My black and decker works great. $20 if I remember right. There's a temp control for the burner so it doesn't get too hot and ruin your pot. And I have a French Press that I use on Sunday mornings (Sundays' deserve something special :-) ). The only coffee makers I didn't like were Bun. They charged a lot for them, but they weren't worth it, IMO. BTW, Peets coffee is online (
http://www.peets.com/). I usually head down to any local coffee shop and pick up some beans Guatemalian or Costa Rican are my favs.