Side by Side Comparison of: Keurig vs Custom Variety Pack vs STK

Just the right size for me in my office at work.For more than a couple of people the water reservoir would empty too quickly I'd think, as it only holds 40oz (just enough for five 8oz cups).It requires the reservoir to be refilled when the water level gets to where only 8-10 ounces remain. This means you can only make 3 or 4 cups before you have to refill it. Fine for just me, but not practical for more than one or two people to share.

This Keurig Brewing System is great. When our old one broke we bought this one. Our old one you had to fill your cup with water and pour it into the top of the brewer. This brewer has a water reservoir that holds enough water to make about 6 cups of coffee depending on the strength of the cup you brew. It gives you the option to make a 6, 8 or 10 oz cup. It also comes with a carafe so you can just make a whole carafe of coffee at once if you want. I love that it gives so many options. We use this brewer constantly each day and always get a consistently great cup of coffee. It uses K-Cups and they come in many different flavors. I would definitely recommend this brewer for anyone who likes a great cup of coffee.

I've been using the classic Keurig single-cup system for years so finally getting the 2.0 was a huge upgrade for me! At first glance, the system is much sleeker than the old system I had. The water reservoir has a filter and even a little light built in (for ease of seeing water level or for ambiance, I am not sure which!) The display screen is a touch screen where you can adjust whether you want a little or slightly bigger single cup, or even the selection where you brew a whole pot of coffee! The carafe setting, which lets you brew a whole pot, produces enough for three good sized cups of coffee, maybe 2 if you are using a travel mug size. Like the other systems, you can brew just hot water, but it does ask you to confirm that you just want hot water before it dispenses. The preheat cycle is a bit faster on this system than my old one, so I was pleased there as well.One thing I would caution: Be careful how you position the pot when you brew a whole pot of coffee. I didn't position it right once and got a bit of leaking as the pot brewed. You also have to use a bit of force to get the carafe sized K-Cups all the way in to ensure that the lid closes completely. (Again, not doing so will also cause some leaking.) Despite these issues, I am very pleased with the system and will probably use it every day until it simply can't brew any longer!

I just love it. I think it is the best Keurig system out there. It uses both K-cups and the Karafe size K-cup as well. You may also use your own favorite grind in both sizes. I find it the best of both worlds. This unit dispenses both 8 oz and 10 oz size cups of water so one can make cup-a-soup with it as well.This Keurig Coffee Machine does nothing but add to the beauty of your kitchen. It makes preparing coffee a breeze.

It's a shame this product is getting such bad reviews, it does exactly what it says it does, brews coffee. I had the K45 and I like the K350 better. It's more quiet, has strength control, multiple cup sizes, a pot and it looks better.I will note that this one does not have a clock and you cannot change the LED color in the water tank, that is only in the better models, I didn't realize this at first but it is my fault for not reading the entire description.If you're worried about what kcups and can and can't use, don't. Just go to ebay and type in Clever Clip, it's $5.99, you clip it in the machine and solves the whole issue. I know I know, corporate greed or whatever people want to call it, I get it, but they obviously didn't care too much or there wouldn't be such an easy way around it.All in all it's a pretty nice machine for $99.

This review is for everyone that wants to brew there own coffees, or teas in the new Keurig 2.0 machine. I was frustrated like everyone else with the Keurig 2.0's requirement to use there proprietary single use disposable cups.BUT! I discovered the solution to using your own loose coffee of Your Choice without doing anything special to trick the machine.I found the "Perfect Pod EZ- CUP 2.0 which works beautifully with my Kurig 2.0. These cups use a disposable thin filter which slips inside the reusable plastic cups. I found this product at Bed, Bath & Beyond for 14.99, comes with 25 filters. The disposable filters are 4.99 for a 100. I have been using these for a week now, and have had about 30 cups of MY coffee with joy, and no problem with the 2.0. Very clean to use these. When your done brewing your cup, just pull out the disposable filter and throw it out. It's ready to load the next filter, and your next scoop of coffee for your next cup.There are other cups that say they fit in the 2.0, but they don't work. This one works! Works for K cups & 2.0 Brewers!No more Green Mountain cups! The skew number on the packaging of these 30816 16129.This cup is a pink cup. Be sure to get the right one. Bed Bath & Beyond skew on there price tag is 1032112. (See attached picture.)Hopefully this helps you with the Keurig 2.0.

