Cools wort surprisingly fast. Stirring the wort helps out tremendously. Definitely recommended!

Works apse intended. Drops my cooling time down a lot.

This performs as advertised, aside from the fact that I get substantially better performance if I stir the pot every 5 minutes with a sanitized utensil. Great quality, no leaks, and small enough to store in the tightest of NYC apartments.

First batch i brewed took 2+ hours of active time, switching cold water baths. This cut it down to 30 minutes of passive time, just checking the temperature to make sure it was done. Absolutely worth it.

Test for leaks before using! I thankfully set this up prior to needing to chill the wort, and three connections sprayed water everywhere. If your unit is like mine, you'll want to really tighten the clamps connecting the tubes to the chiller, and maybe even add clamps there as well. I used the faucet adapter for the source connection, and the washer that came with mine just isn't tall enough to create a tight fit with the adapter. I had to rip the washer out of my garden hose hand sprayer and double that up to the washer in this chiller's source connecter to fix that leak. Once the leaks were fixed, it worked well. I would also recommend bending the unit so it will be submerged in your boil. With ~5 gallons in my 8.5 gallon kettle, a lot of the chiller was taller than the top of the liquid. It still only took ~30 minutes to cool to ~80° F. It bends easily.

Works great with my recirc. pump use ice chest to function as a holding tank for ice water that I run through the chiller.

Second one I've owned. Both leak where the tubing connects and I had to tighten the clamps it comes with as well as add others to stop it. Takes some adjusting to get thr coils high enough to cool the upper portion of the wort otherwise it'll only cool the bottom. Effective/good value for the price.

Did exactly what it advertised to do. Cooled the wort down in a timely manner and what was nice no leaks which always makes the day better.

Did exactly what I expected it to do. Within a half hour was at pitching temp. No mess great design cleans up easily. Hassle free. Just buy it!!!

Works grate for my 5gall batch

Still have this but bought the plate chiller, it worked very well for me before its retirement

Just used this to cool 5 1/2 gallons of wort. It was a little sort for my 14 gallon pot but I just stretched the bottom down a little and it now fits my taller pot. I changed the water in line to compression fittings to prevent any leaks. It cooled my wort from 200 down to 75 in about 20 minutes. It probably would have been quicker if I stirred the wort while cooling. No more messing with ice or adding cold water.

This is probably the best chiller you are going to find in this price range. It works as you would expect and does a fine job. Probably not the choice for 10 gallons but for 5 it will do the job.

I used to let the batch sit in the kettle overnight to cool. Now I can finish, pitch, & clean up all in one session. Makes life with the wife much easier.This one is good both indoors and out.

Mine has leaked around the hose clamps since day 1. Chills really good though , gets me down to pitch temp in about 15 minutes.

Works great and while chilling if you swirl it chills fast and adds oxygen back in. An essential to the beginner brewer. And when you want to upgrade reuse the copper to make your own counterflow, or use it as a pre-chiller for whatever other new chiller you may want.

Cools down 5 gallon wort from boiling to 70 degree F in about 15 minutes. Cheap tubing for water attachment and will melt easily but you can replace it with higher temp stable tubing. Nice entry level chiller, you could do better but you'll also pay a lot more for it.

I got this for my 5 gallon kettle and sped up my chill time significantly from the ice/sink bath method. Upgraded to a 15 gallon heavy duty kettle an it still works but not as well as you might imagine. Make sure you tighten the screws on the tube clamps as tight as possible or they will leak.

This wort chiller is good for what it is. It cools wort relatively quick, but uses quite a bit of water to do so. The ease of use can't be beat. Just throw it in before he end of your boil to sanitize it and turn the water on. Make sure the clamps are tight where the tubing meets the copper.

Great wort chiller. Does the job, but I should have bought the taller one for my 10g kettle.

Must have product. Speeds up cooling time. I'm now able to get a full 5 gallons down to 75 in around 15 minutes. I've found that not stirring the wort gives me a better separation with the hops.

I have been using this chiller for 3 years with no issues.

I used this outside. hooked it up to a garden hose and the wort went from 212 to 77 in about 35 minutes. when i tested the chiller the night prior, there was a slight leak but a bit of tightening on the clamps got rid of the leak. very efficient.

If you don't have a chiller, you NEED one!This is the entry level chiller.Ice baths or letting the wort sit until it's cooled enough is a bad plan. You need a way to cool your wort fast and this will do it.Simply put it in a few minutes before the boil is over to make it sanitary, then hook up the lines and let it run.Mine is like this one. I'm going to upgrade to a counterflow but this works pretty well and gets the wort cooled below the magic bacterial favored temperatures pretty quick.

This is a terrific chiller that works better than the borrowed home built chiller I used before I got this one. It is faster to chill perhaps because of its unique design and after pricing out the components at the home store this chiller was less expensive to buy that to make it myself and this is not counting the cost of my time.

Took some getting used to. I use a cooler with ice cold water and a simple pump. Doesn't take LNG at all to drive down the wort temp. Buy with a kettle and they notch the kettle lid-- can't beat that. Very happy with this purchase.

This is much faster than icebaths and just plain waiting for the wort to cool before pitching your yeast. If you don't want to spend a fortune in getting a plate chiller and a pump - this is your best alternative. Just connect it to your water in the kitchen, garage, or outside hose and you're in business. Depending on what temp your water is, it can cool it as fast at 12-15mins or maybe even quicker if you have a pre-chiller (very similar to this with less coils) and a icebath.Tip - I've found that if you swirl it around in the kettle as it's cooling the wort you can cool the wort quicker as well as mimic a whirlpool technique that breweries use which a lot of the sediment concentrates in the center of the kettle. That allows you to drain off most of your wort without a lot of protein coagulation getting into your fermentor. The less "junk" in your fermenter the better.

I live in the Phoenix area and this chiller does just an OK job chilling my batches. If you order this, make sure you check and tighten the hose clamps. I had a lose clamp fail during a chill, causing the outlet to push off the hose and leak a small amount of water into the wort. Luckily I was there to pull the chiller out; had I walked away, I would have returned to a ruined batch. Overall, it seems like this chiller takes slightly too much time to chill my batches, usually about 30 minutes, and I am using a pond pump to push ice cold water through it. I will eventually upgrade to something better.