AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker vs Bonavita 8-Cup Coffee Maker

I bought one for my son-in-law and one for myself. We used it yesterday with Peet’s French Roast and filtered water. The flavor was OK. I suspect that it takes some experimenting to make a great cup of coffee

On this model (8 cup), the carafe (with the lid screwed on) won't sit on the maker under the filter basket. There's no hot plate so that shouldn't matter. You can just leave the filter "basket" in place until you're ready for the final clean-up, and set the carafe to the side. I honestly can't say that our morning coffee now suddenly better (such things are, of course, somewhat subjective

I used a fine grind of Seattle Best #5 which is my favorite. I use it in my moka pots and my espresso machine. Cons: price. It’s too expensive plain and simple

It's also fairly flimsy but it's also very cheap for an SCAA certified coffee pot so you can't be too upset. And it performs as well or better than pretty much anything else on the list without a ton of useless features. Overall, I'm very happy with it and I believe it's the best value on the market. If you want programmable, why buy an expensive coffee maker to drink stale coffee? That's mostly all you're paying for above the Bonavita until you get to the Moccamaster which is a tank but costs 3x more