Gonna start off with a warning because I dont recall reading it anywhere in their description or the manual: the glass cylinder (beaker) can be fully removed from the stainless sheath! When you get down to the bottom of the pot, for the love of all thats holy, place your finger on the plunger while tipping this vessel of boiling hot liquid! Ok, with that out of the way: Very nice for the price. The pic is of it in use so dont judge her too harshly! We got this for Xmas cuz my partner accidentally smashed the $9 one we had for 4yrs! The one is sleek fancy looking. The stainless/plastic handle apparatus is neat! I like that it has 4 screens in it comes with replacements. Its german made steel (sheath) so its definitely quality. HOWEVER, the plunger lid? Particularly the plunger? Feels very cheap. The plunger lid feel almost like plastic though I know its not. Its some sort of cheap poured white metal. So while it looks really cool, Ill be interested to see how those hold up over time because in this house we use the press daily. Also if fingerprints bother you, the stainless sheath might drive you mad. I give this press a 4 out of 5 overall based on appearance, performance price.
Warning! The glass cylinder is removable!
Gonna start off with a warning because I dont recall reading it anywhere in their description or the manual: the glass cylinder (beaker) can be fully removed from the stainless sheath! When you get down to the bottom of the pot, for the love of all thats holy, place your finger on the plunger while tipping this vessel of boiling hot liquid! Ok, with that out of the way: Very nice for the price. The pic is of it in use so dont judge her too harshly! We got this for Xmas cuz my partner accidentally smashed the $9 one we had for 4yrs! The one is sleek fancy looking. The stainless/plastic handle apparatus is neat! I like that it has 4 screens in it comes with replacements. Its german made steel (sheath) so its definitely quality. HOWEVER, the plunger lid? Particularly the plunger? Feels very cheap. The plunger lid feel almost like plastic though I know its not. Its some sort of cheap poured white metal. So while it looks really cool, Ill be interested to see how those hold up over time because in this house we use the press daily. Also if fingerprints bother you, the stainless sheath might drive you mad. I give this press a 4 out of 5 overall based on appearance, performance price.