Buy the SHARDOR.

It does everything the Elite Gourmet does, then does the things it can't.

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Elite Gourmet EHC4128 Automatic 4-Cup Drip Coffee Maker, Black | Glass carafe, Pause N Ser... — $15.99
SHARDOR Single Serve & Carafe Coffee Maker, Dual Brew for K Cup Pods & Ground Coffee, Hot ...

1. Never limited to one kind of coffee
SHARDOR brews K-cup pods or fresh ground coffee, hot or iced, from 6 to 32oz. The Elite Gourmet only drips ground coffee into a fixed 4-cup pot, with no pod option and no iced setting, ever.
2. Brew for a full house, not just yourself
A 95oz reservoir and sizes up to 32oz mean SHARDOR covers a household without refilling twice. Elite Gourmet tops out at 4 cups total, so anything past one or two people means starting it again.
3. Coffee stays hot without cooking itself
SHARDOR's thermal carafe holds heat with no hot plate underneath it. Elite Gourmet keeps coffee warm on a plate whose anti-drip valve is reported to lose its seal and leak after about a year.
4. Wake up to coffee that already happened
SHARDOR's 24-hour programmable start means the pot is ready before you are. Elite Gourmet only has an on/off switch, so someone has to physically start it every single time.
5. Yes it's cheaper and simpler. Buy SHARDOR anyway.
Elite Gourmet's $15.99 price and one-button simplicity genuinely suit a dorm room making one cup a day, and if that is you, go for it. But reviewers report its pause-n-serve valve leaking and units failing within months, so those savings can vanish fast. We do not think that describes most kitchens.