 "What's not to like?" | 2008-10-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1JBUBTQ48ITN4 |
| This bulbous-little-bird shaped French pressbr /makes great, mucky, dark coffee - keeps it fairlybr /hot and is darn-close to unbreakable.br /br /I have broken at least one-half dozen French pressesbr /prior to owning this one. I think I would havebr /to run over this with a car to break it.br /br /A wise investment for the long-term enjoyment ofbr /French press coffee or loose tea, like Yerba Mate. |
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| "Absolutely Beautiful and Functional" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1VSUGICS9UY2D |
| I absolutely love this press pot. In addition to keeping my coffee piping hot, it looks gorgeous on my counter. |
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 "French Press Coffee Maker" | 2008-09-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A37O9QHUQY7CM3 |
| The only reason I wouldn't give this a 5 star is that some of the internal plunger/filter apparatus was made of plastic. Our reason for purchasing this item was to get away from plastic parts in our coffee maker. Our glass French press had all stainless steel parts (also from Bodum), fortunately these parts were interchangeable so we merely retired the plastic parts, along with the old glass pot, and now our coffee is plastic free and the Stainless-Steel Thermal Press works GREAT! |
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| "We've saved $$$ in the first year alone" | 2008-08-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3PJZ8TU8FDQ1K |
I bought this back in May 2007. I prefer to wait and post my reviews on kitchen tools and appliances later, so that I can report on the durability.
The Bodum 8-Cup provides enough coffee for my wife and I to start our morning. We use extra large coffee mugs(check out my review of the fantastic Pfaltzgraff Mystic Coffee Mugs), so we get two full mugs with each pot.
Other reviews cite problems with the filter but that's not been my experience. Like other buyers, I was taken aback by the initial cost of a stainless-steel press pot but I didn't want to go through the experience of another glass pot. Every glass pot I've owned before has broken and the last one nearly cut the back of my wife's fingers as she was cleaning it.
We stopped buying coffee at stands when we bought this press pot. At $2-$4 a cup, we've saved hundreds of dollars in the first year alone.
I then bought the Thermos Nissan 34-Ounce Stainless-Steel Vacuum Insulated Briefcase Bottle (another great product -- see my review) and started taking a second pot of coffee to work.
The Bodum stainless-steel press pot is durable, produces great-tasting coffee and helps us save money. |
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| "Even Better!!!" | 2008-06-23 |
| - Reviewed By benc1117 |
I've been using the traditional Bodum French press for a while.
Although....I must say that without the instant hot water maker, I'd be using a coffee pot though... Nuking the water for a French Press takes too long, and basically makes me want my coffee maker back. But I digress.
This is without a doubt, the KING of the French press. It's shiny and pretty to have in the kitchen. I've gotten several compliments on it. It's also very easy to clean since there are now only two parts to this. The plunger and the pot. And I'm a guy. I like things that clean easily. Less is definitely more to me. The traditional French Press has fragile glass. I'd gone through 3 of the glass inserts before buying this one. They don't tell you that if you don't take the glass inserts out over time, that the housing will eventually rust and make rust spots on the glass carafe. But this one, piece of cake. I'm sorry I bought the glass carafe first. This one is the king! Coffee is excellent. Stays hot enough to have several cups hot. Winner! |
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 "Hot Pot" | 2008-05-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3Q5BD8NL8C963 |
| Having used a French Press for more years than I care to remember, I wouldn't make coffee any other way. The only downside was breaking the glass beakers. For this reason, I bought the stainless steel pot. It keeps the coffee hot a little longer than glass and longer still under a homemade "coffee cozy." However, don't buy it if you are looking for something to keep the coffee hot for hours. It may say eight cups but it really only fills two good size mugs, maybe three. Eight cups would be the old-fashioned 4-ounce size cup complete with saucer. The press is excellent with very good fit. I'm thrilled to not have to replace any more glass beakers. After time, that gets to be kind of pricey as well as a pain. |
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| "Bodum coffee press" | 2008-05-15 |
| - Reviewed By casumma |
| I have broken at least a half dozen coffee presses over the years and finally got fed up and bought a stainless steel model. This press works great! No amount of dropping will damage it. The only small complaint is that it is not as insulated as I was expecting. The coffee gets cold in about the same amount of time as a glass press. |
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| "The Ultimate Press" | 2008-05-09 |
| - Reviewed By bham_customer |
| My husband had been using a Bodum press with a glass beaker, which he loved. But I noticed that he was transfering the coffee to a thermal pot to keep it warm, and so we had two utensils on the counter instead of one. So, when the beaker broke, which they are wont to do, I bought him the Bodum Columbia 8-Cup Stainless-Steel Thermal Press Pot. He is in awe of this one! It is beautiful, has a finer mesh "plunger", keeps his coffee warm, and has no seams on the outside to collect water when in the dishwasher (an added bonus). He is immensely pleased! Me, too! |
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| "Good product - bad advice" | 2008-05-04 |
| - Reviewed By danbizi |
If you like French presses you'll probably like this. Unlike glass it is unbreakable. I prefer the filter design on this one. The glass ones have several parts and are fiddly to clean and re-assemble. The Columbia has a one piece filter so is easier to clean and assemble and it works just as well as the the multi part filters. The insulation helps maintain the water temperature while you brew.
I took one star off because using the maker to store the coffee after brewing is a bad idea. Why? because with the grounds still in the coffee it continues to brew resulting in over extracted bitter coffee. Better to pour the coffee in to a separate carafe after brewing. The folks at Bodum know this; shame on them for saying that this will serve as a carafe after brewing.
Another thing to keep in mind is that when they say it holds 34 oz that means it holds 34oz of water when filled to the brim without the grounds. I've found that it actually makes about 30oz of coffee.
That said, after over a year of use, I liked it well enough that when I broke my big glass press I replaced it with the the bigger Columbia. A very nice product overall. |
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 "Pouring is a pain" | 2008-04-17 |
| - Reviewed By maellis@cfl.rr.com |
| I got this because I broke a glass press pot on our granite countertop. This one does not break; that is the good news. My problem with this one is that when I pour, I get perhaps 2/3's of the coffee out. Then it stops or pours out very slowly. I tip it back upright, swirl it around, pour again. I repeat that process several times in order to get most of the coffee out. That, as they say, is a pain. I plan on moving back to the glass beaker form and being a little more careful. |
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