Dear coffee juice estimators, I’ve had this V60 02 dripper for 3,5 years and some hairline cracks have been building up all over the cone. At one point, a bigger horizontal crack appeared and a short time ago a bigger vertical one took off while pouring - I really heard and felt the plastic creaking. It has almost never seen the dishwasher, mainly only rinsing and hand washing.
I’ve used this V60 regularly, more often in the last year than the years prior, but I wanted to ask if someone experiences the same degradation with other colors of plastic? I have two AeroPress devices that are like new, one being older than this dripper…
It looks like a very poor material choice, but maybe it’s due to the crystal clear transparency.
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I use a borosilicate carafe with a black plastic basket and that has lasted me ~5 years of daily use. Clear plastics tend to crack due to thermal shock as they tend to be more brittle, so this isn't surprising to me. I also have a Hario drip that is glass and I like that one a lot for immersion brewing that I would recommend. The silicone can be a bit too floppy at times though.