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Your Keurig....On or Off ?

Remee — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:20:03 GMT

If you are home during the day or just have access to a Keurig as much as you want, and if you drink coffee frequently throughout the day, do you leave it on between cups or do you turn it off, then back on, each time you make a cup of coffee?

People have told me both, and I don't have my instruction booklet to let me know which is best to do.

I drink coffee about 17 hours a day, so I'd like to know what all of you do?

Thanks for your response.

Re: Your Keurig....On or Off ?

Jannyg — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:20:47 GMT

I turn it off after each cup is made.

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luvdoodles — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:29:14 GMT

On 8/14/2014 shoppergrl said:
I turn it off after each cup is made.

I do the same thing.

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meglet — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:31:56 GMT

Is it bad to just leave it on? I bought one yesterday, the TSV. My girlfriend's goes into some sort of sleep mode between cups after a certain interval - the LED display goes dark. That's not the same as turning it off from the back switch though. Sorry if these are dumb questions - it's my first Keurig.

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rustysmom — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:27:36 GMT

Maybe it shouldn't be, but mine is on 24/7. I never turn it off from the back.

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HonnyBrown — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:28:03 GMT

My Keurig at work stays on all day.

The one at home has an on/off timer.

Meg, those aren't dumb questions. I don't know if it's good or bad to leave it on. The one I keep at work (K-40) is well used, almost 6 years old, and still going strong.

The one at home with the timer is new.

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bonnielu — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:34:16 GMT

I keep it on unless I am going away for a few days. I have no clue what to do. It is just easier to keep it on. You never know when hubby might want a cup and most likely he would think it was not working if it were not on. I don't drink coffee or tea. It looked like a great gadget so I talked him into it. He used to grind and brew his own coffee. It was quite a convincing job to get him to ""WANT IT."" Now he is sold. I love to watch it work.

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MathisFan — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:35:21 GMT

I leave mine on. I'll have a cup of coffee in the morning but then I use it throughout the day for tea or other drinks. It usually gets turned off about 5PM.

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Raindrop7 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:37:32 GMT

I leave it on 24/7. I believe that's what they recommend to do.

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Lynneuk — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:14:32 GMT

I only use it once or twice a day so I turn it off.

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terrier3 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:19:54 GMT

On 8/14/2014 Raindrop said:
I leave it on 24/7. I believe that's what they recommend to do.

I leave mine on too.

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oceantown — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:25:53 GMT

We have a Cuisinart Keurig brewer. I set the menu for the auto on/off. It is set to come on at 6 AM and to turn off at 10 PM. If we go out of town we turn it off and unplug it.

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Shellamina — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:26:25 GMT

We use it in the morning before work and in the evening after dinner, but leave it on ALL the time. We never turn it off.

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ChynnaBlue — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:30:25 GMT

Do whichever is easier for you, that's what is best.

I normally don't drink multiple cups of coffee during the day and mine is on the timer for the morning. I drink a lot of iced drinks when I come home at night, so if I'm going to make multiple glasses of iced tea, I'll leave it on for a while. I do the same in the winter if I'm home and want hot tea or coffee. If it's a m ore random thing and I don't plan on using it, I turn it off. It doesn't take long to warm up, so I turn it on and by the time I get a glass and fill it with ice or a mugs and add some creamer, the machine is ready to go. Mine is off most of the time.

If you leave it on all the time, it will use more energy, which is the disadvantage. I've got enough things that are and using up energy all the time that I prefer to turn things off when I can.

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Kitlynn — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:30:31 GMT

We leave ours on twenty four hours a day everyday. It has never been a problem.

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DoneTryin — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:38:13 GMT

I don't use mine on a regular basis, so I turn it on & off as I'm using it. That's more a function of cutting back on caffeine than anything else. Some environmentalists say we should unplug all our electronic devices & appliances when we aren't using them because they're still drawing electricity when they're just plugged in. That's probably not realistic for most of us, but a noble thought.

BTW, it was not a dumb question. I always say, when in doubt, ask!

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KJPA — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:53:17 GMT

Mine has the timer function. I set it to come at 5 AM and off at 2 PM. Rarely does anyone drink coffee during the off time and it's easy to push the switch in the back if we need to.

My old Keurig did not have that feature and I left it on all the time.

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BigOrangeKitty — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:12:43 GMT

I have the personal size one that makes one cup at a time --- and I just love the little thing--- after it brews the cup of coffee, it shuts off by itself.

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spud188 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:26:24 GMT

Mine gets unplugged when we are gone out of town only.

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Yahooey — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:50:47 GMT

I turn it off.