Miss Marple Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 We're looking at the single serve coffee makers for FIL who is living in an assisted living apartment. He doesn't need programmable - too complex for him at this point. The Keurig have so many offerings for single serve and I can't really discover the difference except the price. There are large single serve and desk-top single serve: so if they are both single serve what is the difference besides about $50. The Mr. Coffee offers a single serve using the Keurig 'technology' and is $20 cheaper. Any experience with these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmama Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I am having the same debate right now. One difference is that the Keurig Elite (which usually sells about $119) has a bigger water tank and does not need to be refilled for every.single.cup.of.coffee. For my DH (for whom I am shopping), I think he wouldn't want to go get water every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 I am having the same debate right now. One difference is that the Keurig Elite (which usually sells about $119) has a bigger water tank and does not need to be refilled for every.single.cup.of.coffee. For my DH (for whom I am shopping), I think he wouldn't want to go get water every time. Ah, that's something to consider... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I don't drink coffee but my aunt gave us a Keurig a few months ago and we love it. We make coffee for guests and tea, hot chocolate & apple cider for ourselves. I'm not sure which model we have but it has 2 options for cup size not three. My parents have 3 options for cup size but never use one of them so I think 2 options is fine. I agree with pp about the water tank issue. Ours is large enough for 4 or 5 servings I think. It would be annoying to have to fill it between cups. ETA: Availability of K-cups is another big plus. They have lots of options available at grocery stores and Walmart now and a large catalog for mail orders. I'm not familiar with the Mr. Coffee machine but if it doesn't use K-cups I would check on availability of whatever is uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I am having the same debate right now. One difference is that the Keurig Elite (which usually sells about $119) has a bigger water tank and does not need to be refilled for every.single.cup.of.coffee. For my DH (for whom I am shopping), I think he wouldn't want to go get water every time. The water tank was the reason we got the "elite". We have 2 cup sizes and because of dh, we do use both. The rest of us put "cream" in our coffee and need to use the smaller size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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