lordkenmore
Well-known member
Regal Poly Perks
I found the gold Poly Perk (and IIRC the cups) maybe 20 years ago or so at a local monthly rummage sale business. It was fun to play with, although as I recall it didn't make very good coffee. I quickly lost interest in using it, although it was handy one time when I was snowed in maybe 15 years ago. I only had some bad canned coffee, and I used the Poly Perk. The coffee wasn't great, but it was drinkable, and it was fun playing with Poly Perk again.
Past coffee quality, I wouldn't want to use one of these regularly today--I'd be more than a little concerned about brewing coffee in a plastic coffee maker (chemicals like BPA which might leech out).
I also have a small Regal water kettle (it looks a lot like the gold Poly Perk, except it has a thermostat lever).

I found the gold Poly Perk (and IIRC the cups) maybe 20 years ago or so at a local monthly rummage sale business. It was fun to play with, although as I recall it didn't make very good coffee. I quickly lost interest in using it, although it was handy one time when I was snowed in maybe 15 years ago. I only had some bad canned coffee, and I used the Poly Perk. The coffee wasn't great, but it was drinkable, and it was fun playing with Poly Perk again.
Past coffee quality, I wouldn't want to use one of these regularly today--I'd be more than a little concerned about brewing coffee in a plastic coffee maker (chemicals like BPA which might leech out).
I also have a small Regal water kettle (it looks a lot like the gold Poly Perk, except it has a thermostat lever).
