Precision Brewer Glass (BDC400BSS)

I agree with all of that except I prefer an uninsulated glass carafe on a hot plate rather than an insulated carafe (heresy, I know).  Luckily for me Breville offers a variant of their Precision Brewer with that one difference, so that's what I have.

I've only heard good things about the Moccamaster. I've got the Sage/Breville Precision Brewer (now called Luxe Brewer) and that's really good. Once everything's dialled in it's literally just fill up and press a button.

Precision brewer for me, love that it’s so easy and you can use a V60 with it if you want to. Also there’s a new version out, the Luxe Brewer, which fixes a lot of small issues with the first one.

Precision brewer for me, love that it’s so easy and you can use a V60 with it if you want to. Also there’s a new version out, the Luxe Brewer, which fixes a lot of small issues with the first one.

I picked up a Breville Precision Brewer at TJMaxx for $179 & havent looked back. It makes a great cup, once you figure out your settings. I havent tried it, but I hear the cold brew function on it is a joke, though. Really good coffee beans make all the difference in the world too. If you are going to go through the trouble of finding a really good coffee maker, find a local roaster & brew good beans. Cheers!!

+1 for the Precision Brewer. They're reliable, and you have control over loads of parameters so you can fine tune for roast type. The timer means my coffee is ready in the morning for me when I'm awake. Since they've been around for so long, you can pick one up a cheap one used which I did. It allowed me to stretch myself to a Fellow Ode Gen 2 and it's great a setup IMO.

Are you willing to look at used? If so the Sage/Breville Precision Brewer with a thermal carafe is a good bet!

Are you willing to buy used? If so, a Sage/Breville Precision Brewer with the thermal carafe can be had under $100 all day long. There isn't a significant difference in terms of feature set between the precision brewer and it's successor the luxe. Makes a great cup, easy to look after and I'm assuming quite reliable because I haven't seen people complain about issues with it (re: Fellow Aiden)

Are you willing to buy used? If so, a Sage/Breville Precision Brewer with the thermal carafe can be had under $100 all day long. There isn't a significant difference in terms of feature set between the precision brewer and it's successor the luxe. Makes a great cup, easy to look after and I'm assuming quite reliable because I haven't seen people complain about issues with it (re: Fellow Aiden)

I guess that is not the main design criteria. They are primarily designed to be Batch brewers, not single serve brewers. I brew a 750ml batch every morning and the thermal carafe keeps it warm all morning. But as a single serve machine, the stainless carafe would cool the coffee pretty quickly, I would guess. I personally think you would get better V60 results by doing it manually, seems like a lot of faff, cleaning and compromise to use a machine IMHO. I don’t have the Luxe, but have owned the Precision Brewer for over 4 years and love it. It sounds like you are looking for a single serve machine that can do batch brewing, rather than the other way around?

Same, that and the water getting trapped in the carafe lid

That's exactly how I use my precision. I also swapped to it from a pour over setup for convenience. I'm really happy with it.