Farberware FCP240 4-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: Sturdy construction, ease of use and cleaning.
Cons: Difficult to make really strong coffee

When this former night owl wannabe rocker started real world Nursing School classes, coffee became an essential. Long before the heyday of Blue Mountain and designer blends, and while places like Starbucks and the local favorite, Jitters...

Pros: Don't have to buy filters; excels at one thing-perking great tasting coffee; cleans easily
Cons: None

My 8-cup Farberware version of this FCP240 gave out after about 5 years. At least I THINK it gave out. I went to plug it in, and it sparked (shorted?), and blew the fuse for that circuit. So....I didn't want to plug it in again. I don't blame the ...

Pros: Well made, nearly idiot proof design, brews hot coffee.
Cons: Kind of ugly. Not big enough for more than one person.

I should preface this review by stating that it is for a 50 year old model of this coffee maker. Faberware has been making this for a long time, and I recently latched onto an ancient one of these. The only difference in all these years has been the ...

Pros: Fast, good tasting, consistent, all stainless steel.
Cons: Power cord short. A plus in some cases.

I am the only coffee-drinker in my house and I only drink one or two cups a day. By my definition, two measured cups equal one coffee-cup sized “mug“. I am very finicky about that one cup. After being treated for lymphoma, I became concerned about ...

Pros: very fast, delicious coffee, beautifully made, deco
Cons: haven't found any, maybe not sufficiently high tech?

Anyone who has read my reviews knows how I love Farberware percolators. I went to drip-style back in the late seventies when the Mr. Coffee machines got popular, used them for years along with two of the Bunn machines. When my last Bunn died, I bought...

Pros: great coffee easy maintenance
Cons: coffee not quite as strong as french press

My main priorities in getting a new coffee maker were: + coffee is comparable to my french press + easier maintenance than french press After reading the reviews here, i ordered one of these little appliances online. It took a slight bit of ...

Pros: Coffee at right temp. Easy to clean.
Cons: Heating Elements don't last!

I've owned all three sizes in this line. The 4, 8, and 12, cup units. Before Farberware was bought out by Salton, customer service was better. The heating elements on all three models rust and rot away from "NORMAL" use and care in about a year of...

Pros: N/A
Cons: Farberware is not the degree or grade of excellence it once was.

I will never again buy a Farberware perculator, lasted
a little over a year and will not heat up or perk.
Farberware is not the degree or grade of excellence
it once was.


Susan R.