Percolator Recommendation Needed

[Ro_Laren]

A friend wants a percolator for her birthday and I am trying to choose between two different types. She wants it for camping, but it would also be useful if the power goes and out and she wants to make coffee on her grill. She mentioned that she had a blue percolator in the past, but I don't know if she is dead set on it being blue. I've found two different percolators on Amazon that seem to have good reviews. One is a GSI Outdoors Enamelware Percolator that's blue and the other is a Texsport Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator. The price difference isn't really an issue for me. It seems like the Texsport Percolator has better ratings: 5.5 stars while the GSI Percolator has 4.5 stars.

Are stainless steel Percolators better than Enamelware Percolators? Believe it or not, I'm not a coffee drinker so I don't know which Percolator will brew better coffee. Which Percolator do you think would work better?

 

[shapeshifter]

If purchasing for myself, with only those two options, I'd buy the latter.

 

[J.T.B.]

They will both work about the same, and people will develop their own perc-ing times and techniques. The blue enamel is more traditional for outdoors/camping, the steel more for stovetop. The enamel finish can chip but they last a long time. IMO, the enamel holds up better if used on open flame. I use a similar blue one for camping that looks great for being about 25 years old. I don't perc in it now, though, I just heat water and use single-serve drip filter cones.

ETA:
Speaking of that, the man most responsible for overturning the stovetop percolator as the standard in US homes, Mr. Coffee's Vincent Marotta, just died at 91:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/business/vincent-marotta-sr-a-creator-of-mr-coffee-dies-at-91.html

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

We have two of these http://www.cabelas.com/product/Camp...ookware/_/N-1116234/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_104247180 in our camp boxes for our Boy Scout Troop and they've held up very well. They're good quality construction, strong, and durable.

The 36 cup size might be a little big, but you can get it in a 14 cup size (based on 5oz cup size)

 

[Sector 7]

Believe it or not, I'm not a coffee drinker...

Burn the witch!

 

[Davros]

We went for a french press for camping coffee making.

 

[trekkiedane]

A perculator is the perfect coffee-brewing device for people that don't like coffee but need a caffeine-fix.
The brew that comes from such a 'thing', I wouldn't serve my worst enemy though.

So I'll recommend a variation:
A kettle and a "french press" (and some freshly grond coffee-beans, of course) is all you need for making a perfect cup of coffee -anywhere.

Alternatively there's always Grower's Cup: http://growerscup.com/

 

[shapeshifter]

^Maybe in your experience but not gospel truth. Careful brewing keeping the temperature just hot enough to cause percolation without violent boiling can result in good brew.

The only reason I ever converted to ADC from percolated was because someone gave me an AD machine and I had to admit it was a more convenient, less messy way of brewing.