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I prefer this over a french press.(old) barely usable after 2 months
I prefer this over a french press. I've ordered a french press for a friend before, and another friend has a similar one, so I've made coffee in a french press multiple times without owning one. I decided to get this after watching a lot of movie reviews. It really is what it says - an air-press. The liquid will all be drained out and you will have air in between, so when you hear an air sound while pressing down it is done.
Cleanup is amazing on this thing, and efficiency. When done with the coffee simply press the plunger in all the way, remove the plastic cap (barely has ~1 drop worth spread across it), once the cap is off simply press the plunger a little further and you will hear a "pop" and you got the minimal amount of grounds and paper filter has ~2mm of untouched paper around the rim. Could easily dispose of when camping behind a bush, very compostable.
I haven't tried it backpacking yet but it is very small and that will be the next test.
update 3/5/2016. I purchased this on Dec. 30th, 2015. It is now about 2 months lter on March 05, 2016 as of my writing.
The rubber plunger has become "whooshy" over the last 2 months. A couple times I had lost air pressure from it and thought nothing of it. Another month later I am still using it today, but today it exploded on me and all over the kitchen while pressing it. It has been losing pressure more and more like this over the last month. I expect it going forward to not hold pressure correctly unless held just right, and then too much pressure (which is almost nothing) will just make it go splat all over again.
And then when I go to warrenty information on amazon it says to contact seller. No way to click on the seller, it has been over 30 days (basically 60 days) and so I'm stuck with a piece of plastic rubber press after it explodes...and it takes about 5x the pressure to push it down with the rubber as compared to when air was pressing before.
I originally paid $26.xx so it seemed like a good holiday price. What's it worth when it doesn't press? I've used it every day multiple times a day for the past 2 months, normal use. It's what it is.
December 2015 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase