Bodum Chambord 4-Cup Coffee Press

Customer Rating:
Summary: Best French Press on the Market
Comment: Bodum is the best of the best when it comes to French Press coffee makers. Construction is very solid and nothing is rickety or cheap. The glass used for the press is laboratory grade, hand-blown glass, and is very durable, although you need to use a non-metal spoon to stir the grounds. Even if it's a little more expensive, Bodum is an investment you'll be glad you made. If you're going to be making more than 1 cup of coffee a week, Bodum is the best value you'll find.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Broken thermal cups continue?
Comment: I purchased this as a gift for our good-coffee-loving son and wife; they were thrilled to get it. I had read the reviews saying the two thermal cups had arrived broken; but hoped for best. Nope. They arrived broken. Why would a manufacturer create a lovely product and allow it to mostly (according to many reviews) arrive broken in pieces?? Suggest peanut-type packaging. Disappointing to see a gift opened by someone you love, pulling out bubble-wrapped broken glass. Hope someone in product quality control is listening:-)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Good coffee, bad design and recommend BonJour
Comment: If you are trying to decide between the Bodum and the BonJour French press I have owned both and recommend getting the BonJour, it is a much better design. I have had my BonJour for over 3 years with no issues before that I used my Bodum for about a year.

The Bodum carafe is made of glass vs BonJour which is made out of unbreakable polycarbonate. I broke two Bodum carafes in the sink within 6 months before deciding to get the BonJour. I have dropped the BonJour on the floor and it survived.

The Bodum has slots on the pour spout which does nothing vs the BonJour which has a fine screen on the pour spout this keeps the grounds that escaped the plunger out of your coffee mug.

The Bodum has 4 metal feet which is unstable where as the BonJour has a rubber bottom which keeps it from tipping.

Cleaning the Bodum is a pain, you have to unscrew the bottom and separate the screen from the metal plates. However the BonJour screen and plastics plate are so tightly fitted together nothing gets in-between making cleaning as simple as rinsing it off.

Both the Bodum and the BonJour make great coffee, the BonJour's coffee is a little better because it has less grounds in it. I just have a problem with the design of the Bodum

Customer Rating:
Summary: Low tech, but makes really good coffee
Comment: I haven't used my drip coffee maker since I bought this. Definitely, pleased with it. And I'm glad I took the advice of one of the reviewers and went with the 8-cup version (I was going to go smaller). In this case, 8-cup means 8-4oz cups. So it's just the right size for 2-3 cups of coffee.

Customer Rating:
Summary: I love this press
Comment: This press makes the best tasting coffee you will ever drink. I'm sure there are other coffee presses that make coffee just as well, but I doubt they make anything better. This is a very well built press. The screen is held tight to the walls of the glass beaker by a coil spring keeping any grinds from getting by. The only grinds that escape to the coffee above are those that are smaller than the spaces in the screen. Many people are probably confused by the 12 cup rating. These are 4 oz cups. I get about 4 mug sized cups from this press. One thing I would have liked to have seen on this press is graduations on the glass holder. It would be nice to know where 3, 6, & 9 cups would be when making less. Guessing has worked fairly well for me and I suppose I could mark it myself, but this is my only "complaint".