GSI Outdoors Percolator Coffee Pot I Glacier Stainless Steel Ultra-Rugged for Brewing Coffee Over Stove and Fire | Ideal for Group Camping, 8 Cup

First off, this is well made. Great shape, all steel, and well designed. It can be hung over a fire or I just put it on the camp chef as that's how I'll be using it most often. I measured everything so I could leave an informed review. A bit more than 8 cups of water fit in here when making coffee, because the rest of the volume is taken by the percolator basket. You'll see when you remove the basket there is a little metal ring on the top of the spout that goes down into the pot. Don't have your water going above that ring. That ring holds the grounds basket. Based on that amount of water, I coarsely ground the coffee (Coarse, like there were a few whole beans left and that was ok. Coarse keeps less grounds from going in the pot.) and measured 16 tablespoons of ground, and put that in the basket. Then, time to turn on the heat. Go high to begin with. After a few minutes (time varies based on your heat source) I saw clear water in the glass cap. A minute or 2 later the water was a little brown. From that point on I went about 5 more minutes. I think it could go longer too, which I'll experiment with. I had to turn the heat down at that point as it was boiling too fast and overflowed a little. It responded as soon as I turned the heat down and didn't overflow anymore. Next time I would turn the heat to medium or medium low as soon as water is seen in the glass cap. I'm using a 30,000 btu stove, remember that. Anyway, then I poured it into a mug. Looked good, smelled good. Had to wait a while to be cool enough to drink. The taste was less burnt and acid than typical coffee and more creamy and rich. Holy moly! So good! You can't make a half pot or the hydraulics of the little steam engine that is your percolator won't work. So I have some coffee for later. I might buy a smaller pot too, for when it's just me. I am very impressed!

Purchased the largest sized pot (36 cup) as I wanted one to brew coffee for a group of campers in a single batch. So far testing this, all my expectations and needs have been met. I wanted to do a review to share firsthand what I found on the quality of the unit and also its capacity, as I know the product information provided isn’t entirely clear on exactly what they define as a “cup”.The pot is well constructed, very sturdy but pleasantly a lighter weight than I expected it to be.The handle feels a little uncomfortable, especially when it has a good amount of water in it, and it’s not insulated so a glove or potholder will still be necessary. This is a rather minor nitpick and not much of a bother. Also, the bail wire on it isn’t just a nice feature, it is a necessity—with water in it, it is difficult to move or pour with just one hand, but that is expected given the volume it can hold.One really great surprise was the percolator basket. Unlike ones from other camp coffee pots, this one feels more solid and not likely to bend unless you really worked hard at doing so. Also, unlike others, where the basket is loose and wobbles around or you have to reach inside to pull it out, the basket here fits flush and secure on the top lip of the pot.Now, onto the capacity. Recommendations on the packaging are to keep the water below the percolator basket. I filled it with 24 X 8oz cups (196oz), or 1.5 gallons of water. This reached to about ½ inch below the bottom of the basket. I then ran it with just water to test and was able to get it to percolate and it did not come out the spout, although I didn’t test the “oops, I had it way too high and on too long and forgot to keep an eye on it” scenario. I brewed 1 gallon of coffee in it and it did that comfortably and I think at that level there would be no chances of spillage by over boiling. One final note on the capacity, I did attempt brew a smaller batch in this (4 X 8oz and then 8 X 8oz) and it would not percolate enough with so little water in it. So, if you might need to brew smaller batches sometimes, better have a smaller pot handy.

I really need to write a review about this percolator because I am very impressed with it.1. It is very pretty and shiny to look at. I love how it looks in my kitchen.2. It works well on either my two burner elite gourmet electric cooking rings or on my butane camping stove. I have not yet tried it on a camp fire.3. There are no measurements on 14 cup percolator but I use an old Mr Coffee water holder to judge how much water I am putting in. Easy for me to do because I am using in the house. I have an approximate idea now how much water that is so I could do it without the water holder probably now.4. The coffee tastes wayyyyyyy better than the Mr Coffee5. Everything about it is well made and fits smoothly together6. I am using it every day not just for camping - yes I like it that much and I am now planning to buy another for camping!7. It will still work just as well even when we only put 9 cups in it. We remove the coffee grain holder and heat up the remaining coffee we dont use in the morning later in the afternoon and it still tastes good.

Die Kanne ist wirklich mehr als empfehlenswert.Sie funktioniert nach dem System der italienischen Espresso-Kannen: Wasser einfüllen, Kaffeepulver in den Einsatz geben, über's Lagerfeuer hängen und abwarten, denn jetzt wird es wirklich spannend:durch den Glasknopf im Deckel sieht man, wann das Wasser anfängt zu kochen und man kann beobachten, wie das Wasser sich braun färbt und zu Kaffee wird.Besser als fernsehschauen !!!Allein schon wegen dem Beobachten wurde immer wieder Kaffee gekocht :-)und wir werden so eine Kanne wegen der Begeisterung aller auch zu einem Geburtstag verschenken.Der Preis ist gerechtfertigt. Das Material ist wirklich sehr robuster Edelstahl, dem es nichts ausmacht, dass er über dem Feuer schwarz wird. Mit Powercreme ist die Kanne dann auch relativ leicht wieder sauber zu bekommen.

I've experienced two other percolating coffee pots which always used to boil over into the flame no matter what. This however is simply brilliant. No overflow, no aluminum and no fuss. I highly recommend.

das geniale Umlaufsystem in diesem Kaffeebereiter ermöglicht ein weitgehend unbeaufsichtigtes Kaffeekochen. Man kann sich nebenbei ungestört anderen Tätigkeiten widmen, nach 5- 10 min ist der Kaffee fertig. Und wenn man ihn mal vergisst, schmeckt er nicht mehr ganz so lecker, aber es brennt wenigstens keine Gummidichtung durch wie in herkömmlichen Mokkakännchen.Wir haben uns vor 25 Jahren den ersten aus USA mitgebracht, dieser hier war ein Geschenk für einen Freund. Und der hat ihn gleich ausprobiert und ist begeistert.

Nach kurzem ausprobieren wie viel Kaffeepulver die richtige Menge ist, sind wir jetzt richtig begeistert von dem Teil und trinken auf Reisen wieder gerne unseren Kaffee im Wohnmobil. Das Handling ist super einfach, Kaffee bereiten geht jetzt nebenher.

Love this when away camping....it works better on a campfire than it does on my hob at home but I only really need it when away for the morning coffee fix.