BonJour Hugo 8-Cup Unbreakable French Press, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of BonJour Hugo 8-Cup Unbreakable French Press, Black
Customer Review: Great Coffee Press
Summary: 5 Stars
This coffee press is great!It is so easy to clean, I love not having to worry about it breaking, and it is very light weight. I recently had to purchase a new one as I tried to put it in the microwave not realizing it does have a metal screw by the handle...ooops! This caused the plastic to bubble up by the screw, and while it was still functionsal (used it for another 8 months or so), I got sick of trying to get around the bubble and purchased a new one along with the Braun countertop electric water kettle (fabulous), and so I dont need the microwave and have piping hot coffee in mere minutes!Customer Review: Plunger broke after 1 week!
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a coffee snob! There I admit it. I was so eager to have an unbreakable french press that I "Blew Off" the reports from others about the flimsy plastic insert!!! Never again will I doubt my fellow reviewers!! The pot itself is well constructed, however, it is toatally useless without the plunger and it broke into many pieces after only one week of careful use. DO NOT waste your money!!!! I also purchased a travel sized press which has worked well so far. (I have used it about 6 times). I am back to using my glass press which I bought at a local discount store for only $13 last year.Customer Review: Easy to clean, plunger goes down further than Bodum
Summary: 5 Stars
Compared to a glass Bodum, this french press is not as attractive, but offers several advantages. First off, it's cheaper. Second, the plunger pushes the screen almost completely to the bottom, leaving maybe 1/4 of an inch of space left, allowing you to get great extraction, especially when making small amounts of coffee/tea. Third, cleaning this french press is (relatively) easy because the screen apparatus isn't composed of numerous parts like the Bodum. The unbreakable aspect wasn't important to me, but overall this french press is an incredible value and I would buy this brand again.Customer Review: The strainer will outlast the pot
Summary: 2 Stars
The plastic strainer lowest part disintegrated around the nut holding it on and was unworkable after about six months. Since it had a tendency to periodically come apart and had to be put back together (not always easy), I might have overtightened it. I replaced it with a Bodum stainless steel strainer pot of the same size - literally as it turns out since the strainer fit the old pot too. Both pots are described as borosilicate but the Bonjour feels more like plastic to the touch than the Bodum. The Bodum costs $10 more evidently due to the use of a stainless strainer.Customer Review: Unbreakable, yet it broke!
Summary: 2 Stars
So disappointed! I had a terrific glass french press for 9 years, until I accidentally hit it to hard against the waist basket to get the grounds out. I thought I'd be smart and buy this unbreakable one. The beaker itself is not glass, and thus unbreakable, but the plunger parts are made of plastic, unlike the stainless steel parts in my old one. To my surprise, after about 10 uses, the plastic cracked into several pieces for no apparent reason. Now I am shopping for another one, and will probably go back to glass, hoping that all the parts will be of decent quality.