Enameled Steel Percolator

I just recently bought this percolator, and tried it in various settings: on the stove top at home, on a camping propane cooker, and on a grill over an open fire, and all with different types of coffee - all three methods and beans produced the most amazing coffee. Now I am a coffee snob, and I don't even drink any coffee at coffee shops because I feel they don't know how to make a good cup of java. The coffee made with this percolator is rich, almost creamy, full-flavored but not bitter. If you make sure to grind your coffee on the coarse setting, the amount of grinds that make it into the coffee are minimal. One of the batches was even made with cheap Folger's coffee that my friend brought on our camping trip, and this little miracle pot even managed to turn that one into a delicious cup of coffee. Yes, the insert is not the most stable, but it performs its function perfectly, and unless you use it "other than directed," you shouldn't have any problems with it. I keep it in the pot, and clean it carefully by hand, and have not had any problems. I highly recommend this percolator.

Great perculator, for home use

Good coffee maker, but you definitely get what you pay for. I paid just a little over $20. The inner percolator mechanism, upon arrival, had a bent base. As I needed it for my camping trip that weekend, I didn't have time to send it back or complain. I gingerly bent it back into place and it worked fine. The inner percolator assembly, however, is very cheap feeling. I don't think it's plastic, but it's a very soft, easily broken material. In addition, the lid to the coffee basket is so soft that it doesn't really make a great seal onto the basket itself so when the water gets boiling, it has the tendency to actually push coffee grounds out of the basket and into the water. Also, the clip that holds the lid to the handle is very soft and has already broken after two uses. As for the functional aspect, it did exactly as it was supposed to. It produced a pretty darned good cup of coffee. Keep in mind that "8 Cups" is 8 6 oz cups. For the size cups we were using at my camping trip, it was more like 4 cups. Luckily, I had an airpot that I brought so I just made batches of coffee and added it to the airport/thermos for keeping warm. Bottom line: it's decent product for around $20. Handle the inner components with care and it should last you a good long while. Makes pretty good coffee, but has the tendency to include grounds.

As advertised,old school just what I was looking for

Awesome, during this recent ice / snow storm, it was worth every penny spent.Great for making coffee, tea, boiling water Ectra . Works perfectly on a camp stove..Happy that I bought it.

It's true what the other reviewers say about how the parts such as the basket, and lid clip are flimsy. The stem and basket that go inside the percolator are made out of thin aluminum, and thus bend easily. I had to actually bend the base of the stem a little bit so that it would sit at a level height, and it felt as if I was about to break it off. After unboxing it, I immediately made a pot of coffee in my kitchen. I'm used to making coffee in my french press which holds about four measuring cups of water. The GSI pot holds at least double that, if not a little more (technically I guess it could hold 12 cups). Usually in my french press, I'll do a chunky grind on the coffee beans, and I usually put in about 8 tablespoons to four cups of water. Since I was only making coffee for myself, I just used the same measurements in the GSI pot, but it seemed like my 8 tablespoons of grounds almost filled up the basket completely; I'm not sure I could make a ton of coffee in this unless I really did a fine grind on the coffee beans (maybe that's how you are supposed to use percolators anyway, but I wanted to use a chunky grind so that I didn't have a bunch of sediment in my coffee). I put the stove top burner on medium heat and set the pot on. After about five minutes or so it started boiling, and I realized why the handle on the top of the lid is clear, because you can see down into the pot and tell how dark your coffee is getting! It was pretty cool watching it turn darker and darker through the lid (again this is my first time using a percolator so this stuff probably seems elementary to people who have used them before). The coffee came out pretty good, I don't know if it's as good as coffee from the french press, but it still tastes better than Keurig coffee, or something that went through one of those paper filters. I can see how over time the parts on this might break. The handle on the lid is made out of plastic, and it's probably going to eventually start turning colors and not be as clear as it is now. The coffee ground holder and stem are definitely going to break at some point, but if you are really really careful, and always keep it stored inside the pot, it might last a while. The construction of the actual pot feels really solid though, pretty much anything that is metal coated in porcelain is going to last a while . Overall I would say buy this if you just need something cheap for camping every once in a while, and you are a careful person who really takes care of their things. Otherwise, if you want something more rugged GSI has a stainless steel version of this for about double the price... now I'm wondering why I didn't just buy that one in the first place... oh well.

Did not think this was as solid as it looks. Handle gets very hot and centre viewing piece falls out. Not really very happy with this. It is ok size wise and all but...

I love these types of coffee makers but with this one in particular you are going to have to grind your own beans and not to fine either, otherwise at the bottom of the cup you get a nice meal of coffee grounds. You could always carry a tea strainer I suppose and it’s hardly the worst thing ever but there’s bound to be folk who have a serious issue with such an inconvenience. Coffee tastes amazing and if used indoors the whole house smells great too.

mit dem Gaskocher zusammen bekommt man einen guten Kaffee unterwegs, allerdings sollte der Kaffee nicht zu fein gemahlen sein, etwas gröber ist besser, aber funktioniert super

Poor quality. Pricetag way to high! Should had been an ornament in my trailer but no. Returned the first shipment. The second was in the same condition but I just accepted the fact and kept it.

hay que seguir las instrucciones, hace buen café, necesita filtro de papel. Llego bien embalado, perfecta, en el tiempo acordado, un color verde muy bonito (la quería en otro color pero siempre está agotado)