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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
This little coffee gadget is handy. I am NOT a particularly discerning connoisseur of coffee, but I enjoy a cup every day, most often from McFastFood. I decided that $1 a day (or more often) adds up, and I decided to try this SlickDrip. I previously owned a small 4-cup Mr. Coffee and used it for years. It eventually became difficult to clean and I chunked it.
Enter SlickDrip.
1. Easy to use but requires constant attention. Once I watched a few YouTube videos, I felt good about making coffee with this thing, but you don't just push a button and wander off while the coffee drips. This requires 3-4 minutes of pouring and waiting, pouring and waiting.
2. I've had no issue with the SlickDrip at all. Easy to clean, easy to collapse and store. I'm a bit impatient, so I've filled it nearly to capacity several times, and I've had NO issue with leaks or collapsing.
My only issue is it is taking me some time to find my balance. How much water, how much coffee, how to keep my water the right temp, etc. I don't have a kettle, so I pour my water from a small pot and it starts to cool during the dripping process (whereas my Mr. Coffee kept it warm in the carafe).
All in all, it works. I'm not 100% sold on the technique, but like I said before, I'd be perfectly content with fast food coffee if it weren't for the cost.
UPDATE: AUGUST 2016
This little pour over is still going strong. I've only had one incident of coffee leaking out/down the side of my cup. I think it was because my Slick Drip was wet, allowing the coffee to travel out to the edge and spill.
I mostly rinse after each use and set it on a towel to dry. Once a week, I wash thoroughly with soap. I rarely collapse the cone, only occasionally when I actually need to store it in a drawer. Overall, still glad with this purchase.
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2017
This gadget is going strong. Again, once every so often it will totally spazz out and leak/run down the side of my mug. I still don't know what causes it. When that happens, I give the silicone dripper a good scrub with a plastic scrubby (I suspect build-up might be messing with the flow of the coffee?) Once I do that, I seem to be fine again or another few months. It's a mystery, but a messy one (especially when you experience a massive leak off the countertop and down the side of your cabinets/oven). I have taken to placing my mug in the sink while my coffee drips, just to be on the safe side.
Enter SlickDrip.
1. Easy to use but requires constant attention. Once I watched a few YouTube videos, I felt good about making coffee with this thing, but you don't just push a button and wander off while the coffee drips. This requires 3-4 minutes of pouring and waiting, pouring and waiting.
2. I've had no issue with the SlickDrip at all. Easy to clean, easy to collapse and store. I'm a bit impatient, so I've filled it nearly to capacity several times, and I've had NO issue with leaks or collapsing.
My only issue is it is taking me some time to find my balance. How much water, how much coffee, how to keep my water the right temp, etc. I don't have a kettle, so I pour my water from a small pot and it starts to cool during the dripping process (whereas my Mr. Coffee kept it warm in the carafe).
All in all, it works. I'm not 100% sold on the technique, but like I said before, I'd be perfectly content with fast food coffee if it weren't for the cost.
UPDATE: AUGUST 2016
This little pour over is still going strong. I've only had one incident of coffee leaking out/down the side of my cup. I think it was because my Slick Drip was wet, allowing the coffee to travel out to the edge and spill.
I mostly rinse after each use and set it on a towel to dry. Once a week, I wash thoroughly with soap. I rarely collapse the cone, only occasionally when I actually need to store it in a drawer. Overall, still glad with this purchase.
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2017
This gadget is going strong. Again, once every so often it will totally spazz out and leak/run down the side of my mug. I still don't know what causes it. When that happens, I give the silicone dripper a good scrub with a plastic scrubby (I suspect build-up might be messing with the flow of the coffee?) Once I do that, I seem to be fine again or another few months. It's a mystery, but a messy one (especially when you experience a massive leak off the countertop and down the side of your cabinets/oven). I have taken to placing my mug in the sink while my coffee drips, just to be on the safe side.
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