Keurig V500 Vue Brewer

There is no shortage of Keurig reviews online so I will use this one to address a lack of information on the V500.

First, the Vue V500 is functionally the same as the top of the line Vue V700. I recently went to Bed, Bath and Beyond to purchase a Keurig coffee maker as a surprise for my wife while she was out of town. She had expressed an interest in getting one and was dropping hints more and more frequently.

After a little research and armed with a 20% off coupon, I hit the store with the intention of purchasing the Vue V700. When I got to the end cap where the Vue was set up, I saw a Vue I wasn't familiar with and that was the V500. It isn't even listed on the Keurig website yet. We aren't huge coffee people so I thought maybe this would be a better fit at a cheaper price than the V700. Cell phone reception was weak and it was taking forever to look up information so I resorted to asking a BBB employee what the difference was and he was actually very knowledgeable.

Functionally they work exactly the same. The differences are: The size of the water reservoir, the V700 holds 74 ounces while the V500 holds 60 ounces. The touch screen on the V700 is color while the V500's is black and white. The V500 offers all the same cup sizes as the V700 except one, it doesn't do the 18 ounce travel mug size. The V700 has storage for the power cord, the V500 does not. Aesthetically, the V700 has more silver accents on it while the V500 is mainly black. Last, the V700 comes with a free 10 Vue cup variety pack and the V500 comes with an 8 pack.

My wife doesn't care about any of those things so I decided to save $30 and get the V500. She absolutely loves it so far. As I said, we are not coffee people but so far so good. This thing makes a fantastic cup of coffee. If you don't need anything listed in the differences, save yourself some money and a little space on your counter top and get the V500.

Have a Keurig K-cup machine in the office and wanted one for my home. Could not decide on k-cup or v-cup machine. Love strong coffee and even though always buy the dark blends the coffee never seemed as strong as I would like it. After a lot of research I saw that Keurig was releasiing a new smaller Vue machine the V500. Bought it March 17 (at BB&B with 20% off coupon). Have used the machine for three days and simply love the machine. Coffee was stronger (used the strong setting) and hotter (197 degree setting). First cup takes a little time but subsequent cups ready almost immediately. Noise? No more so than any other brewer. Will keep updating as I use it.

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I first found out about the Vue on houseparty.com and applied hoping I would get selected to receive a free one but unfortunately I didn't:( but since I have wanted a new Keurig for a while I decided to buy the Vue v500 anyways. I'm glad I got the machine. It is slightly different from the V700 but the major difference is the black and white screen instead of the color screen and having a max brew size of 16oz instead of 18oz. Not having a color screen isn't that big of a deal to me and the black and white touch screen works fast and is still easy to read. I've used a original K-cup before and I noticed that this one does take slightly longer to brew but it also brews a better cup of coffee! I like having the option to customize what drink I'm making (ex. coffee, iced drinks, and cafe drinks); select which temperature(I prefer to make it colder when I'm going to drink it right away and hotter if I'm taking my drink on the go); whether or not I want my coffee stronger; as well as being able to use the normal sized pods or travel size. These features set it apart from the original k-cup brewer. One downside is that the pods are slightly more expensive, currently there is less variety, and its not as widely available for purchase. There is a reusable vcup on the market made by solofill but as of yet keurig has not put their own out. I've tried out the "Solofill Cup V1" and I like it. I've read some reviews on the Solofill where people say it leaves grounds in the cup and this is not true. The solofill reusable cup does leave some sediment that will rest on the very bottom of your cup similar to if your coffee had been made in a french press and to me it tastes almost exactly like french press coffee (if ground right and using the right amount of coffee). I also noticed other reviews where people said the brewer is noisy, this is true but it's not so noisy it will wake everyone up in the morning, rather it's just that you can hear the pump as opposed to complete silence. The only major complaint I have is that the machine is NOT high enough for taller sized To Go mugs or even most averaged sized travel mugs. I think keurig should have included an additional base to put under the machine to prop it up higher or at least make an optional base for purchase to raise the machine up more otherwise you'll have to find something to put under it if you want to use taller travel mugs.

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I've used Regular Coffee, Decaf Coffee & My Refillable Decaf Coffee several times and I have been disappointed with every brewed cup of coffee!

The Solofill Gold Filter leaves excessive coffee mud in the bottom of the cup.

There is a limited variety of Regular & Decaf coffee Vue cups available.

I like my coffee to taste like coffee or if flavored to taste like the flavor.

Too bad a costly adventure!

Sorry!!

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I have read just about every review out there and really was not sure about actually buying it because of some of them. But I am so glad I did. I love it! I bought the smaller size.

Here are the complaints I saw pretty regularly.

Too loud. No it really is not and I can not figure out where that idea came from. It sounds just like your average coffee pot as it just gets done with its brewing. It is a little louder I did notice when I used the frother. I wonder if that is because it is working a little harder to froth the milk mixture? Either way that is not even that loud.

Heat. Personally I used to be a gas station coffee and Scooter's coffee junkie. The Vue brews just as hot as they do. I did not expect it to be that hot and burned the hell out of my mouth on my first cup. It is set at 195 degrees and I know you can change that if you so choose.

Strength of the coffee. This one humors me because I have to wonder if these people actually tried the strong coffee blends before saying that. Personally I like coffee average strength and the Vue borderlines on a little too strong for me. But its okay I can handle that.

Height. Yes this is an issue that was npoorly designed. I found an old cookbook I do not use much and sat the vue on top of that and just remove the drip tray when I use it. My 16oz coffee cup fits perfectly now. I have to wonder if their idea behind that was most people do not typically order 16oz plus cafe drinks so they decided to make it shorter? Just my thought on that.

I saw someone review the Vanilla Latte horribly saying it was disgusting. I love it and it turns out so much better than coffee shop lattes in my opinion. However it does seem to have a slightly caramel after taste to me. I would love to know if they will come out with a special cup that lets us use our own milk though, that would be perfect!

I love the fact you can choose how many ounces you want to brew. That is an awesome feature. The only sad part is you can only brew an 8 oz latte, thats kind of a bummer but again I think its because your average person does not usually order more than that at a coffee shop.

The touch screen is a bit small and sometimes kind of hard to touch the right buttons at times but its managable. Someone was talking on their review about smiling every time it is done brewing and says "enjoy!", I had to laugh when I caught myself doing it too.

One major draw back is the only place I can seem to find the vue cups is target abd here. But I think it took awhile for the K cups to become so widespread so maybe it will just take some time.

It took me nearly a month to decide to buy this thing and now I am wondering what took me so long to do it! Do not keep considering just go get one :)