I bought this to replace a Bodum French Press I already had, but had broken. I thought the one I had was too big, so I went with this. Now, COMPLETELY my fault, I didn't pay attention to the ounces - I just figured 3 "cups" by coffee makers' standards is usually about one cup for a normal person. This does not even make me one cup of coffee - I have to make one, wash it, and make a second. I measured out how much coffee this will brew and it makes about one to one and a half measuring cups. Ok...so far my fault for not reading the ounces on the website (12 ounces is clearly 12 ounces, no matter how much you want it to be more). I'm only including that in my review so in case anyone else in the world is as dumb as me they'll know to get the larger one, even if they only want to make a small amount of coffee.

But that's not the reason for the one star. The one star is because, as many before me have stated, this filter screen lets so many grounds through! Now I'm no stranger to French presses - I've been using them for years at home and in restaurants where I have worked, so it's not a "user error" situation. I love French press coffee - I truly don't think any other method compares. But this one is just useless to me, both because of it's size (which I could live with) and because it just plain doesn't work. It's just too much bother to box it back up and send it back so now I will just have to spend the money to buy a new one. It probably will not be Bodum.
I bought this to replace a Bodum French Press I already had, but had broken. I thought the one I had was too big, so I went with this. Now, COMPLETELY my fault, I didn't pay attention to the ounces - I just figured 3 "cups" by coffee makers' standards is usually about one cup for a normal person. This does not even make me one cup of coffee - I have to make one, wash it, and make a second. I measured out how much coffee this will brew and it makes about one to one and a half measuring cups. Ok... so far my fault for not reading the ounces on the website (12 ounces is clearly 12 ounces, no matter how much you want it to be more). I'm only including that in my review so in case anyone else in the world is as dumb as me they'll know to get the larger one, even if they only want to make a small amount of coffee. But that's not the reason for the one star. The one star is because, as many before me have stated, this filter screen lets so many grounds through! Now I'm no stranger to French presses - I've been using them for years at home and in restaurants where I have worked, so it's not a "user error" situation. I love French press coffee - I truly don't think any other method compares. But this one is just useless to me, both because of it's size (which I could live with) and because it just plain doesn't work. It's just too much bother to box it back up and send it back so now I will just have to spend the money to buy a new one. It probably will not be Bodum.