with some flexibility, it looks as if you can bend the handle up and off the rim to facilitate removal

Love the color, but the handle makes it difficult to take the carafe out to clean it.

The base of the plastic handle assembly traps water...until you pour your

The last one he had (another make) had a flimsy handle and when it broke, the whole pot fell and shattered.

this handle is supported on the bottom as well as the top.

It does have thin walls and the handle jiggled a bit, but I loved it while I had it

this handle is supported on the bottom as well as the top.

The handle is loose and doesn't keep the carafe steady when you pour

First of all, the cheap plastic handle, bottom, and lid could be much improved

This caused the lid to break around the plunger handle leaving a quarter sized whole in the center of the lid.

We've nursed our one remaining filter along as carefully as possible, but we use our press daily and the screen is so worn now that a considerable quantity of coffee grounds escapes around it no matter how slowly we depress the handle.

The handle is attacked to the bottom part and they are both plastic, since day 1 there has been a little bit of wobbling of the handle which I was worried about at

During a routine cleaning in March 2016, the handle cracked and broke off

My husband uses this and likes the sturdy handle.

I would give it zero stars, the handle always falls off and then the coffee burns me

but the handle was sturdier than I'd expected it to be.

Only small complaint is the handle is slightly loose at the top connection to the glass, but it is secure and doesn't come apart

First, the handle is flimsy on the near the top of the cup

I also like the permanent handle as I can wash it out in the sink easier

Its not really 12oz its more like a 10, the handle is a little flimsy and the top is a weird shape to allow room for the handle

The only thing I do not like it the handle interferes with putting on the top.

- it's not entirely the fault of the press, but I would hope the handle would be a little stronger.

I am used to large mugs of Brown Gold, so this size disappoints as to quantity filling only 75% of one 12 oz mug, which may be OK for you if you add creamer or milk, but I have been taking mine black for nearly a year now

It broke as I was putting the handle back over the rim, and did a little damage to me

Works as I knew it would

The coffee grounds only need to be coarse ground as to not clog the filter.

So I’m really confused as to why it is advertised as an 8 cup.