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itsbabytime
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Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Just got one for Christmas and am loving it. Just a couple of questions for you -
How often do you clean it?
Do you use only bottled/filtered water to make the coffee?
Where is the cheapest place to buy those little cup things? Are they all only good for one cup?
THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!!!!
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kimmaymb20
a year of surprise
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
I havent cleaned mine out but it def needs one Ive been using mine since may.
I always use the filtered water.
I bought the reusuable kcup and bought the huge bag of DD coffee from BJs. The cup was $15 and we havent even made a huge dent in the coffee bag since Christmas. You can look online for websites that sell them but I think they all average the same price for the box. I usually get the cups from BBB and use my 20% coupons or the $5 coupons
HTH
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| Posted 1/13/12 2:00 PM |
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caps612
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
we used filtered water from the fridge and occasionally just run water through it to clean it out.
we get k-cups at:
BBB
Amazon
Bigcatcoffee.com
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| Posted 1/13/12 2:03 PM |
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VanderZwang
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Gail
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
I just got mine.
Havent cleaned it yet.
Use water from the tap.
Get my k-cups either with BBB coupon or in bulk at Costco.
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| Posted 1/13/12 2:07 PM |
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DrMeg
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
We bought the filter for inside the Keurig and just use tap water. I believe DH has cleaned it at least twice.
We get K-cups from BBB, Keurig.com (I think you get something free when you register your machine) and bigcatcoffee.com.
The k-cups are only good for one use.
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| Posted 1/13/12 2:17 PM |
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PhyllisNJoe
My Box Is Broken
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Haven't cleaned it yet
We use tap water - I see no benefit of using filtered water
We order them straight from the green mountain site. DH has one at work too
Message edited 1/13/2012 2:22:06 PM.
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Dulcinea
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
I clean it when it looks dirty and use regular tap water.
As for k-cups, they are too expensive for me so to save I use the solofill resuable k-cups and buy bags of coffee grounds. Works great! I save so much $$ and can vary the strength by adding coarser or finer grounds or packing it lightly or more compact.
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| Posted 1/13/12 10:53 PM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Posted by PhyllisNJoe
We use tap water - I see no benefit of using filtered water
They tell you to use filtered or bottled water, to extend the life of the machine. Without it, you may have mineral/chemical buildup which may clog up the whole system.
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cantbelieveit
Love these kids!
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
I use the filtered water from my fridge. I try to clean it every 3 months or so. I buy the coffee mostly at costco. Not much of a selection but its like $37 for 80 compared to $11.99 for 18. Otherwise I got to bed bath and beyond and use the 20% off coupons.
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| Posted 1/14/12 8:44 AM |
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kimmaymb20
a year of surprise
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Posted by Dulcinea
I clean it when it looks dirty and use regular tap water.
As for k-cups, they are too expensive for me so to save I use the solofill resuable k-cups and buy bags of coffee grounds. Works great! I save so much $$ and can vary the strength by adding coarser or finer grounds or packing it lightly or more compact.
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This was the best $15 I've spent at bbb
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KittyGags
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by PhyllisNJoe
We use tap water - I see no benefit of using filtered water
They tell you to use filtered or bottled water, to extend the life of the machine. Without it, you may have mineral/chemical buildup which may clog up the whole system.
ya but depends on how "hard" your water is. I've had mine for almost 3 years and have always used tap water and haven't had any issues. I did have an issue when I used the disposable kcup backwards one day and I bent the pin in the k cup holder. I called customer service and they sent me a new one and i fixed it myself!
As far as cheapest places to buy the k cups? I buy a big box at BJs but they're the same price mostly everywhere (I think when i've done the math its .55 a cup). You should sign up on kuerig.com and sometimes they send special offers for the boxes or you can do BBB with a coupon.
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| Posted 1/14/12 9:46 AM |
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LiveItUp
Love my babies!
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
We've had ours for a little over a year and we like it. The directions say to run vinegar through about once every 6 months to clean the inside. I've done that once since we've had it and it was easy. The outer parts and water tank are hand wash only. We use tap water. The k-cups are only good for one drink. We get them on amazon and also Bed,Bath,&Beyond (you can use the 20% off coupon).
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| Posted 1/14/12 10:42 AM |
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itsbabytime
LIF Adult
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Thanks so much ladies this is all really helpful!
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| Posted 1/14/12 1:20 PM |
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PhyllisNJoe
My Box Is Broken
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by PhyllisNJoe
We use tap water - I see no benefit of using filtered water
They tell you to use filtered or bottled water, to extend the life of the machine. Without it, you may have mineral/chemical buildup which may clog up the whole system.
Yea I know, but my husband has his at work for almost 7 years and they only use tap water there and gross as it is, he's never cleaned it. It works fine. Watch, now mine will break lol 
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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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Re: Kuerig owners I have a question for you...
I just got mine so I haven't cleaned it. I used filtered water but I have learned DH is using tap.
Register your Keurig if you haven't already. I got a coupon from them after doing so for buy 2 get 2 free so I got 92 cups for $30
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