Review of Bunn 6100 Easy Pour Replacement Decanter, Black

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(More customer reviews)Here's the scenario: I work in a small lab with about 6-10 coffee drinkers, half of which drink coffee throughout the day, myself included. We have an old Bunn commercial coffee maker with a top and bottom burner, making up to 5-8 pots A DAY. It's on, never shut off from 7AM to 5PM, weekends too though not always. So if you're a restaurant owner or an office like mine, reconsider this product by Bunn--a big disappointment from a company that usually gets it right. I regularly make the coffee and wash it out by hand, with soap and hot water (most days) before shutting it off for the day. I also try not to let old coffee sit too long and burn on the bottom in between each new pot.

Here's the product's claims:
*"Full 64 ounce capacity."--yes.
*"Drip-proof, fast pouring lip"--yes, and a nice feature.

*"Container and handle core are clear, high-impact-resistant material -- all molded as sturdy, extra-strength, one piece construction for longest life."--Sorta: see below
*"Base is high quality stainless steel."--NO: see below
*"The Bunn 6100 is the classic black-handled coffee decanter seen in restaurants the world over."--No: see below

The old version of this replacement decanter had worked for months but it was a different model but I couldn't find it, so I went ahead and bought this one, which looked and sounded even better. For the first few weeks, we all liked it a lot. The handle was ergonomical and comfortable, the lip was narrow for fast dripless pouring, and if someone accidentally filled above the line for the water pitcher that came with the coffee maker, no matter, it was tall enough to accommodate an over zealous coffee maker and have an overflow of precious coffee. Seemed great.

BUT IT'S NOT!

--Hi-impact resistant, sturdy with that pinch of extra-strength for rough handlers? Sure, to a degree. It was nice to not worry it's crack if someone got careless and banged it against something.
--One piece construction? I don't think so--the clear part is hard plastic with a "high quality base made of stainless steel" bottom and obviously isn't one piece construction. It leaked at the seal between the plastic top and metal bottom; and this high-quality base quickly weakened and even flaked metal flecks. Are you kiddng me?
--If this coudln't last a small lab/office for only a few months, how could a restaurant or offices with heavy coffe drinkers??? If you use this exact product for only a couple of hours a day, for a very small group of people, it's perfect--of course it'll be great. But when it's got the Bunn name and claim that it's long-lasting and tough enough for restaurants...I took their word for it. However, anyone using it all day, all the time, heavy use...think twice.

So, for twenty-five bucks ('cuz that's what *I* paid)...you get a product that lasted from July 2009 to Nov 2009--that's only five months. I like Bunn products, which is why I bought their full glass carafe for only thirteen bucks. The glass might not be stainles steel and hard plastic (a good very thing in my case), and even though it'll stain I can clean it out with soap and hot water or vinegar for when there a weeks I only have time to give it a good rinse and leave it be--unlike the full plastic or this Bunn 6100 version (or others like it), which stains and weakens the overall integrity of the product quickly and is impossible to clean out because the mouth is so narrow for that dripless pouring.

I don't know what product everyone else got, but my Bunn 6100 Easy Pour Replacement Decanter in Black was as BUST! Get the glass version which takes away all the problems I had with this replacement carafe at half the cost.

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The Bunn 6100 is the classic black-handled coffee decanter seen in restaurants the world over.

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