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1.0 out of 5 starsUnstable! I Miss the Old Design!
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2021
I've used the cheap plastic Melita coffee pour-over cones for years and loved them! The cheap things made a great cup of coffee and lasted years! Haven't been able to find the exact same one recently when mine finally cracked all the way through, so I ordered these. Same brand, "new & improved" design, great price... what could be bad about that? Well... I'll tell you.🤦♀️ This new design—while it looks kind of cool—qualifies as a natural disaster in my book. The new design is *SUPPOSED* to give you a sort of "window" near the bottom to see how full your coffee mug is without lifting it up to see. But what it *actually* does us make the most UNSTABLE, LOPSIDED, TOP HEAVY pour-over coffee cone in the history of mankind. Hate it. Hate it. Hate. It. One side of the cone is LONGER AND HEAVIER than the other. It's very design "improvement" is the worst thing about it. Making coffee before I've HAD any coffee can be... uhhhh... "challenging" under the best circumstances. The last thing I need while *making* coffee is a lopsided tipsy thing that's that's easily knocked over (or occasionally tips over on its own due to uneven weight distribution once you've added scalding hot water 😑). Oh yeah... and the ridge or "lip" on the bottom side that's meant to fit around the outside opening of your mug securely... it doesn't fit ANY mug I have. (And I have a LOT of coffee mugs! 🤭) It's an odd size & shape. Whomever approved this design change should be drawn and quartered. I've tried all kinds of tricks to keep the damn thing ON top of my mug. It's like babysitting, but for coffee. So for now I'm using my old Melita pour-over cone that's duct taped together (because reasons) until I can find the old model or a suitable, less dangerous replacement. It's not the seller's fault. My order arrived quickly and in great condition.👍 It's MELITA'S fault for "improving" a design that didn't need fixing. At all. Ever. 👎
