I got a Expobar semi commerical one of ebay for £70 and it's really finely tunable and consistent. Big ugly brute of a thing though ha!
Inverted is the way, coffee in press and let water temp drop to stop scolding and then let stand and boom into cup. beans, grinder, press and into to cup and out the door in less than 8 minutes!
Whoa, you had me until "microwave eggs".
Fortunately I don't have a microwave so I won't be able to fall for your prank...
I bought an aero press.