Mr. Coffee TM3-2 3-Quart Ice Tea Maker Review

EDIT (11/18/2006):I just wanted to add that Mr. Coffee sent me a free replacement pitcher after I emailed them about this problem.If this pitcher also cracks, I'll update this review.

EDIT (11/01/2006):It's now been exactly seven months from my original review and now I'm sad to say that I was wrong.Even though there didn't seem to be any difference between the materials and workmanship of our new TM3 and our old TM3, the new pitcher has just cracked.I've uploaded a picture to Amazon so you can see what I'm talking about.At first, I thought it was just a seam in the pitcher that I hadn't noticed before.But, after making a batch of iced tea, I had a small puddle on the countertop (which is a new thing).Since the crack is right in the pour spout (which is how the hot tea enters the pitcher from the brewing area), some of the freshly brewed tea seeps through the crack instead of falling into the pitcher.A sad day.I'll be contacting Mr. Coffee to see what they have to say.

Original Review (04/01/2006):We've use a Mr. Coffee TM3 (TM3.5 from what I can make out on the bottom of the unit) Iced Tea Maker for YEARS (at least 5, but more like 7) without trouble.Finally, after all that time of constant, daily use, the pitcher started developing some minor cracks.So, we replaced the whole thing.Outside of some minor differences in the plug, this version is identical to our old version (the bottom plate still says TM3.5).It's interesting that the recurring motif in all these reviews is that the pitcher cracks.When we first got our old unit, we too had that problem.After looking at how we were using the thing, we figured out that the cracking was because of how we added ice to the pitcher:while holding the pitcher's handle, we just shoved the other end of the pitcher under the ice maker.The problem was that we were using the pitcher itself to apply the pressure needed to trigger the ice maker.We bought a new pitcher and used our hand to trigger the ice maker, not the pitcher.That pitcher lasted us all those years.

Because of the prevalance of the "cracking pitcher" reviews, I'll keep an eye on this and see if anything is different.But, since everything looks identical to our old unit (down to the feel and heft of the materials), I don't anticipate problems.Based on all those years of happy use of the identical model, I rate this at an Excellent 5 stars out of 5:I couldn't live without it.

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ICED TEA MAKER, 3 QT, AUTO-OFF, ADJU

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