Hario V60 Dripper NEO – the classic pour-over cone with 72 spiral ribs

Pour-over coffee has one classic way to go wrong. You grind a hair too fine, the water stops draining, and your cup turns bitter while you stand there holding a kettle like a fool.

The Hario V60 Dripper NEO is Hario’s fix for that: a new version of the famous V60 pour-over cone with 72 thin spiral ribs inside, designed to let water drain faster and more evenly. Same cone, same filters, different insides.

It’s also one of the few coffee gifts under 30 bucks that a coffee nerd hasn’t bought yet. Mostly because it’s new.

What is the Hario V60 Dripper NEO?

Hario is the Japanese glass company that launched the original V60 in October 2005. Twenty years later, the V60 is the cone you see in almost every specialty coffee bar. The NEO keeps the outside and redesigns the inside. Hario says it took two years of testing, and it went on sale in the US in January 2026.

The facts from Hario:

• 72 fine spiral ribs that come together into 9 at the bottom
• Body in Tritan plastic, base in silicone rubber, made in Japan
• No handle, and it’s dishwasher safe
• Two sizes: 01 (1 to 2 cups) and 02 (1 to 4 cups)
• Three colors: transparent black, clear and amber
• Works with standard V60 paper filters

It won both the iF Design Award 2026 and the Red Dot Design Award 2026. Not bad for a plastic funnel.

How does it work?

You use it like any V60: paper filter in, ground coffee in, pour hot water in slow circles. The trick is in the ribs. Hario says the many fine ribs lift the paper off the wall so water flows down the whole cone instead of pooling in the middle. More water slips past the coffee bed (coffee people call this bypass), so it drains faster and is less likely to stall.

Barista Magazine notes it keeps the classic 60-degree angle and the single big hole at the bottom. So all your old filters and habits still work.

The good and the not-so-good

What I like:

• More forgiving. The reviewer at Basic Barista called it a likely “money grab” at first, then used it daily for two months. He found it faster, cleaner and less bitter than the classic V60, and it handled finer grinds without choking.
• It fits the Hario Switch base, which gives you an immersion-and-drip brewer in one.
• Amazon buyers give it 4.8 stars from almost 500 ratings.
• It costs about the same as a fancy bag of beans.

What could be better:

• It’s plastic. Tritan is food-safe, but some coffee people just won’t brew on plastic. Basic Barista says it’s a personal choice.
• It leans toward a light, clean cup. If you love heavy, syrupy pour-over, you may prefer the classic.
• Gear Patrol reports the coffee community is split. Their verdict: Hario didn’t make a worse V60, it made a different one.

Who is the Hario V60 Dripper NEO for?

The pour-over fan who already owns a V60 and loves to tinker. Also great for a beginner, since it forgives sloppy pouring. It makes a perfect stocking stuffer next to a bag of good beans, or a cheap add-on to a bigger gift like the Fellow Opus 2 grinder.

Skip it if you don’t want to fiddle with a kettle at 7 a.m. A machine like the xBloom Studio does the pouring for you.

Where can I buy the Hario V60 Dripper NEO?

Hario sells it through its own Amazon store. The 02 size in transparent black was about 26 bucks at the time of writing (October 2026), and the small 01 was a few bucks less. Grab a pack of V60 filters while you’re at it.

Need more ideas for the person with three grinders and one opinion about water temperature? See our gifts for coffee lovers.