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All you ever wanted to know (and some things you probably didn't) about percolators.

Key difference being that the moka pot separates the brewed coffee from the clean water, whereas percolators re-heat brewed coffee to be circulated back through the grounds (thus burning a significant quantity of the resulting brew).

No, this uses steam to force hot water through the grounds and into the upper chamber where it stays and is kept safe from overheating.

It's fantastic and the only way I make coffee.

My wife likes Americanos so I add hot water to hers. I switch between shots and lattes.

No, the moka pot is different from a percolator. A percolator produces coffee in a method similar to drip coffee, where as the moka pot produces coffee under pressure (making it slightly more similar to espresso)

In a percolator, the coffee drips back into the water/heating chamber, while in the moka it bubbles into a separate chamber. In the percolator the coffee continues to boil after brewing.