Very pleased with this product! Ordered it as a gift for my dad and he's so excited. I read some reviews where pods were busted, they had multiples, and that there wasn't enough "variety" in the variety pack. My experience was not like this. I ordered the normal coffee variety pack since my dad's not a huge fan of tea, cider, or decaf. I got exactly 40 k-cups and each one was different! There are some multiples of brands but no flavor is the same. I did get one great value cup, which I rolled my eyes at, but 1 out of 40 isn't bad!Packaging was great. I ordered other things also so this came in its own box within another box so it was definitely secure. The second picture is how they arrived, all jumbled together. The first picture is just a small sample of the different varieties I received.I ordered this sampler pack for Father's Day. Ordered it a week before Father's Day and it didn't arrive until the week AFTER so about two weeks total. The shipping itself was relatively fast but it took forever for them to "process my order." The shipping time wasn't a huge deal to me but just be aware.I would definitely consider ordering these again since they're a great price and a fantastic variety!

I purchased this for a holiday gift exchange with my co-workers. Everyone always fights over coffee in my office, so of course they fought over this gift. I am personally not a coffee drinker, but this 40-count pack did not last long. It was only there about a week before we needed another supply. I did ask the co-worker who ended up with this sampler, and she said that she enjoys strong coffees. Apparently there were several.

I have ordered a variety pack of coffees like this before for myself which I liked very much. I ordered this one for my granddaughter who is away at college. I thought her mother gave her a K-cup coffee maker and have learned today that it is just a regular Mr. Coffee type of brewer. I told her she could just open the K-cups and pour them into the filter in her coffee maker but she said it was too large. I told her to pass my gift off to someone she likes at school with a K-cup maker. They are great little coffees and someone should enjoy them.

Now I have this coffee drinking daughter who is just adventurous enough to want to try anything once. My boss gave me a Keurig machine, so I decided to surprise her with it. To make her smile, I ordered to of these sampler packs. One that contained the flavored coffees and the other that contained just regular brews. I opened the box and found 40 different flavors of coffee. I was quite please or should I say she was quite pleased. There were flavors I didn't even think you could make as a coffee flavor. Flavors: Cocunut, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Apple Pie, Fudge, Hazelnut, French Vanilla, and so many more. The list is endless. No laughing, I am writing this and my mind cannot even remember all the flavors there are Now out of the two boxes purchased, I can say that I did not have that many duplicates, so if you are a coffee adventurous, this is the way to go. They were cost effective, and well worth the deal. I went on other sites and these cups cost so much more. So for you thrifty shoppers, you'll definitely like the costs.

I chose this variety pack because I saw several in the picture that I wanted. While I got a decent variety, I didn't get the ones I wanted. The box says coffees, teas, and hot chocolate. Got no hot chocolate or tea. In my pictures I show which cups I didn't receive from the product's headline photo, and what I actually got. I'll take the gamble again though and see what I get next time!

I've gotten other samplers but this was by far the best one. It was a nice mix of plain coffee with light and dark roasts and then lots of flavored coffee! I love that I received coffee from companies I've never heard of. I also got some crazy flavors ( cookie dough and mocha fudge) I received this the next day after I ordered it with standard shipping. I'll buy again! Thanks!

I'm not a morning person, having to make a pot of coffee in the morning is a monumental task. The Keurig is great because I can slap in a coffee pod, press a button, and have coffee... No fiddling around with water, filters, coffee, measuring, etc...However, you would have thought that Keurig would work on improving features of their product instead of merely trying to prevent people from using 3rd party k-cups... My typical coffee mugs hold anywhere from 16-20oz of coffee... The largest size you can brew at once is 10oz... So every morning I have to go through a brew cycle, open & close lid, and go through another brew cycle... Just like on the old model keurigs...At first the coffee didn't see hot enough, but I always turned the Keurig off when I wasn't using it. I discovered when turning it on, even after it says it's ready to use, wait a minute or two more and you will have a hotter cup of coffee. I can only assume the water is still absorbing the heat from the element inside.Other than that I've really had no issues. I have had a couple k-cups that were over-filled or something wrong with them where they wouldn't let coffee flow through, but that is not Keurig's fault. I like how easy it is to remove the pod area to clean it.If Keurig really wants to make a better product they will ditch the DRM with the K-Cups, allow a user-adjustable water temperature setting, and also allow a user to select a coffee cup size up to 20oz (or more) in their usual 4oz increments... The tiny coffee cup sizes are pointless, who drinks 2oz of coffee???

