I wrote this in a BoingBoing BBS thread on a review of a Makita battery powered worksite tough, drip? coffee maker. According to James Hoffman (one of the few coffee folk I follow) it doesn’t workat all; need to watch the video.
I spent the better part of 30 years installing metal-working machines in heavy steel fabrication plants worldwide. I’ve purchased, and abandonded gifted to the operators or the machine, at least two dozen cheap drip coffee machines for use while I was doing installation, training and such. Lots of the automation couldn’t be completed until the machine was in factory and connected to the other machines it would work with. So sometimes I’d spend a few to a few too many weeks in heavy steel fabrication shops with unknow, or inconvenient tome, coffee situations.
I finally wised up and purchased a drip machine, filters, sugar, etc. here, then have it packed inside the multi-ton CNC machinery. Just had to ensure I submitted a manifest.
Buying them locally (here in Canada) meant I didn’t have to worry about voltage or socket type; our machine had a single double socket 120VAC 3-prong grounded outlet in each large cabinet. Very useful for service technicians. But I lost the fight to have more than a 3A fuse installed, since it was for small loads only. So I had to carry 15A fuses or a jumper wire. :slight_smile:
I did travel with various coffee makers for use in the hotel. Rotated between Aeropress, a Clever filter cone, or a portable battery-powered espresso maker. All too fussy for the factory floor, these were just for the hotel.
Now I want a coffee…
ETA: the machines I shipped were never thrown away. I usually gifted them to the operator(s) of the machines, on the condition they would ensure it was available when/if I returned for updates, additional training, and the like. Which I often did, and it usually was available. If not, off to the market…
Not sure of location, but is after I bought that brown leather travel mug in Brazil?? 
At Ramsis, Mnaanma, Bahrain. With Danilo. Awesome trip. CCoffee was served in small glass cups, and my girly hands could take the heat. so I made a makesift sleeve. 
No coffee cup? Cut of bottom of plastik water bottle, wrap with a few layers of masking or whevs tape, ta-da! Good enough for my girly-man hands. 
The obilistca in Buenos Aries, Brazil. Had coffee right at the corner upcoming. with amoury. 
Cafe mate, so coffee-adjacent. In factory outside f Buenos Aries. 
The fully automatic espresso machine in Durgapur, WB, India. Made awesome lattes/caps/foamy milky/con leche/whevs. But don’t look indside the milk parts. 
Chai, so coffee-adjacent. Either Kolkata or Durgapur, West Bengal, India. 
