Percolator Coffee Pot | Enamelware Campfire Coffee Boiler Kettle for Outdoor Camping Cookware, Cabin, RV, Kitchen, Hunting & Backpacking

Great product

Colorful in the kitchen. Good coffee. However, sprays coffee on stove if it gets to a rolling boil. Probably better suited for camping.

wished i had done more thorough search on reviews. My review overall - LOL. very cheap made. Did a test pot on stove top per directions. I used a coffee filter and folded it overnin the basket as the stem is to short - coffee needed will cover the stem. geez....So i only made a partial,pot. Two qts water and 1/2 cup measure of coffee. anyway, took a couple minutes to start percolating. timed it for 3 mins. During perculation, about halfway thru, coffee was spurting and bubbling out the pour vent. fortunately not a whole lot boiled out, no mess and the three minutes was up. Removed from heat. Had to use an oven mitt to pour a cup, but i kinda figured that due to a metal pot. However, it was a good cup of coffee. I put remainder in a coffee thermos. I bought this for a camping trip and for that, it will do just fine. This is NOT something I would ever use on a daily basis. Get a real percolator! If not for actually enjoying a good cup of coffee, I would have just given 1-2 stars cause its so cheap made and no way to keep coffee from coming out the pour spout while percolating. Edit: after using this percolator all weekend while camping I upgraded this to 4* vs 3. The percolators shortcomings I was able to overcome with minor tweeks. Ref basket stem being to short when adding grinds - keep basket on the entire stem that sits in pot then add your grinds. I used 3 qts water to three 1/4 scoops coffee. I also used a coffee filter as I do with my regular use percolator. saves on cleaning. Ref the coffee spurting all over thru pour spout - I solved this by adjusting heat down a bit when it starts percolating so its not actually in a rolling boil in the pot but still perking. Also laid a large tablespoon over pour spot so no,or very little coffee spurts out over the camp stove. A dish towel was used for the very hot handle while pouring. I did not try this over the fire cause it was to hot. This was worth the money once I got little things fixed and will stay part of my camping gear.

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.

Love my cowboy coffee pot. I bought it so if there was a power outage I would have a way to make coffee. Nice sturdy percolator coffee pot.

Let me start by saying if your expecting to get a porcelain coffee pot like you would have 25 years ago your going to be disappointed. My how times have changed. If you drop it it's going to chip. If you kick it it's going to dent. If you use it over a campfire it's going to melt the plastic percolator top. Other than that it's a darn fine coffee pot. I've started not expecting much out of anything anymore including people and I'm a lot happier for it. Edit: After using this coffee pot for several days now I've come to the conclusion it's a piece of junk. It's cheaply made the stem and the basket don't sit level in the bottom of the coffee pot so I brewed a whole pot of coffee with half the grounds not even wet. I tried to adjust it but it didn't make any difference. The raised portion of the coffee pot at the bottom where the basket stem is supposed to sit is larger than the basket stem making the basket stem slide off the side of the raised portion and sit unevenly making half the grounds not get wet. There's also no markings on the pot to tell you how much water your using. So I guess your supposed to bring along a measuring cup for this handy light weight coffee pot that's great for camp fires, (don't use on camp fires it will melt the plastic top that's supposed to be glass), and great for light weight hiking and backpacking, (because it doesn't take up much room just bring along extra measuring equipment), and I could go on but I think you get the point.

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.

I needed a coffee pot that I could use on the stove for our camper. I thought this one was cute, but it actually works really well. My husband thinks the coffee taste better. I will add that we have tried it with and without the filters and unless you want coffee grinds in your mug, I would definitely purchase some filters to go with it.