This was my first Keurig. I've liked it so far and Keurig's customer service has been great. The only thing I'd say I've learned is that I use more water than I'd expect. On an average day, I have 2 cups of coffee at about 14 oz each. That said, I empty about half of the reservoir each day. Not a big deal but think I'd rather have a larger capacity on my next one. The only other thing I wish it would do is offer the option to brew a 14 oz cup of coffee using the standard sized K cup. That may sound like it would make weak coffee but I end up running a 10 oz, then have to open it up and hit another 4 oz to fill my coffee cup. I use the reusable K cups and it tastes great, just wish I could select 14 oz and let it make a cup rather than having to open it up, close it again and have it brew the last 4 oz's. Overall, I'm happy with it though. Seems to work great and looks nice on the counter. Definitely happy I made the move from my regular old coffee maker.

Bought this for Christmas. We may return it. It makes good coffee, 1 cup or a 4-cup carafe at a time, but after only 4 or 5 cups have been brewed, it clogs up so badly with grounds that the coffee gets cold by the time it finishes brewing.Keurig includes an orange gizmo with a little bladder that can be used to flush out the clogging grounds with warm water. That works, and the brewer returns to normal every time (so far), but this is way too much trouble for a product that's supposed to provide speed and convenience.We are using this device exactly as instructed, with K-Cups from the variety pack sold by Amazon. I can't tell yet whether some types of K-Cups are causing the problem, but I'll soon find out ... if something changes our view, I'll be back and update my review or post a new one.UPDATE: Feb 11, 2016 -- after 5 or 6 clogs had to be cleared, the machine no longer seems to be clogging up at all ... I don't know why that is ... same machine, same-branded pods, etc. But now it's working well. I'd give 5 stars now, but I'm holding off to see if the clogging problems come back(!).

I love my Keurig, the first one I had lasted 7 years. I got this one and I like it, but a few things I don't like is: It only uses Keurig k cups which is terrible because I buy the mixed cups and they are not always from Keurig, so I can't use them now in my Keurig, It doesn't get as hot as the old one and you can't set it like the old one. The Carafe that came with it is awful, does not keep it hot at all, cheap plastic. I think it takes away from how great the Keurig name of quality is. I heard people comment on how loud it is but that is not that bad. All in all I am glad I got . I got mine from Amazon and was very happy with timeline on shipping and delivery. Amazon is wonderful!!!!!!!

We finally decided to purchase the new Keurig 2.0. We were hesitant because of the mixed reviews we have read. However, with that said, we like it (or the majority of it). With the Keurig 2.0 we love the feature of brewing an entire pot of coffee. For my husband, that is a need some mornings. :) I like how easy it is to make a cup of hot water. Anytime you close the machine without a pod it automatically prompts you asking if you want hot water. This is also a great feature for the kids...we let them use this feature to make instant oatmeal. We also love the digital screen. It is so easy to use and choose the different cup sizes. The one down side to the new machine is that the largest cup you can make is 10oz. Our former Keurig would allow us to make a 16oz cup of coffee. Outside of that, we love our new Keurig 2.0!Thanks Keurig, for the free pods for this review.

Great coffee machine for two people to share. My wife and I got this so we didn't have to waste full pots of coffee in the morning. The carafe is perfect for the both of us, and we bought an after-market k-carafe to use our own coffee grinds, which works great. I can understand how people are upset by not being able to transition older k-cups to the 2.0 models, however we find the 2.0 variety packs to be amazing. The only complaint is that the base/drain plate does not securely lock into the machine, and can be easily moved if it is bumped.

