"Simply Hario" Glass V60 Pour Over Set

Mainly writing this to say that my dripper and decanter arrived intact. I was a bit nervous to buy after seeing so many broken in other reviews. But I decided to take a chance and wasn't disappointed. I will say the decanter does seem thin and I wouldn't be surprised if it does break within a year. I try to be careful with it, though. The dripper on the other hand is made of pretty thick glass and seems like it will hold up for years. It pre-heats pretty quickly as well. The process of making the coffee is fun and rewarding, highly recommend especially if you're already spending on quality beans.

This is the benchmark for pour over coffee making IMO. Its well made, easy to use, and filters are readily available. Comes with decent carafe and starter filter kit. Great investment to add to your coffee brewing collection or to start your pour over journey.This brewer simply produces a good cup of coffee. Its design, glass thickness, and size all contribute to a near perfect coffee experience. Clean up is easy and this stores as a system with minimal space. This is a no-brainer purchase.

This little pour over makes two cupsAnd the handy scoopMakes sure your measure is correct. Plus it looks nice in my Coffee Corner.

I love this pour over set. It’s so cute and seems very well made. Easy to clean. I highly recommend.

The glass V60 dripper and cup is of good quality and easy to clean. However the plastic base that the V60 dripper attaches to sit on top of the cup is of cheap quality and broke over time—despite being careful with the tabs that hold the V60 dripper. While the hot water pour over does not come into contact with the plastic, the narrow annulus of the V60 dripper does get very hot and the heat transfers to the plastic. The heat had noticeable made the plastic more pliable and I suspect cleaning too quickly in lower temperature water over time had fatigued the plastic material. Recently one tab has simply came off just under the rinse of the water. As a result the V60 will no longer sit securely on the base. In trying to find a replacement, I was notified by Hario that there is no available replacement. This renders then the entire kit having a very short life time (in my case less than two years with good care). I am disappointed that this is the case and a better quality plastic was used. The only remedy is to have to buy another dripper kit, which is ridiculous. Had I know this, I would have opted for an entirely ceramic dripper and base to use with a cup instead. My advice is to not purchase this kit but instead buy a ceramic dripper with the base that comes as one solid unit. I hope Hario takes note of this issue, which reading other comments reveals is by no means an isolated incident. And it seems Hario has been aware of this issue, as on the home page for the kit there is warning to be extra careful with the tabs. Again, the tabs and inner annulus of the bas get very hot from the heat transfer from the V60. Better, thicker heat-resistant material needs to be employed. Had this plastic base not been an issue my rating would have been 5 stars. But at is stand the cheap quality of this easily breakable base with no replacement renders the kid as a whole useless. In short, this is a serious limiting factor that makes the otherwise good V60 dripper and cup useless.

Quick shipment great quality

Use this to make my morning coffee. Takes some getting used to but thats the hobby. So far no issues.

The plastic "collar" which holds the filter in place has a severe impact crack--noticed after using the setup a few times. (Also reported by other purchasers who usually give just one star reviews.) While the concept is nice, the cracked "collar" or plastic base makes this setup of limited usefulness when the collar can no longer be used. I sent a message to the seller asking about a replacement part but have received no reply or acknowledgement of the problem :(