Customer Reviews

Bodum Handheld Turbo Frother, Orange

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Seeing the low price, I bought one of these to replace my ageing aerolatte milk frother. A mistake. It doesn't look as nice, last as long or, more importantly, froth as well or as quickly. A false economy. Sorry, Bodum, you may be great in french presses but the sepcialist aerolatte company seems to do this sort of thing a lot, lot more effectively.

I used to have a Bodum Aerius tall milk frother. I loved it. It was simple, didn't use batteries, and made great froth. A friend of mine loved it so much I gave it to her when she left for overseas. Unfortunately, it has been discontinued.

I received this frother as a free bonus on Amazon. As the other reviewers have indicted, it doesn't have a manual. I did figure out how to put the batteries in, but after a few attempts I am REALLY disappointed in the froth. It went down immidiately after I removed the frother -- I had "frothed" it for a good 2 minutes. That was more than enough for my old hand opperated frother. As I indicated, I received this frother for free. If I had paid for it, I would certainly return it.

Thank goodness I got this so-called frother for free when I purchased my new Cuisinart coffee maker or else I'd be upset. This thing is like a child's toy. It's messy and worse yet: ineffective. Do not, repeat, NOT waste your money on this thing.

I got one of these frothers packaged with my French Press. As with many of the other reviewers of this little gadget, I got no instructions, so I was quickly frustrated. After reading all the bad reviews for it here on Amazon.com, I came close to throwing it away, but I decided to keep it just in case I ever figured out how it was actually supposed to be used.

About two weeks ago I stumbled across a competitor's model at Bed, Bath & Beyond and, lo and behold, it came with detailed instructions (which I immediately read and memorized while keeping an eye out for nosy sales people).

Here are the most important things I learned (and, boy, are they important!):
First rule: Use only skim milk.
Second rule: Make sure the skim milk is really cold

And, after taking those two rules to heart, I found (to my incredible surprise) that the darn thing actually worked like a charm! Since then, I've grown to use my frother every day to make delicious cafe au laits. Actually, if it were to break down, I'm pretty sure I'd go right out and buy another!

As much as I've grown to like my frother (now that I've learned the trick to using it), I only give it four stars because (a) it doesn't work on anything fatter than skim milk, and (b) because Bodum didn't bother to include really-important instructions with it.

Overall, however, I'd assuredly recommend it for people who want a bit of foam with their Java but don't want to go to the trouble of steaming. And because I use it in my office at work, portability is a definite plus, so that's another reason you may want to purchase this do-hickey.

This beats the milk into large bubbles which soon disappear. It does not froth into small bubbles that hold up. It is a waste. If it had the little wisk attachment of the Melitta handheld milk frother for around $..., it would be wonderful. The Melitta number is MEMf1BKIT, and the San Francisco Chronicle said it was wonderful, and it is. It used to be sold at Target, and I wish they would get more.

I bought the Bodum Frother, White and received it around April 19, 2005. I used it for two cups of coffee every day for ONE WEEK. It did froth. Then it quit! I am returning it. I get the same froth by putting my sugar and cream in the cup and pouring the hot coffee into the cup. I don't need to pay nearly $16 including shipping. I appreciate Amazon. I do not appreciate Bodum.

The reason I am giving this product a 4 out of 5 is because it does what I want. I am not looking for it to froth milk but to mix my protein drinks. It works like a charm and I never have lumps in my protein drink.

If you want to froth milk get something else. If you want to mix a powder in liquid use this.

Bought this frother for the looks (I liked the cool translucent exterior!). But there are better frothers on the market. Problem with this one is the head is plastic with deep ridges - it often splatters the liquid, much more so than others made of metal do. Still, the price is right... Spring for a few bucks more and get one with a metal stick.

I bought this trying to find a cheap way to froth milk. No matter what I tried (hot, cold, low-fat, half & half) it never made anything close to froth. I've had better luck just using a small shaker. If you use a shaker with a capacity about double the amount of milk you put in, and shake for about 30 seconds, you will get results as good as any manual or electric frother. I ordered a Hamilton Beach espresso maker based on good reviews and low price, and I am looking forward to real steam generated froth.

Every so often, one makes the mistake of believing an advertisement (editorial review) and bites! The product arrived with minimal instructions (4 unclear pictures indicating the need to purchase another Bodum product in hope that this contraption might actually work). If there were an option for negative stars, it would rate a minus 5. Well, at least it's fun to make a mess with!