On 2009-07-24, merrydown wrote:

> On Jul 22, 9:53Â*pm, Adam Funk > wrote:
>> Thanks for all the comments. Â*Since there were some drawbacks, I'll
>> think about this for a bit. Â*(The wine thief is great, though.)

> Fair enough. I would recommend autosyphons 100%, I live in the UK but
> the one I bought is a Canadian import. The Young's one looks like a
> direct copy of it. I don't know how I managed without one frankly.
>
> The only drawback is - as stated - similar to all racking canes and
> syphons: you need to keep it still at the top of the carboy while
> racking is in progress. You can however hold the auto-syphon while
> you prime it, whereas with a standard racking cane you have to set it
> up then go to the other end to suck the process into action which
> makes a huge positive difference. Coupled with the fact that you
> don't have to get your mouth near the receiving end of the tube (and
> therefore there are no potential sanitising issues) I'd say the
> autosyphon is a clear winner.


Thanks. I'll probably hmm about it a bit more and end up getting one.


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