Received 9 Light, 10 Medium, 11 Bold & 10 Flavored. It does feel like a true variety pack.No starbucks or cinnabon but at least one of every other style shown in the picture. No duplicates.EDIT: I have seen a lot of reviews saying the black cups are not compatible with their Keurig.I have a K15 and have had no issues using the black cups.

This is a really nice mix of good and well known brands of coffee. No off brands and I love that there is such a great mix. I would give this 5 stars except for the 3 pods of pumpkin flavored coffee that comes in each box (I have ordered this mix 3 times). I do love me some pumpkin flavored coffee during the fall season but for the most part I don't. I am saving those for fall. If there was a way to have those replaced with something else when I ordered this mix would be purchased more often.

A nice variety of coffees. The only real complaint is that some of the k-cups seals have came undone; which makes a mess and no coffee. Regardless, it is definitely recommended for people who are interested in trying different coffees to find new favorites. It has saved me from buying a pack of Crazy Cups; which I found out I don't like the taste of from this sampler.

I subscribed to have this delivered every month. I really enjoy getting different flavors to try. Most are quite good, a few excellent, and of course, a few blah.One negative I have is I don't use a Keurig brand coffee machine. Mine is an off brand that requires you to manually shut the door onto the K-Cup. This has never been a problem until a few of the EkoBrew k-cups in this package. They require a bit more force to get the pin to push up from the bottom and puncture the k-cup. Not a huge deal, but I wanted to mention it.

This is a pretty good coffee sampler pack. I have it on my Subscribe and Save and get it every other month as a filler to my standard coffee. Most of the coffee pods are the ones pictured, but not all of them. I actually don't mind it because it is a variety pack after all. This particular sample pack does not include teas or hot chocolate. It is caffeinated coffee only.I know that it has been mentioned before, but about only half of the coffee pods work with the Keurig 2.0, which is what I own. If this is an issue for you, do yourself a favor and buy a freedom clip which is available here on Amazon.

Great variety of coffee, some of them don't work with the new keurig. What I did to remedie this problem was take a bit of the covering off of a keurig 2.0 cup and place it where the reader is, this tricks the machine and allows it to brew.

Product works for the most part. Mine hasn't broken yet, with daily use multiple times a day. The only issue I continue to run into, is that the nozzle that punctures the foil on top of the k cups seems to get clogged very easily. It comes with a "declogger" for lack of a better term--an orange plastic device that you fill up with water, and use it as a suction cup to clear the clog. It's a good thing I didn't throw it out because I didn't know what it was at first. You can also push a k-cup down before closing the top, which sometimes relieves the vacuum that I think sucks the grounds up into the nozzle. Yes there are some k-cups that it doesn't register, but sometimes if you repeatedly open/close the top it stops caring whether or not they're "keurig approved". You can also cut the foil off of an approved k-cup and just place it on top of the non-approved ones.

I admit I enjoy Keurig coffee makers and my original one finally went kaput. I bought this one and ended up having to give away nearly $200.00 worth of K-cups because even though these K-cups state "For use with Keurig coffee makers" they would not work as the new one would not recognize the K-cup. If you buy another brand of K-cup other than Keurig coffee make sure there is a "purple" outline on the K-cup or this one will not allow you to use it.

Spend the extra money on a better Keurig, The emblem reader is annoying and we had to tape part of the NON-KCUP KCUPS to the sensor so it would brew non keurig branded coffee.It every once in a while would freeze up on the touch screen and have to be unplugged and replugged back in, this has had moderate use and the machine is now stuck on the power screen and will not function anymore.

I ordered this Keurig for my office to replace an old one that broke. I like that it has a couple of extra modes, you can choose strong coffee and there is even a hot chocolate mode-and it's amazing! I don't like that you can not set a timer for auto on/off. It automatically shuts off after a while and then you have to turn it back on and wait for the water to heat up again. I had a timer on the old one so it would turn on at 7:45 and shut off at 5:15 automatically. I haven't tried to brew a non-Keurig k-cup yet, but I'm not too worried, apparently all you have to do is place a clean k-cup lid on top of the off brand cup and the scanner will read the Keurig brand.

