It is a give and take situation, and for cheap coffee maker, you have to give something in order to get the lower price bracket. That thing happens to be "trust" or performance as we know it.

I am not saying that all cheap coffee makers are less trust worthy and prompt to break down, but the rule of thumb is these coffee machines tend to have something lesser than it more premium siblings right?

The usual make out of a coffee maker that is priced lesser is because of lesser features, not so good construction materials and also unknown brands.

I must say that once in a while, there would be good buy. If the first factor is the same as you compare coffee machines to machines, then it has to be the brand.

Brand equity can cause a huge difference in the pricing of coffee machine, but if it is this factor, go ahead and get the lower priced coffee maker -it is worth the while.

So, yes, there are cheap coffee makers that can be trusted, but you would need to take some time searching for it...