James Reichardt's Profile

I got my Aeropress as a gift 5 months ago, and I figured it was a gimmick. I gave it a shot since it was advertised as making a cup of coffee comparable to one made with a Clover machine (which is a rediculous claim). Truth be told, it's not quite the Clover equal, but it's very good. It's definitely on par with my french press. There is no burning of the grinds that happens with my drip style machine. The clean up is super amazing, so much easier than my french press. The paper filter is single use. The first week we had it I tried to make my cup and my wifes cup using one filter, but the second cup "drains" to fast, while stirring and some grinds make it through.
It's not perfect. Sometimes the filters don't fit perfect and while your doing the 10 second stir you can tell it's draining through before the pressure plunger is used.
All in all, I use it every day and love it. I don't like when we have company in the morning and my wife makes me use our drip machine since it uses more grinds than if we just do a 10 cup version in the drip. Oh well. Great gift and product.