YaeBrew Counter Pressure Bottle Filler - Stainless Steel Beer Bottle Filler CO2 Kit Tool Homebrew

CLEAN IT PRIOR TO USING!!!This arrived in good working order. No obvious issues in production or shipping. The 3-way valve is stiff but should "work in" over time.Prior to my first use I decided I wanted to ensure a perfectly clean device before putting beer through. I took it apart completely and replaced all teflon. The teflon used in it's construction is different from what I'm used to using for plumbing in the USA. It's more plastic-like and less slick feeling than what I'm normally used to, plus it was used a bit heavily on some joints. There was some excess teflon in the way of the pressure release valve opening which may have caused issues had I not replaced it. The needle valve also had some black manufacturing oil/grease which could have lead to off-tasting product had it backflowed into a bottle so it's good idea to clean these things out.The stainless tube cut ends were pretty rough. Most were angled cuts; many had heat stress discoloration; and several had burrs. I put all tube ends against a mini belt sander to get squared ends and it also remove most of the discolored heat marks. I followed this with a little emery cloth (sandpaper) to clean up the small burrs, both inside and outside the tube ends.During disassembly I noticed the typical smell of manufacturing oil/grease so I put all parts through an alkaline brewery wash solution. Most of the fittings were very clean looking, and the manufacturing of the fittings seem very good as well. While I had the longest/thinnest diptube soaking, I noticed some whitish residue come out from the tube end when tipping it. I decided to run a 1/4" tube brush through it and OMG the nastiness gunk came out. A dark gray/green cloud of crud (technical term) came flowing out, as well as the tube brush bristles came out nearly black - needless to say, I ran the brush through there several more times. After seeing this, I was so glad I decided to clean this device myself. I ended up putting a larger tube brush through the other short diptubes, which also came out better looking afterwards (although they didn't produce the same cloud of crud as the product tube).After the soak, I put it all into a bath of citric acid solution (40g/l) to passivate/repassivate the stainless to excellent working order. I followed this by a short dip in hydrogen peroxide to both sanitize and oxidize the stainless to generate a good oxide layer.I now feel confident that this should not foul my bottle fills. I cannot stress this enough...CLEAN IT PART-BY-PART PRIOR TO USE.

Pro: Works, these take some time to learn how to use effectively, but for the price it was a steal.Cons: The hardware has very sharp 90 degree corners, so wearing gloves is necessary. The needle valve needs to be cleaned for consistent control, so it's not much easier than bottle conditioning a portion of your batch at the same time as kegging.I'd buy it again as it's the best way to bottle from the keg if you need quick carbonation it want to save some.

DO NOT BUY THIS!!!This thing is useless junk, when it arrived the fitting at the bottom (just above the fill wand) leaks like a sieve. all attempts to fix it have failed. tightening, retightening, silicone, all have failed to fix it. the only thing i can think of to finally get it to work is to rework or replace the fitting, this would cost as much as i paid for the damn thing to begin with.If i buy anything else to replace this unit it will be a beer gun.

great option at a very good price, have had no problems whatsoever. Does not looks very professional, and could be set up together by yourself, but at the price, it's easier just to buy it here.

Will not fit standard lines available at local home brew shops. Ended up buying another brand but kept for parts

Cheap garbage seals leak everywhere making it really difficult to pressurize bottle and fill with no foam

Mejor imposible

great