BonJour Monet 8-Cup Unbreakable French Press

by BonJour

Product Features

• French press features unbreakable polycarbonate carafe
• Stainless steel lid and frame
• Stainless steel filter rod and screen
• Lid with built-in filter

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001K180U
• Item model number: 53357
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,732 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

The BonJour Unbreakables... for those who are a little clumsy before their morning coffee! The Monet Unbreakable French Press is elegant and durable, perfect for patio, RV, boat or picnics. The carafe is made of polycarbonate that is unbreakable with normal use and care. The lid and frame are stainless steel as is the filter rod and assembly. Includes BonJour's filtering lid for less sediment in your coffee.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars only one part is unbreakable, the others snap like twigs, June 22, 2006

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Craig Duncan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BonJour Monet 8-Cup Unbreakable French Press (Kitchen)

I got this for my wife for Xmas 2005, as we have a nasty habit of breaking the glass carafes of french presses. The company is right about one thing: the polycarbonate carafe is much stronger than glass carafes and I can't imagine it breaking under normal use. BUT in less than 6 months the inner press piece to which the filter attaches has broken THREE times. This was under absolutely normal use. The piece is clearly made of insufficiently sturdy plastic. So much for "unbreakable." Once the filter piece goes the whole thing is no more usuable than a french press with a broken carafe. SO.... the whole thing is hardly "unbreakable"!

The first two times the filter press piece broke, to their credit the company replaced it quickly. The second time I asked for a different style unit with a metal filter press piece, but got the same old plastic style unit in the mail a week or so later. Guess what? It just broke again 10 minutes ago, after less than a month's use. Clearly this is a DESIGN FLAW. I'm going to try again with BonJour's customer service and demand a unit with a metal, not plastic, inner piece. Wish me luck. And do yourself a favor: do NOT buy a BonJour french press with plastic pieces inside! (Check out some of the other Amazon reviews for BonJour french press models. The same thing happens to those!)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap Plastic Plunger, May 21, 2007

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Jon W. Wolfe "Big Horns" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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The unbreakable carafe is a great idea. Sadly the bottom of the plunger is
made of very thin and cheap plastic. Mine lasted two weeks. After
e-mailing the seller and calling the manufacturer, I decided to throw it in the trash and spend $75 on a German one called Frieling. You get what you pay for and if the item is bad "you pay and pay and pay for what you got".

1.0 out of 5 stars Plunger on filter broke after 5 days!, June 14, 2011

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Jennifer L Starling - See all my reviews

This review is from: BonJour Monet 8-Cup Unbreakable French Press (Kitchen)

It is so frustrating to be missing the piece, we searched where we dump the coffee grounds, but no luck. For $20 bucks, we could have bought a drip and thrown it away after a week.
DONT BUY this thing!