Tops Perma-Brew 3 Year Re-useable Coffee Filter, Disk/Wrap Around

Excellent- buying a second one, just incase.

Wanted to try a permanent coffee filter got one from here works perfectly and came in realy fast and at a very good price

I purchased the Farberware SS Yosemite 8-cup stove top coffeemaker, and with it, the suggested Perma-brew filter. (I don't like paper filters.) I made coffee just as I have always done with a perc brewer, and the filter lets grounds into the coffee. The advertisement says: "Micro-fine filter openings retain coffee sediments." Not true.That is deceptive since one assumes that any grind coffee will not have sediment in the coffee. I use a decaf coffee and the whole beans are no longer sold, so I have to use the usual bag of decaf...which is a fine grind. I expected the filter to actually keep the grinds from getting into the coffee. I was wrong.I don't want to go to a grocery store and use their machines for a coarser grind; it is a time-consuming project that I've found allows for other coffees, such as flavored blends, to affect the taste of what I grind.I can't use this filter if I don't want coffee grinds in my morning and afternoon "coffee breaks." I do not suggest that anyone buy it unless using coarse ground coffee. A waste of a purchase, and now I am faced with returning everything or using a paper filter.The coffee pot is just fine, but I wonder why the "new" FW SS Yosemite pot listed since I purchased mine only a matter of days ago, is better! The only difference seems to be that it's "new" with no explanation of why...and the rise in price. As of today, there are no reviews of it.I don't know why decaf whole beans are impossible to find in grocery stores and Walmart, but something is wrong. Decaf drinkers are left to use fine grind beans, and I'd rather grind my own from beans. There is plenty of proof that whole beans are tastier and fresher. Perhaps there are brands of decaf that I don't like that are still in whole beans, but I haven't seen any in my area.In any case, do not buy this perma-brew filter if you expect plain coffee without any sediment!

Still holding up, 3 years strong

Conceptually it's fine. A mesh filter in the basket of the percolator rather than using just the basket or makeshifting with some paper filter within the basket. But the thing is, they never explained the size of it in terms of how small it is compared to the size of 12 cup pots. Being too small here doesn't really wash since the grounds in the undersized filter don't get as much hot water over then in the time your pot uses. So the coffee comes out too weak. This would probably be dandy in an 8-cup machine actually. Someone who has one can comment on that. I'll keep it for the possibility of having a smaller machine in the future.

When I received this coffee filter, I had tried every kind of filtering aid designed for my 4-cup percolator: the original metal basket, wrap-around paper filters, and a different type of replacement filter I've blocked from my memory it was so awful. This one was so small, I thought it was intended for a doll's house coffee maker. Surely this one would end up on my pile of broken dreams!In the photo array, you can see that to use this filter, remove the metal top to the metal basket and put it aside. There's no room under the coffee pot's lid for it with this replacement filter. Pour water into pot,, then put the metal pieces back in place. Put new filter in metal basket, and fill with coffee for brewing.This part is tricky. Despite all appearances, the coffee pot lid WILL fit over the replacement filter basket thanks to the spring underneath. Just push down firmly until it snaps in place. Then plug in the coffee pot, et voila -- coffee!It works. Very few coffee grounds get into your cup, and that's what a filter is there to do.

I have an update for you. I have been bothered since I started using this product by weak coffee. It seems that when you use the cover to the original coffee cup, it allows the perked water to run around the new filter. To solve this, I have started leaving the original cover off from the coffee basket, low and behold, all the water is going through the coffee and not around it, and the strong coffee I desire is once again in my cup. Still no grounds though.I misread the product description. I got the impression that the basket was 3 1/2" because the text said that it took a 3 1/2" paper filter. When I opened the package and saw what looked to be too small, it is only 3", I also noticed that the hole for the where the basket sits on the stem that the whole was larger that the hole on the original basket. The new basket is not to replace the old basket, but any filters for the old basket. The new basket fits right over the old basket stem. I have made some delicious coffee with this set up. It is a bit tricky to get the grounds into the smaller basket when it is in place in the coffee pot. I am going to try filling it before I put into the old basket with the hope that it will be easier.I am making the BEST cup of coffee ever. I, much prefer perk coffee over drip coffee because to me, it has a much more robust deep flavor. Drip is too clean and light with less flavor.