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Not sure of the current price but my 24x7 office had a bunn 12 cup with a thermos carafe that was used at least 5 times a day and lasted over 20 years. And we were on hard well water and didnt use a water filter.

I second that. I’m using a Bunn thermal carafe. It produces consistent hot water and is always ready. The brewed coffee stays hot for several hours. I bought it over 5 years ago and use only filtered water so no scale build up. Now when it dies I will replace it with a Moccamaster thermal carafe.

I have a Bunn Thermal. It's 15 years old. Same Bunn coffeemaker with a thermos pot so the coffee stays hot and doesn't burn. It makes great coffee consistently and fast.

Bunn with the thermos pot.

Also not a snob, and my family has used a Bunn my whole life. I prefer the Bunn with a thermal carafe for daily use. Coffee stays fresh and hot for hours and is acceptable as iced coffee the next day if you don’t finish the pot. Until very recently I used one that was maybe 20 years old and had repaired it two or three times (~$10 kit on eBay). I’m 33 and that was the second Bunn my parents had owned in my lifetime. One day they told me they were getting rid of it because it didn’t work and had already gotten a new one so I took it. It was an easy fix. Eventually some plastic parts broke while I had guests staying over, and I finally bought a new one to solve my lack-of-coffee problem quickly. The new one delivers the same consistent pots as ol’ faithful.

I prefer the insulated because I remember my parents breaking a glass carafe when I was young, and this can survive many dents and still function. The coffee staying the same all day and not getting heated more probably does contribute to the taste too, but I’ve been using it for so long that I couldn’t tell you if the glass carafe heated for an hour actually tastes different.

This seems awfully fancy for “no frills”. We have a Bunn O Matic commercial that will outlive me. Only downside is that they are always on, so if you don’t put a timer on it you will use a lot of electricity. Upside is that you can even plumb in the fresh water supply if you like.

Something to know about the big commercial brewers that I have worked with is that fresh water is pumped into the water tank as the brew is happening. The tank water is heated to 195° to 200° and held there until the operator chooses to brew coffee. The freshly pumped water cools the water in the tank, so your overall brew temp rapidly decreases. The range of temps that the coffee is exposed to during the brew process is large.

I've always had BUNN pots, but the quality on the residential ones has gone to crap, a few years ago, I splurged and bought a commercial grade one that plumbs directly into the water supply! The hot water tap is nice for my wife who loves hot tea and the kids for cider or cocoa.