My recommendation is go with the Bodum. First, the press base, filter screen, and rotating plates that form the flavor lock are thin and flimsy. You can almost cut yourself by simply handling them by their edges. The Bodum parts are much more solid. Further the flavor lock is just a gimmick. There are no currents circulating through the pressed grounds on a unit without the feature to over-brew the coffee anyway. The flavor lock is a solution to an invented problem. Second, the glass was secured in the frame so tightly that it cracked the first time boiling water was poured in. There is no reason it has to be so.