Morphy Richards 47070 CAFE Matino

Advantages: cheap, easy to use, easy to clean, looks good, nice coffee
Disadvantages: none i can think ok unless you want that silly frothy milk

...looking and eventually found the Morphy Richards 47070 for £27.99 on the empire direct website, with free postage, so I thought I would give it a try. I think it has gone up to £29.99 on this site now but that is still saving you £5 on the RRP so it's still a good deal. I also ordered it via the topcashback.co.uk site so I got 95p cash back on it too - bargain! This is a no frills filter coffee machine; you put the ground coffee in the top pour ...
...later you have a pot of fresh coffee, perfect. What makes this machine great instead of just good is the timer. It takes 30 seconds to set and then in the morning you wake up to fresh coffee and the kitchen smelling wonderful! Plus you don't need to worry if like me you are a fan of the snooze button as the machine has a Thermostatic hotplate to keep your coffee hot for you. There are also 2 coloured lights on the machine, a red one to show the power ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap to run, neat and tidy, great present!
Disadvantages: Could burn you - I suppose

Have you ever had that awful feeling, when you know Christmas/a birthday is just days away and all hopes of buying a present that won't end in the loft/shef/stuffed in the back of a cupboard seem hopeless? I am pleased to say that this little machine was the answer to all my problems 2 days before Christmas 2006 and has continued to outdo itself from the moment my extatic fiance opened it on Christmas Day and at that price it really is value for ...
...have put some buyers off attracted me to this machine more; it doesn't have any fangled stirry, shaky, fizzy bits on it. It's compact and does exactly what it has to; it makes coffee, and if I do say so myself, it does it's job very well. Perhaps one of the most impressive things about this coffee maker is that it has a timer that allows you to set it so that it can make coffee for you on a morning, and even better than this; it has a hot plate ... Read review

Advantages: Timer, permanent filter, brews nicely. The aroma.
Disadvantages: Needs de-scaling too often then what is stated / bad durability

...Also I have many other Morphy Richards products in my kitchen and home so I trusted it. It worked like a dream for the first few months, must say it made nice coffee and the timer was indeed wonderful and gave a lovely aroma in the house which really perked you up. The machine itself is quite easy to clean, with a premanent filter which needs just a good wash and rinse before next use. Bad points though, I have never had to de-scale a coffee machine ...
...maintain just as well as the well establised Morphy Richards one but the cheap one is still going strong. with every purchase / product there's a risk I may have been unlucky but be careful, I was happy with it for a while, just too high maintanence and hassle. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use, compact, hotplate, fast, programme to be ready in morning
Disadvantages: None

This is the best bit of kit I have ever brought. It is so easy to use and the best thing is it works for coffee and tea. I am not a big coffee drinker but love my tea. Put in two tea bags and fill jog to level 8 and makes 8 lovely cups of tea and saves on tea bags too! It has a hot plate that keeps the tea hot for about 1 1/2 hours and it makes the coffee or tea really quickly too. Much faster than a kettle and without the hassle of straining tea ...
...(no need to buy extra paper filters or special coffee just normal nescafe or similar is fine, 1 teaspooon per 2 cups) and press one button - easy! The best bit about this machine though has got to be the fact it can be easily programmed to come on in the morning. Love this feature! It has the time on it all the time so you just need to select the time you want it to come on a press programme and thats it - its brilliant. I recommended this machine ... Read review

Advantages: Timer
Disadvantages: Bad design

Why are people saying this machine is so good?? Have they ever owned one? My problems with it - 1. The filling hole is quite small (i.e. around an inch wide) and therefore it's quite fiddly to fill with water. 2. When the top lid is lifted, lots of condensation falls down the back of the unit and you must remember to leave a cloth there before lifting the lid otherwise a fair amount of water will fall on the work surface. 3. There is no way of ...
...for it to turn off after 2 hours before it can be turned back on again. With our old machine you could press the power button to extend this 2 hour period, but with this one it seems it can only be extended once it's timed period has elapsed. 4. The LCD display is extremely small and looks like something salvaged out of a 1980's digital watch! Designing a filter coffee machine isn't exactly rocket science, so I wonder why the manufacturers really ... Read review