GSI Outdoors Glacier Stainless Steel 6-Cup Percolator
Keep the campsite fully caffeinated with the GSI Outdoors Glacier Stainless Steel 6-cup percolator, which has a heat-resistant handle and a resin knob that lets you gauge the strength of your brew.
- Corrosion-resistant Glacier stainless steel body stands up to abuse with marine-grade 18/8 stainless steel componentry and welds
- Silicone handle stays cool to the touch for easy pouring
- Hinge prevents the lid from going missing
Imported.
View all GSI Outdoors Camp Coffee Pots| Best Use | Camping |
|---|---|
| Liquid Capacity (L) | 1.4 liters |
| Liquid Capacity (fl. oz.) | 48 fluid ounces |
| Dimensions | 8 x 4.9 x 6.4 inches |
| Cookware Material | Stainless Steel |
| Material(s) | Stainless steel |
| Weight | 1 lb. 4.1 oz. |
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Perfectly brewed coffee for camping!
Makes awesome fresh brewed coffee. Great way to start your day when car camping. It is easy to use and clean. Once it starts to perk, set to a simmer and you will have fresh hot coffee in 3 minutes. REI makes ordering easy and it arrived quickly.
Brew great coffee
I bought one of these to use when the power goes out during snow storms. I have a gas stove so I can still cook. I enjoy the brew so much,, I now use this every day. there are measure marks visible on the inside at 4 cup & 6 cup levels. to brew a great cup: fill to the measure line of your desire, place a filter in the basket, put in 1 TBSP. coarse-grind coffee per cup (same grind as French press), place the basket w/basket cover onto the brew pipe, and place this into the pot. Begin with a higher heat to bring the water up to perking. When it begins to perk, turn down the heat to a point where it is gently & constantly perking. ( Keeping the pot on high heat will render a burnt taste.) Perk for 8 minutes. Remove the basket before pouring. Enjoy. I've also used it with a Pocket Rocket backpack stove. It fits perfectly on the top of the stove.
Awesome Coffee Maker
I bought the 8-cup version of this percolator. It is absolutely fantastic! It makes gourmet-quality coffee consistently with every use. You can adjust the intensity of the coffee from mild to espresso, with the coffee always coming out rich in flavor. To adjust the intensity, adjust the amount of coffee you put in the basket per cups water. Not only does it work perfectly camping, I now use it everyday on the stovetop, in place of my expensive name-brand gourmet coffee maker. It's so easy to use and clean, and it just makes great coffee.
IT IS A VERY NICE SMALL CAMP COFFEE POT.
JUST RIGHT FOR BACKPACKING. IDEAL SIZE ACTUALLY. AND IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT COFFEE GROUNDS IN THE POT. YOU CAN USE REGULAR COFFEE FILTERS . JUST TAKE THE COFFEE BASKET AND PUT A COFFEE FILTER ON THE BOTTOM OF IT. AND TRY AND LINE THE FILTER UP WITH THE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE COFFEE BASKET AND TAKE THE STEM PUSH INTO THE HOLE OF THE COFFEE BASKET. AND USE THE FILTER TO PUT YOUR COFFEE IN. AND YOU WILL FIND VERY LITTLE COFFEE CROUNDS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE COFFEE POT. I AM VERY WELL PLEASED WITH MINE. VERY SATISFY WITH MY PURCHASE.
Nice Little Pot
worked well for our first time using a percolator. Previously we used a french press and it was hard to keep the coffee warm and we had to make it one cup at a time. This little pot allowed us to have nice hot coffee or water very easily and only took up a little more room than our little press. Certainly want to have course ground coffee as the normal finer ground purchased ground from stores required rigging a filter in the basket and we still had a few grounds get through, but not too bad. Overall please and looking forward to our next camping adventure to use it again.
Awesome coffee maker
I was dubious, looked very similar to a stovetop coffee maker which I am very familiar with using. Thought it was weird that the section for coffee was at the top, but didn't think too hard and just purchased it at the store before a trip because I was in a pinch. As it turns out I like this better because you have more control over the strength of your coffee. When camping you lose a lot of control over your daily processes, limited to the equipment and foods you packed for maximum efficiency. This little coffee maker gives you some of that control back. It is large enough to brew coffee for two without feeling like you still want more, or needing to scrape out steaming coffee grounds to brew a second batch. This little pot performed very well and I may use it at home in my daily life even though I already have an espresso machine and drip coffee maker (that's how nice it is and fun to brew).
Great percolator - great coffee
A great percolator, a perfect match for my compact camp stove, but the percolator works great on the kitchen stove. Stainless steel washes easily by hand, or in the dishwasher. The percolator is shorter and larger diameter than others I looked at, a plus for a low profile on the camp stove. The larger diameter also means that the basket is wider, making it easier to load coffee without scattering the grounds. I have tried it with various grinds. All but the finest leave only a small residue in the pot. Hints especially for finer grinds are to thoroughly wet the basket before filling with coffee, and use just enough heat for steady gradual perking without trying to force too much water down through the basket. The percolator works great without the basket innards for heating water, or for making railroad coffee. RR coffee is like cowboy coffee except you boil until a locomotive brake shoe floats. (Joke). One minor complaint is the plastic lid, but I posted a work-around in the feedback section.
Knob
The original knob is plastic in order to minimize weight. However, if you do not like the plastic, a replaceable GLASS knob is available for purchase. Find it on-line.
Good everyday pot for one person
I like this little percolator. I wanted something a little less harsh than a French press. So far I've only used it on the stovetop to make my daily coffee, and its performing well with just a few caveats. There's two graduations, a 4 cup and 6 cup line. At 2 tablespoons of grounds per cup, 4 cup seems to brew fine but 6 cup tends to get grounds in the coffee. This isn't a huge issue for me, but I don't know if it's a design flaw or my grinder. Different coarseness grinds don't seem to have an effect on this. 4 cup is enough for 2 mugs and that's enough for me. This being my first percolator was also a learning curve. Starting the stove on high and turning it down to low/medium-low as soon as it begins to perc seems to give me the best brew. I'll set a timer for 4 or 5 minutes at the first perc and when I turn the stove down. Lastly I've noticed the clear sight in the lid likes to loosen, and seems like it's not staying as tight each time. It's still perfectly functional with it a little loose.
Great Gear.
We used it the first time and it work GREAT. However, I would highly recommend that you use CURSE grounds, like all percolator required. We ground ours a little to fine that this caused grounds to get in to the coffee. This is a GREAT system and very easily cleans even with the above problems. We used it for car camping but it was not that heavy and I could see my self taking backpacking.