Reviews can be very helpful at times, and though it has saved me MUCH grief while buying computer parts, I have learned that some reviewers are just plain stupid. You just have to know how to tell which reviewers know what they're talking about. For example, when I purchased my computer monitor, so many people talked about how horrible it was, and all the problems it had. Of course, I love my computer monitor and have never had any of these problems; it's likely that those who complained simply hooked the monitor in wrong and messed something up with it along the way.

Who knows, it could be different with kitchen appliances, I'm only 16 and wouldn't know much about coffee makers, but I do know it's worth the time to read the reviews before you buy something, you just have to be sure it's not a bogus review or just and angry poster who doesn't know what they're talking about.

And to the poster before me, you have a good point. Those poor first reviewers!