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Got this a month ago, but couldnt use it as my wine was too young at the time. They recommend not filtering with the pump if the wine is only 30 days old and prefer you waiting until your wine is at least 2 to 3 months old. So I waited a month as my wine was just 45 days old at the time I received the pump. So used it today and it worked great. You have to follow all directions and the first time using it, keep the directions handy for reference as you go. I can say this, if you do not follow their recomendations and directions, you will have a mess. It didnt happen to me, but I could see at certain stages of filtration that messes could easily happen for those that dont follow the directions and/or recommendations.I got all the parts together on the counter, cleaned and sanitized the tubing and filter tray and other parts. Had my carboy of wine there next to the pump, and the carboy for pumping to. I also had an extra container to run the overflow tube into. The overflow tray catches minor leaks and drips from the filters which is going to happen. But as long as you have the tube hooked up and into the container, you will be okay. One thing your should do is make sure that your extra container for the overflow is below the level of the counter since the downslope is needed for the overflow tray and tube to work. Just like you needing to have your carboy lower than your wine carboy when you rack your wine. Same with the overflow. Takes some arranging to have a small table or box to set your overflow container so it will be below the level of your counter.then you soak your 3 filters you are going to use in a bowl of water for a minute or 2. Then put them in the right orientation in the filter area of the pump. Make sure you double check the orientation. The filters have a smooth side and a rough side. The rough side is the side that will be facing you as you install them. You have to use all 3 filters of that set. Once you have the filters installed and and the face plate is clamped down on them, hook up all your tubing.Then you have a gallon or two of water in another container on the counter and place your intake and output tubing into it and run the pump to pump water through for about a minute or two to check that all is hooked up as it should be and to get the pump going well. do not run the pump with no liquids being pumped. You will burn it up. All through these procedures it does help alot to have someone there to assist you. Otherwise you might need to grow a spare hand or two.Once you have run the water through for a couple of minutes, place your output tube in the carboy you are pumping your wine to, and the input tube into your wine carboy. And make sure your overflow tube is in your overflow container. Ooops one thing I forgot. You need to put your output tube into the container that you had your water in and once you turn on your pump for the wine, let it pump into it for a few seconds till your wine is coming out because it will pump water at first from the water that you had pumped through it to prime your pump. As soon as you see wine coming out the output tube you can shut down the pump and put the tube back into your receiving carboy. Then start your pump back up and watch you wine flow into the carboy. Sparkling clear and looking good. I used a number 2 filter as my wine had been racked enough to get it pretty clear. If your wine is young, or you have used ingrediants that left pieces in your wine, you should use a number 1 filter as well as getting the company's prefilter which is designed to catch the pieces...small ones..that might be left in your wine. If they go through your pump it could be damaged.Once your wine has finished running through the filter, shut it off, do your cleanup and let your wine rest for a few days before you either bottle it or run through another filttration with a set of the finer filters. If you need to filter more than 5 or 6 gallons of wine, you need to let the pump cool off for 1 5 or 20 minutes before you filter any more than the first 5 or 6 gallons.Again, let your wine rest for several days before you bottle it or filter it more. Filtering your wine causes it to be agitated. If you try to bottle at the time you filter you stand a chance of your wine developing bottle shock. Which ruins your wine.I cannot stress enough that you read the directions well, and follow their recomendations and directions. If you do, you should have no problems. Things can happen though despite the best preparation so if you see leaking that is greater than you expect, be prepared to shut the pump off and check your setup. Also, as I said above, it does help if you have someone there to assist you. Helps a great deal.The wine that ends up in your overflow container can be either put into your output carboy or you can set it aside for a refreshing drink as you take a break after you clean your work area and filter. On average, you might get get from a cups worth or several cups worth go into the overflow. Its going to happen but dont be concerned if you get 3 or 4 cups worth. Just put into your output carboy or drink it. Preferably you drink it after you are finished with everything...you dont want to be buzzed and try to work at the same time...or maybe you do. Good luck.

I don't review much on here, but I had been on the fence about buying this and ultimately gambled and wanted to leave a review for others like me.I've filtered two ~5 gallon meads with this thing, and man what an incredible difference before and after. I should preface: these meads had a hard life. I started them in non-ideal conditions and had a few AC outages this year that caused them to get far too warm. They had a lot of off flavor, and looked like lake water after 7 months (after two rackings each, there was no more sediment forming). I assumed they were either ruined or would take a few years to maybe possibly age to the point of borderline enjoy-ability.Enter the Buon Vino. I gambled and decided to see if filtration would help. I have experience with sub-micron levels of filtering through my job as a chemist, so I wasn't going in completely blind to what these filters could achieve. Man what a difference. Where before there was lake water, after there was mead I could read large print through. And far more importantly, the off flavors are almost entirely gone. I won't pretend they're prize winners but with some back-sweetening they'll be fine meads.Now here I'll give some usage tips, which I think is where a lot of the negative feedback comes in. Soak the pads, as they say in the instructions. This allows a tight seal to form, if you try to use the pads dry they'll spurt like you hit an artery. Run 5 gallons of clean water (and before that I'd recommend a small amount of food safe sanitizer like starsan) through the pump to flush the pads well, and TIGHTEN THE PADS AGAIN AFTERWARDS. The extra pressure and water will work the last bit of air out and allow a perfect seal on the pads. If you did it right the drip tray will be virtually empty by the end.And finally, most importantly, understand what filter you're using. Filters by their very nature clog with the crap they're trying to get out... if you use a filter that has a small pore size and you're running liquid through it that has large gunk in it, the filter will clog very very quickly... and your machine will again begin to spray liquid. Do NOT try and filter liquid that hasn't already been racked (you can rack with this if you buy the mesh screen for it and bypass the filter with a tube, but it isn't better than a racking cane). If you've racked once already and want to try filtration, Id use a #1 (Coarse) filter and be right at the ready to cut the pump if you start to see the filters plug up (they'll drip excessively before they squirt). If you've racked twice (or already coarse filtered) I'd run the liquid through a #2 polishing filter. That will visibly clean the liquid, probably to reading clarity. The #3 filter seems like overkill unless you suspect you've contaminated the ferment and want to try to save it... I'd be far more concerned about loss of flavor with a #3 filter than a #2, so I personally wouldn't make it standard practice.The bad reviews I read about this product are almost textbook cases of using it wrong, and probably mostly not using the right filter. If you try to filter a single racked wine/mead with this thing using a number 2 filter, be ready for possible stuck pig syndrome with liquid spurting. There's a decent chance you clog the filters, which is a mess. But if you follow the directions in the manual and use the advice above you should have an easier go of it.

I've been using the Buon Vino Mini Jet Wine Filter for my home winemaking endeavors, and it's been a fantastic tool. The filter performs exceptionally well in clarifying wine, and I appreciate its user-friendliness. It's straightforward to set up and operate, which is a huge plus for both novice and experienced winemakers.A key tip for users is to ensure the filter screws are tightly secured - this makes a significant difference in performance. I mostly use the middle filter for my wine, which seems to strike the perfect balance for clarity and flavor. It's also important to keep the pick up tube out of trub (common sense) until the end of the process, as the filter pads can clog quickly otherwise.I recently used this filter to bottle six batches of wine for my wedding, and it performed flawlessly. The consistency and quality it brought to each batch were remarkable. I'm definitely planning to continue using this for my future wine-making projects. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a reliable and efficient wine filtering solution.