Perc'd Coffee is *not* Bad Coffee

I like to camp. I also like coffee. The two naturally go together...nothing quite like a good cup of coffee out in the great wide open. I've used a French press; my brother, cowboy (boiled) coffee. I've also used the single-cup, mug-top pour-through filters. But I hadn't used a percolator since I moved away from home in the mid-70s. From the so-called "expert reviews" I'd read, "coffee snobs" consider the percolator as being the worse possible way of brewing.