Farberware FCP512S 12-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: Makes a great cup of hot coffee.
Cons: Stopped working after about 6 months!

This is the perfect coffee machine. It's a great design. Simple to run but sophisticated enough to brew coffee when you want it and keep it hot. The only problem is that after about six months, it just stopped working. The base it sits on has an...

Pros: The coffee it makes tastes good!
Cons: Will eventually stop working!

The plastic knob has broken off due to corrosion from the coffee. And after ~2 years, it has completely stopped working! First, it will stop heating the coffee for the "two hour" warming period. Then, when you press "On" it will show that it is...

Pros: Coffee taste better, stays always hot
Cons: Never you know if it works or not

I got the percolator 4-12 cups with timer christmas 99. I started using it January 2000. The coffee tasted sooo much better than a normal coffee maker and it stayed always hot. I was really surprised how it works and loved my percolator. After one month...

Pros: Durable and Easy to Use
Cons: Coffee tastes metalic and is undrinkable

Farberware has a reputation for great products, so naturally, when I needed an electric coffee pot I purchased a Farberware coffee pot. However, I was terribly disappointed with this machine.

It would have been a great coffee maker as it...

Pros: Worked well in the beginning and brewed a great cup of coffee.
Cons: Did not last more than six months. Disappointed in shelf life.

I received a Farberware percolator as a Christmas gift. I was working very well for the first six months. Never a problem except for a few grinds in the bottom of the pot which was not a bother. However, a few weeks ago I noticed that the coffee was ...

Pros: Nice design and features.
Cons: Short life. Programming is convoluted / poor instructions. Limited warranty and no repair possible.

I started using a Farberware Percolator when my friends mother told me there is no coffee pot around that makes coffee as good as a Farberware Percolator. That was some 30 years ago. Some years ago, S.W. Farber, the original owner decided to close ...

Pros: Programmable
Cons: Short life span

When the 30 year old percolator that my wife & I inherited from my parents died, my wife & I decided to buy a percolator with a timer. Unfortunately, the only one available was this Farberware model. In its short life-span (2 years!), it made good...

Pros: *Excellent* coffee. No plastic! No aluminum!
Cons: Display could be better. Pot a bit heavy. Both very minor complaints.

We purchased this percolator after trying 3 brands of drip coffeemakers. We checked with the mfr and the entire pot is stainless steel, with no aluminum or plastic. This percolator makes the best coffee I've had at home in many, many years.

Stay away from the cheap plastics and go back to what coffee is supposed to taste like! This percolator makes coffee faster than any drip machine we've ever had, and it's quieter, too. It has a much smaller footprint and looks good on the counter.

I wish I'd been using percolators all along. How did we all get so Madison-Avenue-brainwashed into thinking drip machines were better?

Run, don't walk, to your nearest store and get this one. I can't recommend it highly enough.

The only cons are that the buttons for the timer and clock are small and the screen is hard to see if you're at all bleary-eyed in the morning. The pot is a bit heavy, but it's worth it for the phenomenal coffee.

Farberware customer service was very quick in responding to our questions about this product and gave us prompt, accurate information.

Pros: Very sturdy / extremely quick Makes great coffee whether you make 6 cups or 12
Cons: Hard to program until you do it a few times.

We bought an old electric percolator and absolutely loved the taste of perked coffee. Unfortunately, a part broke and we had to find another pot. I did a lot of research online and decided to purchase the Faberware Programable Percolator. The first few pots we perked were not that great but like all things I guess we had to "break it in". We absolutely LOVE the coffee it makes. We grind our own beans and use a filter. The coffee is perfect.

Pros: Makes excellent coffee.
Cons: Plastic percolator indicator at top of percolator broke. It should be made of glass.

Beware! The plastic percolator indicator at the top of the broke while I was removing the top. It should be made of glass instead of plastic.

This percolator makes an excellent cup of coffee! If you use drip grind, grounds will get though the basket and I would recommend using a filter to prevent that.

Pros: Hot coffee. Fast brewing. Programmable feature a plus.
Cons: NO "ON" INDICATOR LIGHT - POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD.

Nice looking percolator. I am using Maxwell House Original in the blue can and have no grinds in our cups of coffee. I do find however, a little fine sediment on the bottom of the pot when cleaning. I do not use filters.
Coffee perks at 1 cup per minute.
Coffee tastes great if you're making 12 cups or just 2.
No problem with timer when used.
Coffee maker needs an "ON" indicator light.
My husband picked up the coffee maker not realizing it contained a freshly brewed pot of coffee. The pot and coffee are extremely hot.
The omission of this feature is a terrible safety hazard.

Pros: easy to set and use.
Cons: Coffee is not HOT! Does not make or keep coffee hot.

Made good coffee at first - now the coffee is only luke warm when perking cycle is complete. Does not keep coffee hot.

Pros: Great concept, great coffee
Cons: Poor engineering and attitude

After initial break-in period, the coffee was WONDERFUL ! Not user friendly to program. Buttons on base began to crack after 4 months. A couple of months out of warranty, it began to short-cycle the percolate cycle and the coffee was luke-warm. Called company to see if we could get it fixed and were told that we were out of luck. This could have been a great product if Faberware had made some minor changes in the construction and some major changes in ATTITUDE !

Pros: makes good coffee
Cons: see-through plastic nob breaks off eventually

I've had two of these, the first one broke and I got rid of it. I bought it again, because I thought it was a fluke, and less than a year later, the plastic nob at the top which is see-through broke off again. They sent me a nob to replace it. Now, a year later, it has broken off again. It's just this one part on the percolator that keeps breaking. I can't recommend it because of this. I recommend, that instead, buy the regular corded Farberware percolator, which my mom has had her original for over 30 years.

Pros: good coffee
Cons: breaks

loved the coffee but I bought one and it broke in 1 year. Bought a second and that one broke in a few months (wouldnt stay hot) also the knob on top broke. I now use a plug in timer connected to a non-programable pot.