My-Cap Reusable Coffee Capsule Caps & Lid Set - Compatible with Nespresso Vertuo Pods - Reusable, Food Grade & BPA Free Coffee Pod Cap & Lid - Reuse & Reseal your Nespresso Vertuo Capsules

I absolutely love my Virtuo Nespresso. I was an early adopter, purchasing my first machine in ~2013. But the pods get expensive.I started using the My-Cap foil covers and they work pretty well. I’ve read some concerns on aluminum on food so started to consider other options and found these.It takes some practice to get the right amount of coffee and the right compaction. Placing the paper filter and setting the silicone top gets easier. I buy coffee at the store, grind it almost as fine as the machine can go. I drink mine as Americano.I went through ~3 attempts before getting a good cup with good crema. Now, I get it right every time. I’m ready to buy more paper filters. Very, very economical and a damn fine cup of espresso/Americano.

I like the quality of the product. Having used their product before, it's what I expected. You have to use filters with this, which I didn't realize when I pruchased, but that's not a big issue. It's a bit tricky to get the top in place if you have a little too much coffee in the pod. I measure exactly by weight and tamp the coffee down, and it's tough to get the top in position. I only started using this and feel that I will improve with a bit of practice. Other than that, it works perfectly and I get a great cup of coffe while saving considerable cash on the pods, and I can use any coffee I choose. Clean up is a breeze.

These work exactly as advertised.My wife chews me out for being a cheapskate - but multiple 1:1 tests with her and other family members has proven that they can not tell the difference between a $1.10 pod of coffee from Nespresso, and a $.05 pod of coffee from me. If you're a fellow cheapskate, look no further.I've owned these for months, and made probably hundreds of cups for myself and others with these. I drink at least one a day. They produce a perfect cup every time once you get the hang of them, which will only take a few runs of trial and error.I do NOT use filters, nor do I use the lids; only the one with the holes in it.The empty pod that you use will determine how fast the machine spins it, how hot the water is, and how much water is uses. I have tried a few pods, and my limited experimentation has led me to believe the green "Stormio" pod works best. I've been using the same one for over a month now.It will take you 2-3 tries to figure out the exact level of coffee you should have in the pod, and how hard it should be tamped down. As other users have stated, you need to fill it almost to the inner rim (leave just enough room for the silicone to fit), and *lightly* tamp it down. Put the silicone layer with holes in it on top of the coffee - it should be approximately flush with the inner rim of the pod.When you place the pod into the machine, I recommend that you hold the metal arms that snap over the top of the pod out of the way, and make sure that one hole is center with the machine. Its not a big deal if you don't do this, however, the metal arms snap down around the side of the pod when you close the lid, and this snapping will shake the pod and can cause grounds to jump through the holes, and they'll end up in your cup.I wouldn't buy into the idea of using the lids to cover it, I'm sure you could, but once you get the hang of it, it takes about 10 seconds to load one and start your coffee, so its just as easy to do it on demand and not have to worry about lids etc.Let me clarify this here to those of you saying these don't work: You're using the wrong coffee. You *must* use espresso ground coffee. If it is not explicitly labeled as espresso grind coffee, you will get a watered down crappy cup of coffee. Chances are your grinder does *not* do espresso grind. I have the extremely popular Cuisinart DBM-8 burr grinder that I've used for years. As nice as it is, it does NOT grind fine enough to make espresso grind. I highly recommend purchasing the standard "Cafe Bustelo" cheap espresso grind to learn on. It produces an amazing cup of coffee, is cheap, and is sold nearly everywhere.If anyone would like for me to record a how-to video, I will make one and walk through the entire process from preparing a used pod for reuse all the way to a brewed cup.

*another update* (April '23) decided to try one more time. There is a learning curve but they work well most of the time. Not sure maybe I overpack them but I sometimes have to push the green button twice to make it go. Absolutely it cost effective alternative to buying the sleeves of coffee.*update* the company contacted me and helped me.I follow the instructions and have been tweaking it for a little while but my Nespresso Vertuo sometimes doesn't want to recognize the pod.

These things just work. Imo they are not as effective as the capmesso 1 piece stainless type but they are suitable for making up capsules ahead of time. The lids are a nice handy touch. I do need to swipe off some grounds before using but not a big deal. I'd buy again.

I just recently purchased the Nespresso machine and bought a couple of boxes of the older capsules not knowing they wouldn't work in the new machine.As there doesn't appear to be a converter that will allow me to use the older capsules in the machine, so I thought I would give these a try. The process was pretty simple to open up a used capsule that came with the machine and clean it out, open one of the older capsules and pour the contents into the newer capsule, add a filter paper to the top, and add the silicon top to it.I put it in the machine, and it recognized the capsule and brewed my espresso without any issues. There were also no issues with the machine ejecting the used capsule. These worked 100% well for me.

I do like the fact that these are reusable and will last for quite a while. But that’s my only bonus after 3 months of using. I do have the filters and find that it’s not necessary to keep the grounds out of the coffee. So sometimes I use but most of the time not. I had use the foil tops before this and prefer those for these reasons. 1) I can make up a whole week of coffee with those at little expense. (If I did that with these I’d have to buy 2 to 3 sets). 2) also if we have guests (or my spouse) they don’t know how to fill the pods so I would have to stand there and do that for them - awkward. With foul tips I can make a bunch before arrival.3) I’ve wasted enough coffee trying to figure out the right fill point. If it’s a hair over the pod lip the machine won’t run. So then I need to open up the machine, which dumps unused coffee into the canister behind. Suggestion: under fill you pod until you get the hang of this.I’ll probably supplement w foil tops but keep these for just my use.