Keurig K150 Single Cup Commercial Coffee Maker, Single Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Brewer, Silver

oh my, this is the best keurig ever. we must have gone through ten machines in the past couple of years. one for my office, one for my husband's, several for the house, one given as a gift to my daughter, all of them useless within a year and a half. and then the whole dumb idea of having to buy the exact cups with a light circle for some machines, but not for others. i loved the idea of making a quick cup of coffee but we were about to swear off the entire brand when i just happen to come upon this particular model. i'm in love again. this pot brews any keurig cup you put in it. it has a generous reservoir that you can either fill manually (like i do) or hook up to a water source. i bought this for my home, it looks quite attractive on the counter and brews like a champ. it is more expensive than the other brewers, but it seems like a workhorse. far more reliable. i've had keurigs that brewed teeny amounts no matter what they were set on, the clock went on the last one and it turned on at 2:00 in the a.m. and turned off by 7:00 a.m. We've gotten more "oops" messages than you can imagine because we were using another brand (this infuriated my husband who thought that since we bought the pot, we owned it, and we should be able to brew any coffee we want....oops, no!) I love the bright graphics, gives me something to stare at until my coffee is done. i can't think of any downsides to this model except one. it didn't work right out of the box and we called the company. the regular reps are not allowed to help you because this is a commercial model. my husband was ready to toss it out the window, but then we figured out we had put the water gauge in at the wrong angle. there is no guidance for this, so be aware.it's well worth the extra money and we expect it to last us for a good, long time.fingers crossed!

