Keurig V500 Vue Brewer

CUSTOMER REVIEW



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.



Edit: Nine months later, my wife is still not a huge coffee person but I am. Damn you Keurig!!! The unit has functioned great and we have had no problems with it. I have also found the fact that you can use the unit for just hot water very useful as well. I will not subtract a star because the product has worked flawlessly but one drawback is that the Vue packs are still a pain in the butt to find in stores. The K cups are everywhere but the Vue packs? Not so much. They were supposed to be the next big thing and just haven't caught on yet. If I had to do over, I would still stick with the Keurig brand but would probably go with a machine that used K cups instead of the Vue system simply because of the availability of the cups. I have also found that the Solofill adapter that let's you use any ground coffee in the machine is indispensable. I use it more than the Vue packs. You have to rinse it and dry it after use but it is much cheaper than the packs.