Loved my SterlingPro... had one for several years. Excellent, but my son wanted it since I wasn't 'using' it. LOL So I got a NEW one... same wonderful sturdy unit. Best 2 MUGS of coffee in the morning. Easy to clean, looks like new forever with care. Recommend!

Wow!! I have had a few glass beaker style presses I broke every single one! Most presses are smaller than this one too. My daughter works at a major coffee house chain and she says this is the best press she has ever seen! I have had a few small ones from that coffee shop. We do use their coffee she grinds it at work to French press grind. I could do it ever time from the beans but we go through a bag so quick I don’t find a difference at all! Easy to buy a bag of coffee and ask them to French press grind. I have used finner ground coffee and with the two screen system it is just fine! (A special holiday coffee we enjoyed was already ground and it was fine! Worked just as good) I find the French press grind gives more flavor and is easier to work with and rinse out. I am not easy on things they must be tough! After I broke the last one I said enough I am going steel! I will NEVER have glass again! I can’t imagine why they even make them that way they shouldall be like this! It pours amazing makes my French press experience a better sensory experience. I love all the smells, the act of making the coffee this way and everything about it! This one is a liter and that’s a good amount! I immediately pour it into an insulated carfat to stop it from brewing any more! I can’t even tell you how amazing the two screen system is! I am so in love with this press I will use this one as long as they keep making them lol I don’t see why I would need to ever buy a new one but you never know. We actually carry this if we travel along with our steel electric kettle I know that’s a lot but we really love the French press coffee. We can make it at relatives we are staying with or especially with the electric kettle we can make it in hotel rooms! We just put the kettle the press the caraft and the coffee into a backpack. Yes that’s love. If you don’t French press it’s time to start. You will be spoiled I promise it is THAT much better. You wait on your drip machine too so please remember that when I go through how I do the press. If you thinking about starting to press do it don’t hesitate buy this now!!! If your looking for something new or replacing your broke your broke stop breaking them and buy this one. I have recommend it to French pressers and coffe lovers both!Here is my process...Heat just over a liter of water in my electric kettle using the French press setting. If you don’t have that setting or if your heating water on the stove stop the heating just before it boils French press is done at 200 degrees. While the water is heating I prep the thermal press by putting hot water in it from the sink and let it sit while the water heats. A half cup of grounds is what we like so just before the water is ready I pour the water out of the press and add in the half cup of ground coffee. Pour the kettle heater water into the press over the coffee. I swirl the press a bit as I pour the water in. You need to agaitate all the grounds good. Once all the water is in I use a longer small wooden spoon to give it a good stir. I tap it on the side of the press to get the grounds off it. A beautiful creame sould form on the top (so deliteful to me). Place the lid on plunger up with the lid spun to ‘closed’ don’t press the plunger yet. I set a timer 4 mins. When it goes off Press the plunger down. Spin the lid around to ‘open’ even though it will pour some in the closed mode it is not sealed just helps with the brew process. I pour a cup and the pour it into a steel thermal caraft or something else the thermal craft from Amazon is my choice. I don’t keep it in the press because it will continue to brew some. I pull the plunger out with the lid drop it into the sink dump the majority of the grounds in the trash. Take the press back to the sink rinse it out. Then I grab up the plunger loosen the screens by spinning them just with the ends of my finger, don’t keep it tight there is really no need hand tight is good. I rinse all the grounds from the screens, spin it back hand tight with my fingers, I press the edges of the screens back to a flat shape so it tight in the press next time I use it, lay it across the press to dry. Every few time I use it I clean the screens good. Caution: after some use the metal screen edges are folded over on them to keep from being sharp but it starts to lift and can be very sharp! I totally unscrew the screens I drop them in a little bowl with dish soap along with the top and bottom that hold the screens. I will also put them in the dish washer, all of it in fact. Rinse them good with hot water if your washing them and put it back on. My favorite way to clean them and the best clean I get is to lay all four pieces (top 2 screens and the bottom) in the sink spray them down with bleach cleaner let them set rinse and put them back on. I wipe the bottom of the lid with a paper towel it really is the only way to get that creame stain off it. It’s steel so it wipes up good! Looks brand new! They don’t have to be perfect all the time as long as the grounds are rinsed out after the press. It comes with extra screens. I have been using this particular press about 5 months and they are sharp on the bottom but I have not put the new ones on yet. You can also get replacement screens. Most presses need new screens from time to time. Sounds complicated but it’s not. You wait on that drip machine I wait on the water, pour, let it brew, come back, coffee! It’s about a 10 min process part of that is waiting on the water and the coffee to brew them rinse out the press. It is the best coffee you will have ever taste!!! This is the most perfect press I have ever used! So durable! Easy to get the ground out and rinse, I don’t have to worry about breaking it! I need tough things lol! I will NEVER ever own another glass press! It’s insulated so it holds the temperature perfect while brewing and not loose heat during the brew! Buy this press you will love it!! If you don’t press yet I would say this would be the best press for a starter or a French press pro! The best coffee I have ever had. My husband would still use the drip machine if I was not available to press for him in the glass presses but he will do this one our drip machine is gone! If you like good coffee with the flavor you coffee intends to have you will love this press! My husband and I pass up the coffee shops now because we have something better than they make in our cups or we are headed home and would rather wait to have our coffee! Saves us a lot of money! Stop looking purchase this one! I don’t give out 5 stars!! It is a 10!!

Before I get to specific opinions on the SterlingPro Double Wall Stainless Steel french press, I want to share that I am not an aficionado in any sense. I have been told many times before to switch to french press coffee over k-cups for my weekend brews and after some success with a cheap IKEA press that sat around for years I decided to make the investment in a higher quality french press. However, I didn't just want a more expensive brand, I wanted value. Imagine my surprise when I find this at $40. To get the full scale of just how amazing a price this is, let's compare this magical french press to the one I had which cost $10 and somewhat represents the tolerated disadvantages of the old french press design:The most striking feature about the SterlingPro is the stainless steel canister. It is a completely solid construction. "Elegant" is how I would describe it, and brilliantly engineered to maintain the heat on the inside and keep the outside manageably warm with the double-wall design. The handle is perfectly cool, and there's no need to worry about your knuckles getting burned if they slip onto the cylinder. Even though a standard french press has an instantly recognizable design, the outside is usually cheap plastic surrounding a glass cylinder that you need to detach in order to fully clean, and will easily burn you once hot water is sitting in it. IKEA's french press sprung leaks from the metal rims after a couple of uses due to its substandard design.The lid and plunger are the same metal as the canister. This isn't just good for consistency, it's good for cleaning. It's wonderfully easy to maintain; everything except the filters can go in the dishwasher, though the filter assembly can be too hard to rinse with the grounds stuck between the parts if screwed together tightly, but if that's how you prefer to clean your filter assembly, you're doing it wrong. Putting the assembly back together takes little effort because of the simple way the rod connects to the hole of the bottom plate. The IKEA french press's filter assembly included a small piece of metal that, if dropped, could have easily fallen down the drain, and putting it back together took a balancing act that required more thought than should ever be necessary.The double filters led to a taste that was perfectly smooth with each brew. I have not had a bad cup yet. The standard french press design leads to a great taste, enough to make me switch away from k-cups, but the convenience of the SterlingPro makes me a lifelong fan. I can taste value, and this is just delicious.I encourage others who are thinking about switching to french press coffee to go immediately to this if they are serious about doing it. I'm genuinely impressed by its slick design and brilliant engineering, and this is the kind of product that makes me happy; when someone looks at a standard, established design and thinks that they can do better. With this, SterlingPro did.