Customer Reviews

Kaps for K-Cups (3 + Brush) - Reuse Your Keurig K-Cups - Use your own Coffee - Over 100,000 Sold

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

 

 

They leak. Regardless of what anyone else tells you, or how they tell you to make them not leak (make sure kap is on snuggly, hold the lever down, make sure the cup is not overfilled), they leak out the top of the cup most of the time. You WILL have sediment (grounds) in your cup of coffee, and you WILL be wiping coffee out of the chamber housing. That said, I've been using them for about six months and I continue to use them, because they do give you the opportunity to use your favorite coffee with your favorite coffee maker (The Keurig). I've used both, and I prefer the My-Kap vs the Keurig My K-cup reusable filter because the coffee always seems to be weaker with the Keurig reusable filter. It also leaves more sediment than the My-Kap. There's my opinion. That and 40 cents will buy you a K-cup.

I bought these for a couple reasons. First to have the option to use flavored coffees that I have been using for years; these let me do just that, even mixing to get what I want. Second, I can reuse the K-Cups a few times rather than tossing them, saving money and helping a bit with the environment. These are working well on most k-cups I've tried, although I've run across a couple that, due to the manufacturing process, make using these caps difficult or impossible.

K cups can be expensive and you often have your very own favorite coffee anyway. Why not reuse those K cups! This product is easy to use and will enable you to get an even better brew in your Keurig brewer when you use your own coffee. The refillable brewing accessory for the Keurig makes an acceptable cup of coffee, but not a great cup. My-Kap makes a huge difference. The product will be shipped from an independent vendor, but your My-Kaps will arrive within just a few days. Be sure to place the print on the cap up when you insert it into the K cup so that it will fit easily into the cup. You will choose the same brew size you normally use with the K cups. The number of times you can reuse the K cups varies from coffee company to coffee company, but you will still be able to reuse most of them at least 4 to 6 times. I have reused several K cups 10 or more times before discarding them.

It's true, the lids do leak some when making a coffee, but other than that this product will fit the bill. The lids fit snugly into the tops of used KCups. I do not yet know how many times you can reuse the cup, I am still on the first one.

This product has a huge benefit over the mesh screen system sold by Kurig. The mesh screen severely restricts water flow forcing high back pressure on your Kurig coffee system pump. If you use the screen often this will shorten the life of your pot significantly. Back pressure is the slow death of any pump system, from the Kurig to your swimming pool. Reusing KCups solves this problem. Paper filters offer much less resistance to water flow.

You also get a fuller, better tasting cup of coffee from the paper filter Kcup versus mesh.

One negative, it is a slight pain to clean the Kcups for initial reuse, but not much more than cleaning the screen. After the initial cleaning, it is no harder than the mesh screen.

Do yourself a favor. Extend the life of your pot and get a better cup of coffee. Dump the screen and get the lid!

9/3/10 Update: If you want to prevent leakage around the top of your lid, stretch a small piece of Saran Wrap (household kitchen plastic wrap) over the lid, then place it into the filter. Your Keurig will pierce the wrap while the wrap seals the lid in place. No more leaks!

This item does exactly what it claims. I just bought a 3-pack though and that matters as you'll read below. After the 1)Fine-grinding (a little messy) 2)Filling the K-Cup (also a little messy) 3)Pressing in the K-Kap and brewing, I have an excellent cup of coffee, and I love that!
Then, after popping off the K-Kap and disposing of the used grinds (Yes, definitely messy), time to set the empty K-cup somewhere to dry till next time.
The reason the price matters is that the only reasonable way to use K-Kaps is to pre-make several at a time...maybe 20 to 25. But that's $40 or $50 for that many K-Kaps. So how long will it take to recoup my money? You can see my motivation is economic, and it would be great purchase if the K-Kaps were cheaper, because time is money and it takes time to use the K-Kaps.