Disappointed that the base even removed does not allow for a "to-go" type mug to fit under it...this system only takes Keurig K-cups; so don't try to use any other brand you get an "oops" message that says the cup is not an authorized product...not the easiest to set up and get the size cup, etc. that you want...not horrible but just okay.

I love the Keurig brewers but this machine is a big disappointment to me due to the fact that it completely controls and dictates what kcups you can and can't use with it. It absolutely won't accept the inserts so you can use your favorite brand of coffee; it won't accept many of the kcups currently on the market that actually may be one of your favorites (like Tim Horton, Gevalia, SanFrancisco Bay, Cameron's, etc) because they have not been approved by Keurig even though they will work in all the brewers by Keurig up until this 2.0 model and won't even accept Keurig approved Kcups purchased before about July since it will only accept those who say Keurig Brewed on the top of the cup. This brewer reads the lids - I was told if I put an "older" approved kcup in the machine it would say "oops" and I could call their 800# presumably to be able to be talked through an option that might let me use one of their approved coffees. This feels like a giant control effort to prevent people from enjoying their brewers unless you also use their coffees. Sooooo - if you happen to like a brand of coffee they don't approve of you will have to choose between their new brewer and all it has to offer or your coffee. I chose my coffee; there are a good many brewers that will still let me use my favorite brand of kcup that I don't need their new brewer. And given time, I expect the other coffee makers will also offer what this one does (like the option of making either a single cup of coffee or a 4 cup carafe of coffee with their new kcup size) without dictating what coffee you enjoy in it. It seems that Keurig would prefer to sell these brewers to anyone who wants one, while enjoying the approved coffee to those who choose to drink it, or will actually let people enjoy their brewer and their favorite coffee even if Keurig doesn't approve of their coffee. I expect there will be others who did what I did - bought the machine only to realize this after I got it home and quickly realized I'd have to give up my favorite coffee to keep it, or throw out 95% of the kcups I had that were purchased before about July of this year. I returned it - don't tell me what coffee I can like, Keurig - the other makers of single serve brewers that accept your kcups don't tell me what I have to like to use their brewers. They will be the ones who sell their brewers while yours get returned and they will be glad to let me enjoy my favorite coffee in them.

I actually subscribed to this Keurig K-cup sampler so that I could get a variety of favored coffees. Now all I seem to get is regular coffee which I could just buy in the store! I wanted to sample the different flavors from the different manufactures not always get 100$ arabica/columbia. Just wanted coffee, no teas or hot chocolate or decaf. It's always delivered on time but please, more favors to sample.

I was excited over the mixed box of coffee to have in my office. I was really disappointed when I had a certain brand of coffee explode in my Keurig. I thought it might of been the Keurig so I brought some of the brand home to try there and holy cow, a week later I still have coffee grounds coming out of places I didnt know existed. My home and office Keurig are now coffee ground coated and almost impossible to get it all cleaned up in those things.

Buyer Beware! (1) some coffee's "best buy" dates were more than one year ago. (2) 20% of sampler pack was NOT coffee - tea, fruit beverages. Bottom line: it gave me a chance to sample many different brands, and I did find one that I really liked, but I'm wondering how many more I would have enjoyed if they hadn't been so far past their "best buy" dates.

I was not expecting so many weak coffees. Some tasted so bland I had to throw it out.

I purchased this with the hope of trying a lot of flavored coffees, but I would say less than half the box was flavored and rest was just a mix of light, medium and dark roast with heavy emphasis on the dark. Also, none of the black pods like the one pictured below would work in my brewer even though mine is listed as a compatible brewer. The bottom needle would not pierce the cup. Naturally, a good bit of the special flavored ones were in black cups and they are useless (I tried multiple black ones, none worked). I'm not sure if I will order these again.

You need to know that with the new Keurig 2.0 system that some of copy cat cups will not work in this system. About half will not work so if you own the new 2.0 do not order this Sampler Pack.

We have had this less than 6 months and it has been nothing but problems from day 1. The whole 2.0 system is flawed, I recommend sticking with the original.Good luck finding coffee that fits in the compartment.Good luck not descaling every 2 weeks.Good luck actually getting a full cup of coffee.Also, I hope you have time to wait 30 minutes for the very last drop to come out.BOOOOOO.

