Coleman 5008-700 10-Cup Coffee Maker

Pros: Easy to use as your plug in one at home
Cons: Too big and heavy for backpacking (not really a problem)

My wife and I got this as a wedding present. At first I thought, “oh boy another huge thing to pack when camping”. But after the first time I used it I was hooked! I like camping and I like coffee. In the past I was stuck with using a ...

Pros: Good coffee, easy to use & clean.
Cons: Glass carafe is fragile and coffee cools quickly. Thermos would've been better!

I read 2 the preceding reviews before purchasing. The 2 reviews couldn't have been any more opposite, so I decided to give it a try just the same. I frequent the Coleman Outlet in Hagerstown, MD, so I picked up one there for $40. My first camping trip ...

Pros: Looks good.
Cons: Works bad.

We purchased this unit for our camping trip this summer. We had high expectations because it is a Coleman product and the $60.00 price tag. This cost more than our kitchen unit. The first pot we brewed tasted like burnt plastic, so we threw it out and tried again thinking we had the heat too high. Nope, the second and third tries were no better and undrinkable, in our opinion. No matter what we tried, we couldn't get it to produce a decent pot of coffee. Everything came out with the same plastic, garden hose taste. We returned ours to the store we purchased it at and will be buying a cheap percolator to replace it with. Very disappointed.