Marshall Jose wrote:

> The one I have works quite well and disassembles to parts which present
> little problem for sanitization.

It works very well. I might add that somehow the little piece of
plastic that acts as a flapper came off and mine and became lost; it
might now have been installed correctly or maybe it was defective, but
after sanitizing I tried using mine and couldn't get it to work. When I
figured out what was wrong, I took a dime and santized it, and then
dropped it down into the large tube and reinserted the plunger; works
like a champ and I've been using it that way for probably over a year.

> The chief problem I've had while using it is the usual problem of
> keeping stationary things which should be stationary. I.e., the siphon
> really should be made fast to the neck of the vessel it's in, a task not
> easily accomplished; otherwise, excessive motion can cause unwanted
> stirring in the liquid being racked. I wish I could recommend a solution
> -- perhaps others can suggest something.

I'm not sure where the excessive motion would come from; once I
carefully insert it and hold onto it tightly while carefully plunging it
just once, I let go and never touch it again until the carboy is empty.
I don't use any clamps, either; I just drape a clean dry hand towel
over the top, which probably helps to stablilize it at least a small
amount. The towel is actually for the purpose of keeping dust and flies
--like those little bar flies or fruit flies that my carboy seems to
attract -- from getting into my carboy and possibly exposing my beer or
yeast patty to bacteria (I will often dump a fresh batch into the
carboy, so I need it to remain sanitized).

Cheers.
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