When i researched (apparently not well enough), and got this 2-4 cup Farberware perc, i couldn't have been happier...after using a mr coffee, this coffee was HOT, and delicious and didn't take long....a couple months ago, it blew the GFI plug, and i thought it was someone else's a/c or something...well, it did it three days in a row this week....it no longer works, cuts off before it's done, blows the circuit and therefore, brown water...i'm so disappointed...and now, 20-20 hindsight, i'm reading the one star and two star reviews and see that this is a common element (no pun intended)..amazon, stop selling this piece of crap, please...i love to order everything from you, and always look to amazon first, but this is such a widespread issue with farberware, you should give them the boot..thanks