Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Cuisinart Replacement Water Filters, 2-Pack

Top positive review

why not get more filters??

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012

OVERALL
Get a box. Don't be cheap (like I was). Abandon $3-4 coffees at Starbucks and make something better at your house with a clean machine.

MY STORY
I live in a place where the water is fine. Taste is good and you can drink it out of the tap without worrying. For some reason, I have been lazy about the maintenance of my Cuisinart coffee machine even though it's one of the most utilized and important machines in my daily life (besides my computer).

MY OPINION
For anybody wondering whether to pick up these charcoal water filters, do it! I waited far too long. When I looked at the one I had in my machine, it was VERY nasty. These replacements are quite cheap. I bought a pair, cleaned out the machine, ran through a cycle of vinegar and water (which I had never done), and stuck in a new filter. The coffee was better.

OTHER STUFF I TRIED
After looking online, I also realized I might want to clean out my pot. I scrubbed the pot out with chopsticks right after running it through a cycle (so there was warm water inside). I know some tea drinkers are fanatical about only drinking one type of tea in a pot and building up a residue layer that gives a more powerful taste (of that particular tea). Since I have changed coffee types over the past few years, I wanted to start over and build up a new layer. That was also a great move. The taste is much more fresh.

Moral of the review: pick up the charcoal filters, use a cycle of vinegar, wipe down the whole machine, and scrub out the pot.

UPDATE 10/29/2012:
I bought another box of these filters because keeping the pot clean and fresh is extremely important to me. I used to be lazy about it until I got new filters and did a vinegar cycle (1:3 mix with water), which made a big difference in the taste. A friend who owned a coffee shop let me on an even better trick. Buy theUrnex Cafiza, 20oz powder! Ignore the recommendation for the espresso machine and don't bother scrubbing your pot out with wooden spoons or chopsticks. That powder wiped my coffee machine and pot fresh in one cycle. Enjoying a great cup of coffee right now! Amazing!

13 people found this helpful

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Queen Holland

Unsure

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2023

I purchased these for Friend because she could not find them in any of the stores around us. I haven’t got any feedback regarding them so I guess she loves them. If she had a negative thought that’s when she would’ve told me.

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William Doerner

why not get more filters??

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012

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OVERALL
Get a box. Don't be cheap (like I was). Abandon $3-4 coffees at Starbucks and make something better at your house with a clean machine.

MY STORY
I live in a place where the water is fine. Taste is good and you can drink it out of the tap without worrying. For some reason, I have been lazy about the maintenance of my Cuisinart coffee machine even though it's one of the most utilized and important machines in my daily life (besides my computer).

MY OPINION
For anybody wondering whether to pick up these charcoal water filters, do it! I waited far too long. When I looked at the one I had in my machine, it was VERY nasty. These replacements are quite cheap. I bought a pair, cleaned out the machine, ran through a cycle of vinegar and water (which I had never done), and stuck in a new filter. The coffee was better.

OTHER STUFF I TRIED
After looking online, I also realized I might want to clean out my pot. I scrubbed the pot out with chopsticks right after running it through a cycle (so there was warm water inside). I know some tea drinkers are fanatical about only drinking one type of tea in a pot and building up a residue layer that gives a more powerful taste (of that particular tea). Since I have changed coffee types over the past few years, I wanted to start over and build up a new layer. That was also a great move. The taste is much more fresh.

Moral of the review: pick up the charcoal filters, use a cycle of vinegar, wipe down the whole machine, and scrub out the pot.

UPDATE 10/29/2012:
I bought another box of these filters because keeping the pot clean and fresh is extremely important to me. I used to be lazy about it until I got new filters and did a vinegar cycle (1:3 mix with water), which made a big difference in the taste. A friend who owned a coffee shop let me on an even better trick. Buy the Urnex Cafiza, 20oz powder ! Ignore the recommendation for the espresso machine and don't bother scrubbing your pot out with wooden spoons or chopsticks. That powder wiped my coffee machine and pot fresh in one cycle. Enjoying a great cup of coffee right now! Amazing!

13 people found this helpful

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Brian MacKay

These work perfectly

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024

Verified Purchase

Exactly what the machine uses

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A Reviewer

Sometimes it's not the real thing, but...

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023

Verified Purchase

Sometimes it's not the real thing, but this time it was. I've ordered this before from Amazon, and the seller sent a weird generic knockoff brand thing. This time, it was the real thing, and it's a noticeable difference.
If it doesn't come in the original packaging, compare it to one you already have; trust me, people will try their best to cheap out if they can it seems. Either that, or they don't realize there's a difference.
Either way, about the item:

Works as intended, and is pretty fairly priced.

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Steve Brown

Works filtering

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023

Verified Purchase

Loved the way it filters the water I have hard water and in 2 months the filters look bad I know it’s working in a small way but the amount of coffee I drink makes me happy they are working

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Beth Gauger

Good product - poor presentation

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024

Verified Purchase

The filters were as described. I felt two filters just loose in a plastic bag with no product identifying markings or box was poor. It makes you wonder who all handled the product and how sanitary are they?

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