Bodum 10oz Bistro Electric Milk Frother, Black

Saw alot of negative reviews. My experience, for the price point is so far great performance. Froths cream to near whipped cream consistency.

I’m tired of paying eight bazillion dollars at the coffee places. I was found and determined to make my own at home and I love this frothed. It’s really easy to figure out and I’ve tried all different milks. I’ve tried regular milk, oat milk, almond milk, and coconut milk. I think the oat milk frothed the best. But it worked on all of them. Honestly better than some of the coffee places I go to. It’s really durable and I feel I’ll probably have it for a long time. I feel very fancy sitting at my kitchen table having my latte and my cappuccino and imagine the money I’m going to save. I think it’s worth the initial purchase.

I bought this after a rando el-cheapo unit from a discount big box store simply quit working after six months. Figured, hey it's Bodum, a few extra dollars means quality, right?But No. Do NOT buy this.Some engineer/designer at Bodum messed up, badly. This thing should never have been released, and Bodum knows it. There are a couple warnings hidden in the manual about "don't do the thing everyone is going to do anyways or you may burn the unit out" - so they *know* this is a design flaw, but they sent it to market anyways.THE FATAL FLAW: The unit has a mechanical On/Off switch that is only overridden by the thermostat when the temperature gets high enough. When the temperature drops and the manual switch is still on, the unit will turn on until it heats up, then turns off, then turns on again when it cools down - lather, rinse, and repeat this heating/spinning/cooldown until it burns out. Hopefully the circuit breakers in your kitchen and house panel are functional and will keep a fried Bodum from burning your entire house down.Consider this scenario:1. As part of your "heading to work" routine, you make coffee and turn the manual switch on the Bodum to froth/heat some milk. Great, it worked. Pour that into your travel mug with your coffee.2. You rinse/wash out the Bodum, probably with warm/hot water3. You place the unit back in its stand. Because the unit is still warm, it's internal thermostat prevents it from turning on4. You hop in your car with your travel mug of coffee and warm, frothed milk (so far so good) and head to work5. BUT, you forgot to turn the mechanical switch OFF, didn't you (yes, you did - just like everyone will at some point)6. After the house is empty, the Bodum will now spend the entire day cooling down, and then automatically turning back on to heat and spin air, and then turning off when the unit gets too hot. Over and over and over until either it burns out - or you come home from work and notice the unit heating and spinning, and FINALLY, flip the mechanical switch OFF.Even the el-cheapo unit I originally bought got this design correct (not with quality parts, apparently, but at least they got the basic design correct). Frothers like this need a one-time ELECTRONIC switch that turns on, and then switches COMPLETELY OFF after the milk heats ONCE. The user then needs to push a physical button to turn it back on again.Until Bodum fixes this design/engineering flaw, buy something else.

Works perfectly! A nice treat to plain coffee. It blends the milk quickly and easy to use.

Very easy to clean and a simple one-button design to achieve hot creamy foam - even with non dairy milk. The center agitator is magnetic so it easily pulls out and pops right back in place after cleaning.It's as easy to use as: pour milk in the reservoir, set it on the base and switch on, wait a few seconds while it heats and spins the milk, then voila!I dislike how there's no pour spout and how a small amount of milk consistently sticks to one side of the reservoir after frothing.For the longest time I was just pouring a little Califa Barista edition oat milk straight from the carton in my coffee before considering a foamer. With this appliance, the Califa foamed OK, but it was kind of "thin". BUT, Oatly Barista gives what it's supposed to give and foams thick and creamy, giving me a true latte.

Es mui eficiente y el precio fantástico

Good price, solid construction. As others have pointed out, once the milk frothing is done, the unit shuts off. However, after pouring out the milk/froth and washing out the unit (more on that in a second), if you put the unit back on the stand it will eventually turn itself back on and burn itself out. You MUST remember to manually turn the switch back to the off position.The frother does the job quite well. However, I’ve found upon washing it out, that a residue of milk adheres to the bottom and must be scrapped out with a fingernail and paper towel combination. I get the same issue whether I use skim or whole milk.The unit only comes with a frother. You can remove the wired coil thingy and you get what amounts to a milk heater spinner, which maybe is by design, but there’s no information provided to that effect that I can find. Nespresso frothers, for example, come with two spinners—one for cappuccinos and one for lattes.Lastly, I have not been able to find anywhere to buy replacement spinners.

My girlfriend uses this on the daily for her coffees. In another review, I saw the report about it switching on and off as the temperature rises and falls until the unit breaks. I have run into that once, although the unit didn't break. The best use case I have found for it that is pretty simple is:1. pour milk, and whatever else you want2. flip switch, wait for froth.3. once frothing is complete, pour frothed milk into coffee.4. clean the device with water.5. leave the device upside down on a drying rack to dry.With this simple 5 step method, you won't run into the problem mentioned and your frother will always be clean and ready to use.