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Question: The lid for the basket has a small dented area on the rim about 3/8" long.  Is this normal or is it a minor defect?
Document: only minor issue i have with the Presto is i wish it had a glass top to watch the coffee brewing. there were a few grinds but that just comes with a perced pot i think. we may try using the paper wrap or disk filters but it is not a big deal for us it was such a small amount. a good buy and the price went down $3 from when i bought it last week.update: we are still using this percolator everyday.
I am a strong coffee drinker. Not a thing wrong with the coffee pot for normal coffee drinker.I am not able to put enough coffee grounds into the basket for my taste without the grounds exploding into the pot itself due to to much swelling of grounds. It pops the lid off of the basket.
I bought this to replace a Cuisinart percolator with a heating element that went bad. Upon unwrapping, I noticed small chips in the plastic of the pot and lid handles. The Presto pot is lightweight and flimsy, much less substantial than the Cuisinart was, and the stainless steel is very thin. The powercord is also very thin and light and only a 2-prong instead of a 3.The first few times I used this pot, the coffee was terrible and full of grounds.
I like strong, hot coffee and this pot produces it perfectly. I don't like grounds in my coffee and, with Melita disc filters, I get none. We've used this pot daily for over 4 months, and I have never had to use a brush on the basket - if I hold the basket, or it's lid, up to the light, I can see daylight through every hole.We did have one minor problem in that one of the two screws holding the base to the pot fell out.
I use an 8 cup coffee filter inserted into the grounds basket to keep the finer particles of coffee from dropping down into the coffeepot, and it works perfectly. I do wish the cord was a little longer, but we've had no problem with it. I also wish there was an outside water level so I could see how much coffee was left, but again this is a minor detail.All in all - I wouldn't give this coffeepot up and go back to the drip method for anyone!
The rest would dribble out the sides. We kept a paper towel next to the coffee maker every day just for that cleanup.There's no such trouble with the Presto. Coffee comes out exactly where you mean for it to. No more little stains to clean up on the counter!My wife has found that the normal 8-12 cup drip coffee filters work perfectly in the basket. She wets her finger and thumb, touches the very middle of the filter, then pushes it over the center tube.
And it makes a great cup of coffee. Only wish: auto shutoff, as the maker stays on as long as it's plugged in.The suggested filter is a bit too small:Perma-Brew 3 Year Re-useable Coffee Filter, Disk by Tops MFG. CO., Inc. $6.97
But the biggest problem for us is that it is impossible to brew more than 6 cups of really strong coffee. The basket is simply too small to be able to hold enough grounds to make strong coffee. The way we deal with this is just to brew six cups at a time, which is fine for two people because the cups are actual 8-oz cups, not 6-oz like the drip coffee makers. So we each get three full cups in the morning, which is all we need.
Coffee tasted worse than my old drip, and you have to use 1/3... more coffee.4. You have to remove the basket after brewing, or rebrews...- Tight lid "popping" off is VERY MESSY/HOT!I returned it, and found a replacement drip carafe online- cost almost as much as my original discontinued coffeemaker (Braun KF-400), but worth it!
The coffee after percolating is hot and stays hot. After about 3 hours coffee will get stronger because of the constant "cooking"; there is no warming cycle. The pot makes 12 cups and has water lines on the inside at 4-6-8-10-12. The basket for the grounds has no similar marking, so you have to figure out on your own what is the proper measurement for the desired number of cups.
Answer: That is normal, it is to help break the seal so you can remove the lid. It would really be harder to remove the lid if that wasn't there. I love my Presto and the great coffee it makes!