Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
37 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
By Jon
Pros: pretty compact; sludge-free coffee; easy set-up; easy clean-up
Cons: no thermal carafe
I bought this a week before setting off for a week in Yosemite. Next to a tent and sleeping bag, this was the best piece of gear in our campsite. This propane-powered coffeemaker makes 10 cups of sludge-free coffee in about 15-20 minutes. I used the standard 8-12 cup paper basket filter and had no overflow issues using 8 scoops of coffee.
One thing I learned right away was to fill the carafe to just below the rim, pour as much into the reservoir as possible, and pour the rest into a cup before brewing. Then, as space permits in the reservoir, add the remaining water to get a nearly full carafe of coffee. If you don't follow these steps, you'll end up with about 2/3's of a carafe. Also, if the temps are even mildly cool, the coffee will get cold quickly due to a lack of a thermal carafe. The get-around to that is to bring along a separate thermal carafe. Maybe Coleman will fix that small issue in the near future (hint, hint).
Overall, the Coleman Portable Propane Coffeemaker w/ stainless carafe is a must-have piece of camping gear for any javahead. It's reasonably compact so it fit easily into the bear-proof food locker and makes a nice cup of joe. Highly recommended!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By sherylk
I bought this item - the Coleman Propane Coffeemaker with the Steel Carafe - as my "new" camping item of the year. And boy was it a hit - not only with the members of our camping party, but other campers passing by our campsite. It is FAST, it is easy to set up and use, it makes great coffee - just like home, and the stainless steel carafe kept the coffee warm for quite a while after I turned the temperature off. (Although I did turn the temperature guage to LOW after the brewing had stopped so our late riser sleepy campers were sure to have hot coffee.) We made quite a few pots of coffee in the 4 mornings during our trip on a single cylinder of propane. I know some our fellow campers will be buying one of these. It is a great addition to our camping gear.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
By Buckshot62
For our type of camping trips (primitive, no electricity)this coffeemaker is almost perfect .Lights easily and seems to make a pot much quicker than the 15 minutes stated in the ad I read.The stainless steel did discolor the first time it was used(around the burner area only).It is quite bulky so we put it in a plastic tote with our backup grill.Overall after an 8 day camping trip we are very pleased with this coffeemaker.
