My original carafe exploded (seems like a common poblem) and I found the replacement here. The pictures are misleading since it shows and describes the carafe with the vacuum lid used for making the coffee...WRONG! At first I thought I had been sent the wrong carafe but it turns out you need to keep your vacuum lid or buy a replacement for another $10. Just something to keep in mind. Otherwise the carafe works fine.

After checking with different companies, as this Krups carafe is for an older coffeemaker, it was suggested that I keep looking. With the number of the coffeepot, Amazon picked it up, directed me to the exact one in the right color (black) and size, and the rest was simply a tribute to their excellent service and fast delivery.

Add us to the list of exploding carafes -- and we don't even own the coffee maker!

For years, my husband and I have used a Melitta #6 manual drip coffee maker. Great tasting coffee, and no hulking electric gadget to crowd the counter. But we got tired of breaking the glass carafe every year or so. Eventually, I took my cone to a local store and found a carafe it fit -- this one.

I guess we got lucky ... it lasted for several years with no problems. [Maybe because I never put it in the dishwasher.] But yesterday morning, I poured the water through, and a few minutes later -- POP!

I'm buying a stainless carafe to replace it. Krups seems to be the only coffee carafe out there that will fit the #6 cone. And I'd mark this lower, but we got a good few years of service from it.

The picture of this product is Wrong. I received the carafe that is in your picture but I did not receive the same lid on the carafe that's in the picture. What I received has a solid lid that when attached does not fit in the coffee machine and it cannot be untwisted one turn and poured from. It's the wrong lid for this carafe designed for a Krups coffee maker. For the price, and freight cost it's not worth sending back. The photograph needs to be corrected because the photo shows what I wanted and what I thought I would receive, but that is not what I received. The description needs to be specific about the lid, because a Krups carafe has a pour through the lid feature, this one does not! Very Disappointed!

Yes, my carafe exploded this morning--I had set the pot for automatic start this morning and when I entered the kitchen I found coffee everywhere, even in the cabinets below. Needless to say, I was pretty annoyed. I sent a note to Krups, but from the posts I have read above, I don't expect to get any real help nor a replacement...I won't buy Krups again.