and (of course) great coffee.I think the Krups KM1010 is a respectable substitute for the Braun (though much more spendy at 2.5x the cost), but since I have as much respect for the Krups Fast Touch Coffee Grinder as I do for the KF400, I figured Krups could make the grade.So far, the brew has been consistently good (though still not as good as the Aromaster). The hardware itself seems more robust than the Braun, so I'm hoping that it will last longer. All in all, I can't complain.The main pros are the no-frills simple design and relatively small footprint. The main cons are:- The filter basket is problematic; it needs to be removed when filling to avoid pouring grounds into the water reservoir and installed correctly to avoid leaking hot coffee while using the brew-pause feature (twist counterclockwise to lock).- I've found that all coffee carafes dribble if not poured slowly (and it drives me nuts), so I always pour coffee over the sink.- The resistance when replacing the carafe feels harder than it should. The brew-pause valve is a likely point of early failure (as it was on the Braun).- The water level is hard to read in the dark.- The finish is a stain magnet.- The price seems high compared to the Braun.I still wish I could get the Braun KF400, but as the Cuisinart DCC-1200 seems to be the most popular on Amazon (with around 2000 reviews), I may buy it in the future.Otherwise, the Krups 1010 seems to be as good as I can hope for until (if ever) the KF400 is available in the USA again.UPDATEI must downgrade my rating of this unit to 2 stars after two early failures within the 2-year warranty (11 months after purchase) when the unit clogged and would only brew half a pot after 40 minutes of sputtering loudly. I brewed white vinegar to clear the first clog, but couldn't clear the second.I don't know what caused the unit to fail, but I believe that having the brew basket and water next to each other is a design defect that promotes clogging if grounds get into the reservoir (though I always filled the unit by removing the brw basket and dropping it into place).Furthermore, the warranty repair took 8 weeks (with many hoops to jump through to set up ... the support website is terrible); after which Krups sent me a new unit (something I feel they could have done immediately). While waiting two months for the repair, we used a French press to brew in the morning; less convenient, but much better coffee (yet still not as good as the Braun KF400, ironically).I'll stick with the Krups for now (making sure not to pour grounds in the top), but next time, I'd recommend the Cuisinart DCC-1200 for a little more money.UPDATE 2I must downgrade my rating of this unit to 1 star after the final failure just after the 2-year warranty on this replacement unit. It simply stopped working.I bought the Cuisinart DCC-1200. A perfect replacement to the Braun.I'll stick with the Krups coffee grinder, but never another brew appliance.