The amount of untrue information about this series of Keurig brewers out there is unbelievable. So before getting into my specific purchase here are a few facts.MODEL COMPARISONThe K150 and K150P are identical to each other with one difference. The 150P model is already set up for direct connection to a plumbed water supply. However, you will need some optional adapters and accessories to connect it. It does NOT come with a water reservoir tank to allow it to operate as a pour-over brewer however you can buy that tank as an optional accessory. The model without the P comes with the water reservoir tank but does NOT come with the direct plumb component which you can buy later as an optional accessory.Both of the K150 models have 5 choices for cup size. Both K150 models have a mostly black cabinetThe K155 model is identical to both K150 models with these exceptions – the cabinet is mostly silver color, there are only 4 rather than 5 cup sizes you can select, and it comes only with the water reservoir tank, but you cannot add the optional accessory to connect it to a plumbed water supply (at least not without voiding your warranty).Plus there is one extremely important difference between the K150 series and the K155 series. While both are commercial models designed for office use, the K155 series can be bought from authorized Keurig retailers (including Keurig direct) while the K150/K150P can only be bought from non-retail installer/distributors, in other words the idea is that Keurig intended this model to be professionally installed and maintained. Keurig itself will not sell you these models directly. In real life however there are some people/companies who are selling that model online anyway. Just because they are selling it doesn’t mean they are authorized to do so or that Keurig will honor any warranties, you are buying from them at your own risk.I wanted the K150 series for my home to replace my Office Pro K140 commercial model, which has been a dependable workhorse. It’s noisy and slow but it is head and shoulders above the cheap plastic home models that all of my friends and family have. Since I don’t need professional installation to have a delivery person restock my k-cup supply every week I took the risk and bought my K150 from the most reputable reseller I could find. I bought it without the direct plumb kit because I will be moving in the near future and I wanted to use it temporarily as a stand-alone pour over brewer and then permanently install it after I build my new house (which will require buying the optional direct plumb kit).Compared to any other Keurig the K150 is truly designed for use in an office-type environment where it is used all day every day. If you choose the tank model the water capacity is 90 ounces (just over 10 cups of coffee). It is fast, quiet and easy to use. Both the K150 and K155 have the identical color touch panel screen and one large push button labeled “brew”. There is a momentary mechanical power switch on the back. The next model up, the K3000, has individual direct access mechanical push buttons to select the cup size and start the brewing process and I would have gone with it except it goes for $700, too much to pay for home use.The brewer is well built and as compact as such a device can be. It has a 3-prong grounded power plug and can be filled without removing the tank and it is as easy to clean as any other brewer from this brand.WATER TEMPERATUREThe importance of water temperature when brewing coffee has long been acknowledged and it was something I would like to have improved in my old brewer, which did not officially cite a temperature but I measured it just before uninstalling it and got a temperature reading of 162F. The K150 series has a user setting ranger between 188F and 198F. As measured by me that is reasonably accurate. In real life using the highest temperature in my opinion brews the best coffee with thus machine.SIZEAlthough you can read the specs, for some reason the K150 series looks very large. In fact it is not, it occupies the almost identical footprint on your counter as the Office Pro K140.WHAT DIFFERENCES REALLY COUNTWhen you reduce everything to what is most important in deciding which model is for you here is what you should know:There are currently 3 Keurig model series specifically designed for the rigors of business use - the Office Pro K140, the K150 series and the K3000 series. Keurig makes more robust models above that intended for restaurant and food service use and countless low-end retail models for home use. In a nutshell, none of the home models are suitable for business use and two of the Pro models are well-suited for active coffee loving homes, the Office Pro K140 or the K150 series.Other than ruggedness both of these models don’t really do anything that special when they are used in the home. Why I and others purposely choose to put a commercial model in our home kitchen boils down to a few nice convenience features and at the top of that list I would list the large water tank capacity (or ability to direct plumb it into the water line) as being the most significant by far. Second on my list are adjustable brewing temperature on the K150 models and third would be adjustable cup sizes (especially the 12 ounce setting on the K150/P model). Everything else is cosmetic or user preference, like how the buttons look and operate.PLASTIC SMELLI don’t doubt the sincerity of those who are concerned about “plastic smell”, all Keurigs are made with a variety of types of plastics, I think it would be impossible to make something like this without using plastic. The tank does have a slight odor when new but the instructions very clearly cover how to clean the tank prior to the first use. It’s not a “burnt” smell (the tank doesn’t heat up) and after flushing one full cycle with diluted vinegar through it there were no odors at all. For what it’s worth I have read reviews of dozens of coffee, tea and other plastic products and every one of them has complaints of an initial plastic odor so perhaps some people are more sensitive to plastic than others.MINOR DETAILSIn no particular order here are a few random observations, you decide if any of them are important to you.1. Unlike any Keurig brewer I’ve seen the lever handle on this one has a non-slip rubber grip.2. If you are not public-facing and all of your users speak a common language you can set which one you prefer but two other languages will always display as options on the screen in large letters. You can’t turn them off.3. As long as the power is turned on you can’t stop the ever moving rapidly changing animations on the screen. You may feel differently about that depending on if you locate the brewer in a busy waiting room or your private home kitchen.4. If you prefer to fill the container from a pitcher be aware that the lid is not hinged. You must remove it each time and find some place to put it while refilling the reservoir.IN USEIf you have owned any model Keurig brewer you will instinctively know how to operate this one. A pleasant surprise is how fast this one operates from the time you start until it is ready to brew again and how absolutely silent it is, the quietest I have ever heard. The mechanical action is in a whole different universe as far as being solid and rugged feeling, and the handle lifts high and wide and stays in place until you push it down.MY CHOICE AND A SUGGESTIONHaving owned the Office Pro K140 for several years with no issues I like everything about it except we have to refill the water tank at least twice a day because we drink a lot of coffee. My choice to replace it (we’ll keep it as a backup) is the K150 non-plumbed model. That lets us get used to it, determine its ultimate location and get a 90 ounce tank as a backup when/if we decide to buy the optional plumb kit, which we will probably do when we build our next house.The buy decision was made on the day that there was a rare sale and even more rare it was available on prime. While I almost never get extended warranties I did get the 4-year one for only fifteen bucks because remember, Keurig has no obligation to (and probably won’t) honor a warranty unless it was sold by one of a select number of authorized installer/distributors and there is no way of knowing who if any of the sellers here are official distributors. I flat out would not suggest buying this model without that aftermarket warranty. Having it would have eliminated almost 100% of the unhappy reviews posted here.I hope this has been helpful to you. Like I said there is a lot of information online about these models that is simply not true so all this is the result of a lot of research.

This machine is being used in a small office (10 people actively using it every day) and so far is performing very well.It replaces a Keurig K75 that worked for approximately 2 years before it finally stopped brewing (apparently a common problem for these machines, the flow gets very slow and eventually stops, even though the machine seems to be trying... and that can be easily fixed with a new solenoid valve if you know what you're doing, but that's another story), and was only rated for home use. This one is rated for commercial use and has a much larger water reservoir, so it should better suit our needs.While I was researching what new machine to buy I came across other very similar Keurigs that I'm not sure were any different from this one, and they all shared some bad reviews stating a bad plastic smell and taste... I ended up choosing for this particular model because it appeared to have the least complaints about that issue. When it arrived it didn't have any particularly strong smells and after rinsing and putting it to use nobody could feel anything wrong with the taste.The LCD display is nice and the interface is really straightforward and easy to read.I'll revise this review in the future if something eventually goes wrong, but so far it's been smooth sailing.