Handpresso Wild Hybrid Portable Coffee Machine First Use Notes

Additional modification (2015-06-18 14:41:38):

Can't add pictures to the additional modification? ? ? What a pity... I wanted to add some information about the use of the easy-to-use bag. If I can't add pictures, I'll just end it with one sentence: using the easy-to-use bag is much better, the water flow is continuous, it is easy to clean, and it is not easy to fail. Anyone who uses it will know, (*^__^*) Hehe...

Three months ago, I saw the handpresso and minipresso on Zhangdama. I was so eager to buy them that I hesitated for three months and still wanted to buy them. So I bought them.

According to some buyers' feedback that minipresso has a water leakage problem, I sent an email to inquire about this. The official reply is as follows:

Although its reply was quite sincere, I felt that it still did not directly answer the question (does this count as sincerity?). So I decided to buy a handpresso. (I’ll just tell you that another reason for not buying a minipresso is that I can’t handle PayPal.)

The unified price of handpresso’s official website is 990.

A month ago, there was a special offer of a manual hand pump (vibrant yellow) + a travel bag for 999 yuan, and the travel bag was priced at 169 yuan. I wanted to buy this. But after the hesitation period, I went online to check and found that the discount was no longer available. I went to Zhongya to check, and yes! The black model was discounted, 872 yuan (excluding the travel bag). Zhongya link:

The seller used SF Express and placed the order around 5 p.m. on Friday. When he returned to the office on Monday, he found that the goods were lying quietly on the desk.

Tear down, tear down, tear down!

After opening it, I saw that it was wrapped in a layer of...what is it called? Bubble gum? ?

One side of the box is a little damaged. Tsk tsk, SF Express, you...

Here's what you see when you open the box, a family photo, and the Chinese manual:

It feels quite heavy in the hand, but don't be fooled by the weight in grams. Lubricate it with tea oil for the first time.

Then pump it up to the green area. The first few dozen pumps are relatively easy, but the last few pumps are a bit more difficult.

Next is filling the powder.

Since I didn't buy a powder compactor, I filled the powder several times and compacted each layer. (As for why I was being smart, you'll know as you read on, but the posts I read before all said that the powder should be compacted.)

Add water! Simple and crude!

Put it in the powder box, it’s still simple and rough!

Cap the filter, invert it, press the fill button, and release!

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Eh? Eh? Eh? What happened? Why can't it come out? ? Is the powder too tightly packed? ? ? (I initially ruled out the cause of leakage. Later, I heard a "chi" sound when I raised the injection button.)

OK, let's do it again. Clean up the previous one, do it again, fill it with powder... (I'm not in the mood to take pictures step by step this time.)

The coffee powder was a little looser than the first time. It finally came out this time, but the speed was touching, one drop, one drop, one drop... (Note that commas are used instead of semicolons. Feel the speed yourself.) It was not the continuous stream shown on the package. I don't know which step was wrong. I was too lazy to wait, so I just put it on the shelf and let it drip slowly.

In the end, I saw that about 35ml came out, and the cream layer finally dissipated in this long wait. But the coffee smell is still very fragrant.

Open the used coffee powder cake and see the details of the 3 screw indentations (the photo is blurred, how to fix it)

A welcome concluding statement:

(1) Let me first explain my needs:

I started drinking instant coffee in high school, and used a moka pot for a year after graduating from college. I don’t know much about coffee and don’t have high requirements. I want to use coffee to improve the quality of life (mainly to refresh myself), but I don’t want to buy a regular household coffee machine (the house is expensive and I don’t dare to occupy space, and Star XX is far away), so I bought this one after a lot of effort.

(2) Advantages: Environmentally friendly, no need for additional power; lightweight, can be put into a bag and carried around; wide range of use, the manual states that it can be used at altitudes of 0-3000 meters, and can also be used when climbing mountains (do you want to take it to climb Baiyun Mountain...); zhuangbility, in front of non-experts...

(3) Disadvantages: It still requires a lot of skills to use, and I feel like there is still a lot of work to be done. (Come on, masters, please give me some advice. Why is the water output so slow? What went wrong?) The reviews on Amazon say that the service life is not long (a 2-year warranty is provided based on the invoice date.)

One last puzzle:

The package comes with a rubber ring, and the foreign manual says to snap it onto the powder box, but the Chinese manual doesn't say so. I tried snapping it onto the outer edge of the powder box, but then the filter wouldn't fit, or should I just cover it with force?

Please give me some guidance!!