Overall Rating
7.0, Based on 61 Reviews
Avg Price
$100.00
Manufacturer
Bodum
Machine Type
vacuum brewer, vac pot, electronic, timer, automatic
Colors
Varies
Class
Vacuum Coffee Maker, Automatic
Pro Review
No
First Look
No
QuickShot
No
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The Bodum Santos Electronic was the first successful electronic, timer controlled vacuum brewer on the market. Starbucks sold it for a time as the Starbucks Utopia.
Chris Beck (quality: 7.0)
07.09.2003
Rating: 9.2
Bottom Line: Brings the best of vacuum coffee brewing and automation together.
Andy Page (quality: 7.0)
01.06.2005
Rating: 1.4
Bottom Line: This coffee maker is overpriced, unsafe and doesn't last longer than a few months if you use it everyday.
WRW (quality: 7.0)
05.12.2001
Rating: 4.8
Bottom Line: Would not recommend.
Phillip Quattrocchi (quality: 7.0)
01.23.2002
Rating: 6.6
Bottom Line: I am very pleased with this unit and may never go back to a drip again.
Brad (quality: 7.0)
06.24.2001
Rating: 7.6
Bottom Line: You CAN enjoy great coffee every day if you can get past the looks, noise and price tag!
George Aaron (quality: 6.6)
02.24.2003
Rating: 5.2
Bottom Line: Stylish with the appearance of great potential. Did not live up to it.
John Hudak (quality: 6.5)
05.29.2007
Rating: 7.0
Bottom Line: A great coffee maker with a possible short life due to it being made of plastic. Hard to clean, but worth the trouble if you can stand it.
David Black (quality: 6.5)
04.17.2007
Rating: 3.2
Bottom Line: A beautiful, entertaining piece of junk that makes great coffee for its unbelievably short lifetime.
Cheryl Rose (quality: 6.0)
10.26.2002
Rating: 5.0
Bottom Line: Bodum pretty much dropped the ball here.
Mark (quality: 6.0)
01.14.2001
Rating: 6.0
Bottom Line: Buy it. Brew it. Drink it. It‘s really worth it.
Chris Schweda (quality: 6.0)
11.07.2000
Rating: 8.0
Bottom Line: A good entry-level vac pot. Foolproof. A little expensive.
Kayakman Hungary (quality: 5.7)
10.05.2008
Rating: 9.2
Bottom Line: This machine produces some of the best tasting coffee I have ever had.
Joel Bates (quality: 5.5)
03.18.2006
Rating: 0.4
Bottom Line: This is a dangerous, poorly designed hunk of junk and you risk buring your house down or, at the very least, making bad coffee, if you buy one.
Brent Atler (quality: 5.0)
10.13.2002
Rating: 7.6
Bottom Line: Great coffee but requires more coffee and work
Andrew Weir (quality: 5.0)
04.20.2004
Rating: 7.6
Bottom Line: Nothing to watch while you are making your coffee? Try a vac brewer and let the fun begin!
Joseph Wallis (quality: 5.0)
12.16.2003
Rating: 9.0
Bottom Line: This is the way coffee should be brewed!
Keith Wissman (quality: 5.0)
03.07.2005
Rating: 7.2
Bottom Line: not worth the money, especially if you pay retail...i keep going back to my 1960ish sunbeam coffeemaster c50...eBay has them all the time relatively cheap.
Mac Penn (quality: 5.0)
11.20.2007
Rating: 4.0
Bottom Line: DO NOT buy this product...bad machine...bad company.
T W (quality: 5.0)
06.23.2007
Rating: 2.0
Bottom Line: There is very little possitive to say about the coffee maker. Great form, lousy function.
Bongo BCBeanBoy (quality: 4.8)
03.18.2002
Rating: 1.6
Bottom Line: DO NOT BUY; great idea but a failure in practice.
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