I've had this coffee maker less than a year. From the beginning, the digital display would occasionally go blank and I'd have to unplug the machine then plug it back in and the display would start working again. Recently, it quit working all together. When the power is on, the display is lit up but blank. I can no longer reset and get it to start working again by unplugging the machine. It's been plugged in to a GFCI outlet the entire time I've had it.

Had to return it to Keurig because it stopped working after making about 10 cups of coffee. But, Keurig was great about it.They sent me a new unit quickly and two boxes of free coffee for inconvenience. Very, very nice customer service on their part. The new one direct from the company works fine. Also, you can't use all style K-cups in it (but, you can jerry-rig it to make it work). I think as long as you purchase quality products from Bed, Bath & Beyond or Keurig you will have no problem. More coffees are coming out to work in the 2.0 system. I wouldn't buy them from Amazon, I think they must throw in old-style products in their mixed blends. I'm better at it now, careful what I buy for the system. No problems.

I really wanted to like this product, I had one of the early Keurig’s and used it daily. Seeing that they added the carafe I thought would be a good addition. Unfortunately they went a bit too far with the restrictions and the machine itself isn’t even close to the quality of my original Keurig. It seems they took away from the quality of the machine to invest in optical sensors to restrict you from using other brands of coffee. I can understand Keurig wanting to protect themselves but there is a tipping point where I am uninterested in spending my money for their protection. I would estimate this brewer last about a year and will start to have usability issues. At that point I think I will be done with Keurig. In addition the ease of use isn’t there like it was before. Having to constantly select different brew types from a cheaply made touch screen is annoying. Overall disappointed and giving two stars (vs one star) because I will continue to use this brewer until it breaks. My recommendations for anyone that likes Keurig and wants the ability to make a pot of coffee is to buy a separate machine that is properly designed for brewing larger amounts.My message to Keurig would be to go back to the single brew that you were successful at and drop the restrictions. If your pods are properly priced and are better than your competitors you don’t need to concentrate so heavily on proprietary restrictions.

My old Keurig finally broke and I had to replace it. Not too long ago the local grocery store had a mega sale on k cups and I stocked up. The new Keurig is much nicer than my last model where I had to pour the water in each time and it only made one cup at a time. I think I paid around $150 to $200 for the old one several years ago. This unit is a big upgrade at a lower price but the big minus is that it is not compatible with the old k cups and I had to get all new ones and at the grocery store I had trouble finding ones that say they are compatible with the new system. So for now I ordered a bunch directly from Keurig it was a pain.

I didn't purchase my Keurig 2.0 on Amazon. I received it as a gift. I thought, however, that I'd take the opportunity to review this product anyway because it wouldn't MATTER where I purchased it....it would be just as much a piece of crap. I had a Keurig...a nice one, with lots of features that I liked. For example, I could use any kind of K-cup out there and I found one that I really, really liked. I can't use that one anymore. Keurig has made the new 2.0 so that you can't use the little cup that held regular coffee. And it has to be an "official" k-cups because the new 2.0 reads the lettering on the rim of the new ones. As far as the carafe? It's a good idea in theory to have a little pot that will brew (supposedly) up to 6 cups of coffee (even more on some of the fancier, more expensive models). But in reality, you can only get a little over 2 regular sized cups of coffee from the carafe. Any more and it would definitely be too weak. The 4-cup setting is really pushing it...in my opinion. And I don't prefer especially strong coffee. In addition, the K-Carafes are expensive - anywhere from $16-$20 for 8 K-Carafes (which is approximately 18-20 cups of coffee.It's a gimmick...and not even a very good one at that. Keurig is trying to dominate the K-cup market and whoever buys this machine will be sucked right into it. I'm on the fence about returning mine, but I haven't quite decided yet.

Mostly junk coffees you'd never find again, if you even wanted to. Green Mtn samples pictured but not a single pod in the box, others I wanted to try as well, but none in the box. Mostly no name crap. Once was more than enough of these.

Fun assortment of kcups that I will probably never buy again. I've never heard of most of these brands. One was great valu, which I recognize as a generic grocery store brand. Out of 40 kcups, 9 are flavored. The rest are a mix of dark, medium and light roasts (no decafs). I'm excited to try a few of them. It seems like a good way to sample a bunch of new brands, but next time we'll stick with one we know we like.

