Unlike standard low-end bottle fillers, the Vintage Shop's springless model uses a plastic valve instead of a spring to seal. The springs are not made from a food grade quality metal. Fillers will work with 12 or 22oz bottles. Use with 3/8" tubing.
How long is it in inches? Also is 3/8 inch the outer diameter? Also, is this better or worse than the one with a spring? Also is it the same one that comes with your brewing kits?
BEST ANSWER:Hi Roy - The length is 15". 3/8" is the inner diameter. The bottle filler without the screen has less of a chance of clogging. And B411 comes with out brewing kits.
BEST ANSWER:Hi Roy - The length is 15". 3/8" is the inner diameter. The bottle filler without the screen has less of a chance of clogging. And B411 comes with out brewing kits.
Ordered three. Only two work. The bad one just lets the beer through as if it’s an open pipe. On the other hand, the two that do work are great, and the delivery was nice and prompt.
This fills so much faster than my other bottle fillers. It does drip a little, but I'm more than willing to sacrifice a few ounces of beer to speed up the bottling process. This is an amazing product, and I will be replacing my sour side bottle fillers with this model on my next order.
Some fluid will leak past the "springless" nozzle, but not much. I bottled about 3 gallons of apple wine and lost only about an ounce or two. 3/8" tubing recommended
Impressive Performance Over Spring Operated Filler
This filler does not created foam in the bottle as it begins the fill which makes it much easier to achieve a consistent fill level and produces less exposure to oxygen. It's also more comfortable to use because you don't have to push down against the spring force. The weight of the filler alone opens the fill valve. And for brewers who use a refractometer to track gravity (only needing a small sample) it is great for pulling a small sample from the fermenter. This was a great "aha" for some creative person!
Less pressure to fill but kept flowing with no pressure
I bought this wand to use a a primary filler, and use my old spring wand as a backup. I like that this requires less pressure to begin filling a bottle, but at least 5 times while bottling a 5 gallon batch, it wouldn't seal and beer kept flowing out of it even when pressure was not applied. We ended up having to pinch the hose to stop flow so we could continue. This will become my last resort backup. I will likely get another spring wand to use instead.