Bought this in June 2018 and cracked November 2018. Both sections of this glass coffee maker are very thin and washing them is a gamble. I have been extremely careful and the last time I cleaned it, I tapped the top edge of the upper body funnel against the sink tap and "tink" I knew it was cracked. It was the slightest of taps but rendered the whole contraption useless, it is by far the flimsiest design I have come across, the glass is so thin you can feel its delicacy when taken out of the box.
It makes for very good coffee but I have gone on ebay and bought an original designed by Cona from the 70's and it feels definitely stronger and its plainly made of thicker glass. Bodum and every other maker of this design has copied Cona's but even though the process is exactly the same, I find that I have to simmer slightly longer (5 secs) and bubble the water up into the top to allow the vacuum to build up enough to allow all the coffee to return to the base jug. If you want originality, try and buy an original glass stopper, but the flat, plastic filter from the bodum fits and does just a slightly better job.
For the price, an original can be cheaper and last a heck of a lot longer than a bodum, why ? is still a mystery as the glass in the bodum is practically such a design flaw as to be criminal in my opinion, its never going to last, I'm not sure if this is a more modern, late design and some older versions may be better but a small crack has wasted £40 because of cost cutting & profit making, sign of the times really.
| Varumärke | Bodum |
|---|---|
| Modellnummer | 1208-01 |
| Färg | Genomskinlig |
| Produktens mått | 31.75 x 26.16 x 19.81 cm; 703 Gram |
| Kapacitet | 34 Vätska Uns |
| Material | Glas, plast |
| Automatisk avstängning | Nej |
| Avdelning | Unisex – vuxna |
| Tillverkare | Bodum |
| Artikelnummer | 1208-01US4 |
| ASIN | B00005NCX5 |