Customer Reviews With Photos
I must say out of the gate, that this is a delightful product that does everything they say it does. The material quality and workmanship are excellent. Not only attractive and stylish, the design makes coffee brewing simple and convenient. When we break this, we’ll buy a replacement—the product is that good. But beware of the clever “Bait and Switch” marketing. “Unbreakable” is the BRAND NAME, not the durability rating of the glass! Nonetheless, if you examine this glass vessel by holding it up to the light and revolving it, you will see an almost perfect refraction of light with no waviness or inclusions. Likewise the printed measurements are molded into the glass. Add to that, the pouring spout is molded with a no-drip tip (which works!). The same pitcher is offered by other companies at higher pricing, so I’m guessing this product will be on the market for some time. It would make an excellent gift because of its thermal versatility- ie: from coffee to iced tea in 60 seconds (figuratively speaking). For the record, borosilicate is the same glass that laboratory test tubes and original Pyrex were made of. I don’t like the spin this seller put on the term ‘unbreakable’, but I have no doubts about the quality of the product. (Yes, I’m an industrial design engineer of food processing equipment, and NO, I’m not affiliated with this supplier or coffeemakers.us.com.) Update: Feb 17, 2025 - We bought a second one for when the first breaks. Neither of them have broken. We use them every day…have had them both over a year.
This is better than I expected. Just got it an hour ago. And I just made my 1st Mocha and I took the picture. I'm very happy. Thank you!!!
Functionality is good and seems sturdy. No care instructions were included. My fingers were black with oil every morning, the first week. Finally traced it back to the French Press. Instructions should be included that before you use: take every piece apart and scrub with cotton swabs and cloth until the black metal oil is gone so you’re not consuming it. Wish I would have known this before using for a week.
“Well done” is my first impression of the Galanz coffeemaker. Setup was straightforward and you are confronted with many decisions about how to make your coffee. That’s it, once you decide how to brew your coffee (or how you like your coffee brewed) you setup the machine and forget it. For full disclosure purposes, I have been using my Breville Grind and Brew for almost 10 years without a hiccup and love it. With the Galanz machine, you can grind the beans and then brew, or just add ground coffee and brew away. Filling the water reservoir was easy-the glass carafe did not spill everywhere while decanting the water into the reservoir unlike many carafes I have used. One less frustrating event with this machine! After running clear water through one cycle, the reservoir was refilled, I added beans to the hopper, and set it for full strength (3 beans on the display), adjusted the bean size to “6” which was somewhat fine, and enabled the “aroma” button. The machine uses a #4 paper filter or you can use the “permanent” filter which I do not like. The permanent filter is perfectly fine, and it brews coffee similar to the French Press method in which there are many “fines” in the brew. One watchout: once your brew a pot and before your refill the reservoir, make sure you power the machine “off” or it will heat and dispense hot water as you are refilling the reservoir. A bit of a mess but it was only clear, hot water. Easy cleanup. There is a “steam vent” on the top which works quite well and is a great design feature. Watchout #2: The coffee basket has a “valve” that purportedly will stop the liquid from continuing if you pull the carafe out to get an early cup. Normally, this works well, unless, like me you allowed the coffee grounds to escape the filter and pour through the basket blocking the gasket on the basket valve. Watchout #3: Unlike my Breville, when I set the pot to “4 cups” it only refers to the amount of ground coffee it will dispense into the basket. You must then limit the amount of water to 4 cups added into the reservoir. I set it for 4 cups and filled the reservoir to capacity and, yes, it brewed all 12 cups of water. I filled the carafe with 4 cups and the level in the reservoir was a bit less than 4 cups, so adjust accordingly. Strength: the “3 beans” strength was super strong for me and quite unexpected. I then brewed with strength setting of “1 bean,” aroma setting “on,” with the grind size dialed to “5” and the result was closer to what I like, perhaps a bit strong. I then turned off the “aroma” setting and brewed another 4 cups. With aroma setting “off” I could tell the brew was a bit less robust. As such, I will continue to use the “aroma” setting “on” and enjoy the coffee from the Galanz machine. This machine has many settings, and it may be a bit tedious to setup to get the brew you want if you are using whole beans. Once it is set up, you can then forget about the settings and brew away. Note: For brewing ground coffee, most of the settings are moot and it is easy to make a few adjustments to get the brew you like. Bottom Line: With the various settings, you can fine tune your coffee brewing to fit what you like. I would classify this machine as more to the coffee lover who demands more than the average coffee drinker. There’s no need to be intimidated with all the settings available. And most importantly, the carafe does not spill everywhere when you dispense coffee or use it to fill the reservoir!!!
I have had the famous name brand before, so that’s what my comparison is. When I wake up too tired to make coffee, I want a pot that works the first time and that even a dunce can use. You can see that it’s attractive. It also has big buttons that light up. For this price, I think it’s a great purchase.
