Regal Poly Perks

[lordkenmore]

Monday night, I made a stop by a thrift shop. I found this Regal Poly Perk. I did not need it, but it was on clearance. I couldn't resist. Plus I suppose it was probably a "rescue." From my memory years back, stuff that didn't sell in the store was tossed, and this was the last day of the color tag clearance sale.

 

[lordkenmore]

This was not the first Poly Perk that followed me home. That honor goes to this one, a four cup model. Bought for something like a quarter at a yard sale. It's the only one I've used. I was not impressed by the coffee, although I keep thinking I should try it again.

 

[lordkenmore]

About 8 years ago, I found this Poly Hot Pot. The lever selects "Warm" to "Boil."

 

[lordkenmore]

Another cheap find: a large Poly Perk. If I ever have a big family reunion, this may come in handy. I like the color, and in the meantime it makes a nice decorative item.

 

[polkanut]

I have a couple of Poly Perks too, and I'm not overly impressed with their performance either.  My elderly Dormeyer does a much better job.

 

[frigilux]

While they're cool from a collector's point of view--love the red Poly Perk--I don't know that I'd want coffee from a plastic coffee pot. I remember these from the '70's, but don't recall ever seeing one in use. We had a stainless GE percolator until my stepfather purchased a drip machine circa 1977.

 

[lordkenmore]

I have to agree with Eugene--I'm not wild about the idea of a plastic coffee pot. Certainly not for daily use.

I wasn't as conscious of plastic dangers like BPA, etc when I got the first Poly Perk (probably late 1990s). Plus, I had no intention of actually using it much--it was a toy to play with. I tried it a few times, and that was pretty much it. It did come in handy once, though. I was snowed in, and (shudder!) ran out of coffee. I had some coffee that I'd bought, but never finished off (didn't like it). I used it in the Poly Perk. It wasn't good coffee, but it was the best I could do, and the Poly Perk was different than usual.

These days, I view these as collectible type items. As I commented, I think of trying the four cup Poly Perk again. But as I think of it, I think to myself that I probably did give it a fairly fair chance years back. I didn't take percolators seriously back then. (Even now, I wouldn't say they make the best coffee. But my experience has shown me that percolators aren't necessarily going to make undrinkably bad coffee. A good percolator turns out coffee that's much better than lousy drip.) But I know I would have made coffee with some care, and certainly would have used decent coffee. (Excepting the one time I mentioned above when I ran out.)

 

[harry13potter14]

Avocado green poly-perk

I love my poly-perk

 

[dermacie]

I don't currently have one, but I would get one in a minute. I love percolators especially smaller ones.

 

[paulg]

Indestructible

I got my first Poly Perk as a gift from a bank when I made a big deposit. We used it for years and I thought it made terrific coffee in spite of it not having a strength adjustment. Mine was green. I have a small one nowdays that I use when I only want to make a little coffee. Easy to keep clean.

 

[stevet]

A Premium Prize!

Many years ago, Stanley Home Products, the originator of the in-home demonstration party, gave the Poly Perks as a premium prize for sales and future bookings. They came in different colors, like Poppy Red, Avocado, Harvest Gold and White.

My mother was a major unit manager with other employees under her and we had every color they came out with at one time or another. Come to think about it, just about the whole family had those pots too and we also had the big party perk size as shown above. They really did make great coffee and were pretty fast too. When there was a buildup of coffee oils inside the pot, all you had to do to remove it was to brew a pot of water in it and use a tablespoon of any automatic dishwasher detergent and it would be as good as new.

 

[foraloysius]

BTW, anyone heard of LordKenmore lately?

 

[harry13potter14]

Poly-perk

I have the original poly-perk from 1965

 

[harry13potter14]

poly-perk

1979 harvest gold poly-perk

 

[tomturbomatic]

That was obviously a heterosexual bank that handed out plastic coffee pots with deposits. The LGBT community gave out heavier quality appliances upon completing membership applications.