The Variety Pack I received included very little of the advertised coffees and a lot of unknown blends. If this wasn't purchased for my work office, I would be returning to seller. I don't recommend this sampler pack, it's filled with undesirable coffee.

I ordered this variety pack on the basis of the flavors pictured. Of the 40 cups, nine of them were what was advertised. The rest were plain coffee of one blend or another. Amazon gave me a refund but if you're looking for flavored coffee or you're interested in something specific, you probably want something else. In the picture, the cups in the box are flavored. The ones on the counter aren't.

I usually get these shipped routinely, but for some reason this box for every 2 pods I brewed I would actually get a cup of coffee. the Pods would explode when brewing. Making a huge mess all over my kitchen that I had to clean not once but generally twice before I had my first cup of coffee. This is not a good moment and way to start a day. All I can figure is that it was a defective box of pods where the glue seal was compromised perhaps because of inconsistent temperature regulations. I am hoping this does not happen with the next box, if so I will stop using this box variety and buy at the store.

I was excited when I received these because of the great variety of good coffee! The package also had no teas or decaf (thank God because decaf coffee is a morning ruiner). However, I was displeased to find that several of these cups don't work in a Keurig 2.0 brewer! An error message pops up that these pods were not made for Keurig brewers, and it will not brew.I did come up with a fix and tricked my keurig, by peeling a label off of one of my used k cups and putting it over the non-keurig pod (so the keurig can scan the little bar code), but this is certainly inconvenient and not something I'm looking forward to doing every morning.So all in all, would not buy again. Great variety, but not worth the fuss with a Keurig 2.0. Disappointed.

I don't like having to make six different decisions every morning just to enjoy a cup of bland coffee that brews at a temperature that barely registers as warm. And that's the trouble with the Keurig... even what it's supposed to do well, it doesnt do well.You turn the thing on, wait for it to preheat (which admittedly is quick) and then lift the lid and insert K-cup or K-caraffe. Then you get to decide to brew 3 oz, or 4 oz, or 10 oz, etc. then decide if you want it "strong." Finally after it gets done making noises like some zoo animal having diarhhea, you get to enjoy a cup of coffee that's right around 85 degrees F.So after a month I went back to my french press. It's worth the time to boil water over actual coffee grounds that steep. It takes less than 10 minutes start to finish, and my coffee tastes as good as anything you'd get at a coffee shop.This machine basically appeals to people who like gadgets and "tech" more than they like good coffee.

My 1 1/2 year old Keurig top piece broke off, so I ordered a new K350 2.0 Was excited to try it out, found out it won't accept some older Keurig brand pods, says "not compatible" even though they have the Keurig stamp on them.The one star rating is that the pump stopped pumping. Had six regular size pod coffees and tried 2 of the Carafe size over a 4 day period. Water tank was always close to full, so was not a priming issue. You can normally hear the pump running during the coffee brewing and discharge cycle, but on day 4 it just quit pumping or making noise. Unplugged, reset settings, etc. but got nowhere.Returned it to Amazon, and received full refund. That's the reason I love Amazon and am a Prime Member!

I HATE IT!!!. If I could give this a -5 rating I would do that. This 2.0 was the third Keurig my family has had and I loved the other two. This one sucks! 1.) The description says it's "designed to read the lid of each K-Cup or K-Carafe pod to brew the perfect beverage every time", and "Just look for the Keurig logo on your favorite varieties of K-Cup and K-Carafe pods". IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT WON'T TAKE K-CUPS WITHOUT THE KEURIG LOGO. That means if you want to use other brands that don't have the Keurig logo OR refillable K-cups you're out of luck. It just won't brew it. AND...if you have questions to go to www.keurig.com\oops. EXCUSE ME??? OOOPS??? AS IN "OOOPS I GOT SUCKERED"??? That infuriated me. I will NEVER buy another Keurig again. 2.) The lid to the reservoir doesn't' t have a nice little window to pur the water into, you have to take the whole lid off. Hate that. 3.) The reservoir is NOT lit up like the one I have now. Hate that too.I spent an hour of my life cleaning and setting up this stupid thing, tried to brew a cup of Maxwell House Decaf and got this cute little message that told me to use a K-cup with the Keurig logo. Go screw yourself! And Amazon??? Shame on you for the deceptive description. I will pay much closer attention to the negative reviews next time. You're not the only kid on the block selling lemonade.