Easy to use
This is a solid ceramic dripper that makes great hand drip coffee. It is very well made and has good weight to it. It does come with a 01 size filter but I was able use 02 filters that I already had and it worked fine with this dripper. This dripper has a large single drainage hole - which helps with better flow. But this can be problematic if you need to lift the dripper to check the amount of coffee you've made in your mug. Unlike drippers with small holes that produce a concentrated flow of coffee, this will make coffee spill from the sides if you lift it while still brewing coffee. To prevent this, only boil the precise amount of water you need for single serving so you won't need to check how much coffee you've brewed. The packaging is also done well and the dripper comes protected with fitted foams - you shouldn't have to worry about receiving it damaged.
Has lead in it. The base where there is a black circle is lead. I tried contacting the company asking if it had lead, and they told me it was proprietary. Made in China. So I bought the strips and tested it myself and sure enough it contains lead. Do not use. Toxic.
Pros - looks cool, built solidly, makes a good cup of coffee, carafe does not drip. Cons - no fill indicator on machine so you have to measure water first. Instruction booklet leaves out a lot of information, could have been a lot more informative. Had hubby very confused and left me with a bunch of questions. LED clock has no light and it's nearly impossible to see the numbers for settings without a flashlight. Machine retains condensation in carafe and top section so it's never dried out, even with lip open. But my biggest complaint is that I am 5' tall, and this is a tall machine. In order to lift the top to fill it and load the coffee, I have to pull the machine all the way out from under my cabinets, and my cabinets are high. You need a good 20" of clearance to get the lid up, and you don't want to have this coffee maker sticking way out on your countertop. In my pic, you can see how tall it is, and you can still see the condensation (which has been in there for 8 hours with the lid up and the machine off). So when I take this big carafe and pour the water in the back corner of the top, I can barely see what I am doing, even on my tip toes. If you are tall and don't have cabinets overhead to contend with, or you don't mind having this big appliance in the middle of your countertop so it can stay open and dry out for a few hours, you might be okay with it. But for $90, the jury is still out for me. Wish they made an 8 cup version.
The machine looks beautiful but mine arrived with broken glass inside the thermal carafe and I wasn’t able to use it. I’ve returned it and still awaiting a refund. Be aware that the metal carafe is lined with glass so treat it like a glass carafe. I was unable to use mine at all because it arrived damaged.
I could tell as soon as I saw the packaging that I was going to love this NitroPress. Upon opening the box, I knew this was a serious piece of equipment. Not only is it gorgeous, it is solid. I have 2 whipped cream dispensers and neither of them can even compare to the NitroPress. The nitro coffee that this puts out is nothing short of amazing. It is as good if not better than the Nitro Cold Brew that I love at Starbucks. I will be saving money in the long run with this purchase. I am very excited to see what coffee beverages I can create. Customer service is A+++ I has a question about shipping and the response was fast and very helpful. I am very pleased with every aspect of this purchase.
Loved how easy this was to use and clean, just wish it came with spare washers.
It overheated and burnt. Disappointed.
Update #2: I emailed the company at the address provided when I registered this Instant Solo coffee maker. No reply. Ever. It's 2025 now, and no reply. Simply crickets. This coffee maker made it through 2 more cups of coffee for a total of 16 cups during its career before spewing water everywhere and giving up the ghost. We went to my daughter’s office where her Keurig Slim had been sitting unused and full of water since mid-March 2020 (over 2 years ago) when she was sent home to work at the start of the pandemic. Yeah, the Keurig still works fine despite its abandonment issues – okay, it thought it was on an extended vacation, so no worries there – and it’s gone on to prove that all the “defective” k-cups we’d been dealing with while using the Instant Solo were actually not defective at all. The Solo was putting out so much pressure, it was damaging the k-cups and filling our coffee with various amounts of grounds. Sadly, the Instant Solo is a losing proposition all the way around. Very disappointing as I love my Instant Pot pressure cookers so much. We will stick with Keurig after this fiasco. Update #1: We ended up using this Instant Solo 2-in-1 Coffee Maker in my daughter’s room, where we had set up a coffee station for her. She used this for one cup of coffee per day and after about two weeks, it started dying. The pump was very, very loud and the water barely trickled out. This has only been used with filtered water, so that shouldn’t be an issue. And one cup per day should not tax any machine. Very frustrated, as I thought Instant would be a good brand after how good my Instant Pot pressure cookers are. Replacing this with a different brand. Too bad, because when it worked, it worked really well. Original review: This Instant Solo 2-in1 Coffee Maker works great. It got hot so fast and made coffee so quickly. It’s faster than our Keurig and very easy to use; it also seemed to get hotter than our Keurig. The k-cup pod works fantastically; not one iota of grounds sneaked out, and it held just the right amount of coffee. Overall, more than pleased with this Instant Solo. Definitely a step up from our Keurigs.
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