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HomeSports and OutdoorsOpen Country 12-Cup Percolator |
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 poorly engineered Apr 28, 2011
By Jack E. Biederman
"Jack"
The item arrived packaged in a cardboard box with little padding. There was a small dent on the bottom, but I am going to put many more dents in it before I am done. The worst part of the design is that the lower handle-ring is attached to the body by two rivets that extend into the container. These rivets are postioned 2-1/4 inches from the pottom of the pot. As soon as I got this pot in the mail, I filled it with water and put it on a napkin. Sure enough, the left rivet leaks at the rate of about 1 drop per second or so. The handle-ring connection that the rivet secures is oriented such that it provides maximum stress on the rivets each time the handle is "pulled", and therefore puts maximum stress on the rivets which implies that even if the rivets were to be pounded to fit more snugly in the holes, they would eventually be loosened by using the handle. A simple band around the outside of the body would have provided a better connectionpoint for the handle-ring and the body of the pot could keeps its integrity. Alternatively, I would have much preferred the handle-ring connection to be spot welded in place (no rivets) or to not be there at all. Drilling holes into a pot for rivets does not make sense, expecially only a third of the way from the bottom. If you do use rivets, at least make sure they work. These rivets don't.
I did not test the water-integrity of the rivets holding the bailing handle. They are located only 1-1/4 inches from the brim, and I do not envision filling it up that far. The bailing handle was pretty nice in that it was designed to hold the handle securely in standard positions of "straight up" and just above horizontal on either side.
The pot is the right size, 6-5/8 inches tall to the edge of the brim, 5-1/4 inches in diameter at the bottom, with little/no taper going up.
It weighs in at .7 pounds without the percolation stuff inside.
It is .9 pounds with the percolation stuff inside.
The little clear knob on top is clear plastic.
The price was right, so I may experiment with trying to modify the design of the pot to eliminate the lower rivet holes.
You get what you pay for. In this case, the price only covers a potentially nice pot that is ruined by stupid engineering.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 leaks at handle Aug 24, 2010
By ordway
I have returned four of these 12 cup perks and all four of them had a leak in the handle. Called the company and they said to return and to pay the return postage. That would have cost me more than the perk itself.
 An EXCELLENT pot. Jul 11, 2011
By Caddis
I have used Open Country pots over open fires for years, but I only had the smaller coffee pot. I needed a 12 cup pot this year, and thought I would save $5 and get the Coleman pot. HUGE mistake. When it arrived it was immediately apparent that it was of very low quality, with SOFT aluminum, a very soft, flimsy bail that would not stand upright, and most annoyingly, a percolator top that was tapered in a bullet shape and was alomost impossible to use to lift the top up. What Junk.
I immediately ordered this 12 cup Open Country and got the quality that I expect. We used it daily over an open fire on our 10 day canoe trip, and it performed well as always. I don't know what to make of the couple of complaints about leaking rivets, but we have never had that problem with any Open Country pots.
A great, simple, sturdy pot.
Great Little Pot Jun 06, 2010
By NashvilleBrat
Great pot. I used a regular sized filter with a hole in the middle to fit inside the coffee basket. I then wrapped the sides of the filter down on top of the coffee to keep it all in place. Worked great and our camping neighbors were jealous of our freshly made coffee every morning. I also used this pot to make sweet tea - awesome little pot.
nice pot Nov 23, 2009
By solocanoe
I chose this one for my 'base camp' pot as it's a multi-purpose that can be used to cook in as well without the inner parts. The tilt handle is nice (still use gloves!) and it has held up well to a season's worth of use on the camp grill and over the fire.
For me, It's not a backpack item as it's a bit big for that, but in camp it heats quickly, seems to clean up well too. I threw away the inner parts upon getting it as I like 'cowboy coffee' so I have no idea how those parts work, but it does work well as either a coffee or cooking pot.
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