I have been using these caps constantly for the past 2 weeks and haven't experienced any problems with water leakage, poor fit, etc. The trick I found was to push the cap into the K-Cup so that the top rim of the Kap is even with the top rim of the K-Cup. I fill used K-Cups and Kap them days before I plan to use them and seal the hole in the top of the Kap and the hole in the bottom of the K-Cup with those "dot-type" stickers one can get in office supply stores and discount stores. This keeps the coffee/tea/hot chocolate, etc. from getting stale before brewing. To clean used K-Cups, I bought a cheap eyebrow brush to "sweep" the wet grounds out of the Cup and filter after use. I do keep numerous used, clean and dry K-Cups to fill and cap while recently used K-Cups are drying. I've found that the regular grind coffee that I buy in the grocery store works well for brewing as fine grind coffee tends to clog the needle in the brewer. To get the correct strength in tea, I fill the K-Cup with the equivalent of 2 teabags, then cap. For coffee, I fill the K-Cup to nearly the bottom edge of the K-Kap. So far my Kaps are working well and saving me money. Before discovering these, I was somewhat regretting having bought my Keurig brewer because of the high cost of the K-Cups and the number of people living in my house who drink multiple cups of coffee daily. The bill for buying K-Cups was starting to look like my mortgage payment! These saved my bank account.

I love my Keurig brewer but soon realized 3 significant problems; the high cost of K-cup coffee, wasteful packaging and limited selection. Enter the My-Kap which addresses all three. The only drawbacks I have found are the initial high cost for these plastic disks and the leakage that occurs while brewing with them. However, they will pay for themselves after a few uses and by solving the other problems, perhaps makes the cost worthwhile. As for the leakage, my experience has typically been a small dribble of water that runs down the side of the K-cup. Still, I get a very good cup of the coffee of MY chosing.
Now there is a solution for the leakage problem too. On this same page, there is a post from "D.Dobson"five2one" who adds a small piece of "Glad Press-n-Seal" plastic wrap over the top of the My-Kap. Doing so forms a tight seal around the top rim of the K-cup. I tried this and have not had a leak since! It also keeps coffee grounds from spilling out of the top hole.
There are other great alternatives to re-using K-cups, namely the EZ-Cup and the Solofill which are washable cup & lid assemblies. For me though, I prefer the My-Kaps. I can prepare multiple cups of various coffees ahead of time, place them in ziplock bags and label them. The different color My-Kaps come in handy here too.
One final note on K-cups. If you are gentle with them you will get many re-uses before they fail. You can wash them in soap & water as long as you rinse them thoroughly and don't use a brush. A gentle puff of air through the bottom hole will push the filter out like a parachute aiding in cleaning. Some gentle suction will then draw it back in. Also when brewing, use the same bottom hole on the cup. Note it's 12 o'clock position and place the cup as such in your machine. You will feel it drop in when properly aligned.

This is a fantastic invention. If you save your old K cups, rinse and dry them, and refill them with your favorite coffee and top it with this little my Kap, you have a perfect K cup at a fraction of the price. We were spending over $50 a month on K cups,so you can save a lot of money with this gadget. We use the old K cups at least 10 times. If you line it up so the bottom hole pops into the puncher, it prolongs the life even more. The only thing negative I can think of is that it is quite overpriced for a small piece of plastic, but since someone was smart enough to come up with this, I guess they deserve to make some money!

My-Kaps work great with K-cups. I have a bigger variety of options now. I can buy pre-made K-cups or just buy a bag/can of coffee and make my own K-cups. I can even make them any strength I want! The brush that comes with it is a great touch in helping to clean up the cups after use.

I receive My-Kup in the mail several days after I ordered them and just finished my first trial with them. I made 3 cups of coffee and 1 just water.
There were coffee grounds in the first 2 cups of coffee, but not the 3rd one.
All 4 cups that I made had water or coffee spitting out all over the counter top and the coffee maker.
I did notice when I lowered the handle, there seemed to be a little spring in it. Later I read the directions from the manufacturer and it said you may have to hold the handle down while making a cup of whatever. I thought I'd be able to insert the My-Kup into the coffee maker and just walk away.
I'd say I was wrong on that one, but will try holding down the handle the next time I use it, and I'm almost positive this will help tremendously.