This is a well constructed carafe and it looks really nice. However I was looking for a thermal carafe that will keep coffee hot enough to drink for 5 or 6 hours. This will only keep the coffee hot for 1.5 to 2 hours. The problem is that it's stainless steel inside and out, with foam insulation in the middle, but it's not a thermos-type vessel with glass inside and a vaccuum seal between the glass and the outside. I returned this and bought another caraffe that was like a thermos inside and it keeps the coffee really hot for 8 to 10 hours.

The carafe is solid and keeps coffee fairly hot, but there is no water quantity indicator so you need to use a measuring cup which is a nuisance. Although I recently bought a newer version of the Cuisinart coffee machine, and the reservoir on it has a water measure stick inside it ....it's hard to use but once you get used to it, you can read the level.

Cuisinart DCC-600RC 10 Cup Stainless Thermal Carafe for use with DGB-600BC coffeemakerI love my Cuisinart grind & brew coffee maker and was so pleased to find a replacement carafe. I think the price was reasonable, and as shipping was free this was the perfect solution.

I have a grind and brew that is the black plastic model that is the version that comes with the 12 cup glass carafe. I dropped the glass carafe in the sink and it cracked, bummer. I went to get another glass carafe and saw that the stainless thermal carafe was on sale so I bought it without realizing it was not made to use with the Grind & Brew model I owned. It fit perfectly and I was curious why they said "for use with stainless steel grind & brew only" and realized it is because the stainless thermal carafe holds 10 cups, not 12 like my glass one.

SO ANYWAY, what this means is that this thermal carafe works great with ALL Grind & Brew Machines, you just can't set the plastic Grind & Brew machines to make 12 cups of coffee since the steel thermal carafe will only hold 10 cups. NOT A BIGGIE and it's a wonderful bonus; I set my machine the night before and am awoken up by it going off in the morning and now I can have hot coffee without needing to fuss with putting the coffee in a separate carafe. Plus, it keeps it hot FOREVER; I have emptied the leftover coffee after work and it is still warm over 10 hours later.

I love it and highly recommend for any Grind & Brew machine.

I will rate this item after I receive a new one I ordered - this particular item came damaged.