Terrible. Cannot use many of other brand k cups. Cannot use the use your own coffee adapter. None available for the cup or carafe size. The carafe: can't use it to make a pot of hot water; doesn't not keep coffe warm, not insulated. The carafe size coffee k-cups ??? Very expensive. No value in this machine at all.

Huge disappointment. The first 2 reviews are dead on. Only specially stamped K-cups can be used for both single serving and carafe. Their own Keurig brand of re-fillable K-cups don't work. Ridiculous. There are so many wonderful roasts out in the world to try. Secondly the carafe isn't thermal; therefore your coffee will be cool when you go for 2nd cup. I am sadly going to look for another brand of coffee machine.

Keurig is trying to do to coffee pods what printer manufacturers do to printer ink cartridges with their upcoming Keurig K 2.0 brewer.They developed a system where their new coffee makers will refuse to brew other coffee pods that don't pay Keurig for "licenses", with a system that produces a bogus error message when you try to brew someone else's coffee pods.Well, I think my first and last Keurig machine is on the kitchen counter now. Digital Restrictions Malware isn't cool, and I won't buy another coffee maker from them if this is how they're going to behave.How environmentally responsible is it of Keurig to make all existing pods that were made before July not work because they don't have a pattern on the lid that the brewer recognizes?To be certain, this method of DRM is trivial, and other companies will figure it out quickly and might produce compatible pods. There's at least a couple of problems with that.Keurig might sue them for it, claiming that the coffee pods violate the DMCA. Stranger things have flown in courtrooms. Even though the coffee DRM is ridiculous, it's still DRM, and might be covered by the DMCA. The fear of this might create a chilling effect that causes companies to pay Keurig "protection money" to avoid the specter of a lawsuit.If people buy the coffee makers anyway, and then work around the DRM, Keurig will say something like "See. They buy the coffee makers anyway.".They could decide to do something worse next time. Next time, Keurig could decide to use RFID tags in every pod. They cost about a penny each right now, and the price is still falling. If they can up the price of each coffee pod by 10 cents, it will still be profitable. They could make it more obnoxious by disabling the tag after the coffee is brewing, burning it out so you can't re-use the tag to fool the coffee maker later.Keurig's customer service number is 1 (866) 901-2739. Why not tell them what you think? If you've already bought one of these things, maybe you could consider returning it. If you haven't, then please don't.

I wish I read some of these reviews before purchasing. Half of the Keurig pods in the box won't work on the Keurig machine. It's the once with an indent on the bottom. It has to be flat to work! Totally disappointed that I had to throw half out.

I can confirm that these absolutely do NOT work with Keurig 2.0 machines. I purchased a Keurig K250 very recently and have gone through several of the K-Cups in this variety pack and not a single one has worked. The listing here is completely false when it says it works with 2.0 and this purchase was a complete waste of time and money.

**BUYER BEWARE AS NOT ALL CUPS WORK** Ordered product and several cups not compatible with Kurig. Also duplicates in the box. Will NOT order again. Did see others with same problems in reviews.

This is awful coffee. I tried five and they were awful. They taste more like horrible instant coffee; some were sour, others bitter, all weak. Do not buy this product. Fortunately , Amazon gave me refund.

Im am highly dissatisfied with the variety that I received. In the picture that they use start bucks, Cinnabon labeling. Which I thought I would get because of course this is a variety pack so I wasn't expected them to be all that. But still nothing from either of the ones I actually wanted. I was just really disappointed in the actual variety that I received.

I was not happy with this selection. The box says it is a selection of coffees, flavored coffees, herbal teas and hot chocolates. I received 7 flavored coffees, (3 of which were vanilla flavored) 3 breakfast blends, and the other 30 were medium and dark roasted. NO herbal teas or hot chocolates at all. I was expecting a chance to try different kinds of available products! I will not be purchasing this again and suggest anyone else to reconsider ordering this also!