Neat, but you'd still be buying paper filters, and throwing them out. I prefer my french press. No electricity, moving parts, or paper filters, and less expensive than this hand-blown beauty. This one is beautiful, though. Very.

Filters and grounds can be composted. You can find these wonderful coffeemakers on ebay because they've made these for a long time.

still need to use resources to make the filters though :P

These are great coffee makers, my husband and I received one of these as a wedding present and enjoy it a lot.

I just broke my most recent chemex and ordered a new one off of ebay. I have been contemplating this permanent Coava Kone filter - http://www.clivecoffee.com/product/brand_coava/coava_kone.html?gdftrk=gdfV21649_a_7c89_a_7c425_a_7ccoava_kone

I was just about to mention the
Coava Kone

as hydroplanes mentioned above http://coava.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/kone

hario makes a flannel filter that is reusable, i'd be curious to see if there is someething similar for the chemex

I also don't know where those prices for the chemex came from, I believe they go for $30-$40
http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/Coffeemakers.htm