... I spent many hours researching vacuum pots before I decided to buy this product, I was aware of all the potential weaknesses and remedies, so I took a chance. I was very happy, I wondered why I had wasted so many years drinking lousy coffee from drip pots and the expensive Bunn machine. With a little tweak, I was able to prolong the brewing cycle and maximize the Santos greatest potential. I have since recommended it to many people, and had I written a review then, I'd have given it a 5-star. But I'm giving it a 3-star now, you can see something happened.
For some reason, no amount of tweaking can alter the original design flaws any more, I can no longer be sure I'll have a good cup...the unit simply cut off prematurely more than half of the times, I'm not too thrilled about it. I remember reading similar complaint somewhere and thiught I wouldn't be so unlucky, oh well.
Now I am going to get a Cona Vacuum coffee maker, I held off six months ago and bought the Santos instead because I thought I might break the Cona at some point and it'd be expensive to replace, plus, electric unit seemed less fuss to me; but now I'm replacing the Santos, $80 for six months, that's not a good deal at all.
I suppose I can still use it to pre-heat the water for my Cona, so that's not a total lost...just try to make myself feel better.
I do have a question for Bodum: This product has been in the market for years, Bodum must have known all the design flaws, and it has no intention of discontinuing it. So why hasn't it corrected the problems during all these years? As a matter of fact, when I decided to purchase this six months ago, I thought Bodum must have done something to improve this product after all these years, I am very disappointed. ...
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