Melitta 180424 Padfilter New Generation permanent coffee pad filter

The media could not be loaded. Pick your favorite coffee (ground or use your beans and grind to medium texture.) This will save you money and you will have endless choices of what flavors you can have. It takes a little bit longer to prep and dispose of but not that much longer. The key is to not overfill the pad filter and to close the lid and make sure no excess grounds are on the outside of the filter. Just like any coffee pods used for your machine, ANY grounds that get into the pin hole on your pod holder will cause the flow of water and coffee to be stopped and pressure to build in your machine. When that happens just give the machine time to lose the vacuum seal that’s been created. Eventually the lid will open and the pod holder can be removed and cleaned. This has happened with many paper coffee pods I have used in the past. To date these Melitta padfilters have not had this problem. But I am being careful to not leave coffee grounds on the exterior when filling. I do recommend this product. I have used it for 30 plus days and have had no problems. Please note, don’t throw the grounds down the drain. You will clog your plumbing. Dump in the trash or your backyard garden. I guess many people don’t realize just how small a pipe is.

I took a chance and purchased this for my Hamilton Beach Personal Single Serve coffee maker. Model #49970. This one has the 2 pod holder. I removed the duel pod insert. I had to trim down the sides of the first one. It is a little too large to fit in the bottom. (Plastic is thin. Not hard to trim.) The second fits without trimming. Filled with coffee and it worked great.

You can use your own coffee and preferred amount in making a pod coffee maker. Easy to use

This thing holds 8 g coffee sort of but difficult to close, like a single Senseo cup, but fits in the double cup holder. Makes extremely watered down coffee. It takes a lot of water to clean. Do not buy this for Senseo coffee pod thing. You can't get a refund through Amazon. Just out of luck and 15 bucks for worthless junk.

The part where the bottom and top of the coffee pad are joined together (the seem) very easily breaks which results in two separate parts of the coffee pad filter. This alone would not be a huge problem. However, when you open the lid of the Senseo machine after having brewed a cup, the top coffee pad lid catches on the inside of the Senseo machine. This results in the coffee pad opening up and hot coffee grinds flying everywhere.

After searching in vain for more paper filters (grr!) to make my own Senseo-type coffee pods, I decided to try out these refillable ones from Melitta. I’m glad I did! Unlike other plastic refillable eco pods or the Duck-whatever-it’s-called insert, it produced not only a decent espresso-like brew, but also had that distinctive crema on top of the coffee that I had come to expect from the Senseo and similar paper filter pods.While I prefer the paper filters I can fill myself because I can make a bunch of them at once with very little mess when used (and they’re great for putting into the compost for my garden), at least I can get the same quality—if not better—from these Melitta pods. Plus, I can still use the grounds for the compost.I gave these a 5 because of the quality of the brew, but it is a messier process than the paper filters, as you do have to dump out the grounds and then clean out the refillable pod each time you use it. Still, it’s good because the quality is good, I can use whatever kind of coffee I like (such as local roasters’ coffee), and I can still compost the grounds. As far as reusable plastic pods go, it really is the best.

I ordered these for my Senseo coffee maker since i wanted to use my own ground coffee instead of the pre-made pods. You need to place this filter inside the existing double pod holder, it fits very well. One of these filters holds one pod worth of coffee, so you need to use both if you want to make a larger coffee. Otherwise, use it for a single cup. This is a well-made product, it does not leak and it fits well. I wish it could hold more coffee in each filter, I end up making two single cups, which works well, too. It is worth the money if you do not mind the extra step.

I have 3 different coffee makers and this replacement filter does not fit any of them. Save your money.