difference between s-type and 3 piece air lock
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SilverKing
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3 piece is the only one I trust to be able to clean after a blowoff.
COLObrewer
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S type is shaped like an S, and yes it is hard to clean.
3 piece has 3 pieces, . . . . As long as you keep barrier fluid (vodka/starsan/water) in either of them, they will work the same.
3 piece has 3 pieces, . . . . As long as you keep barrier fluid (vodka/starsan/water) in either of them, they will work the same.
I always use blow-off tube for the first 4-5 days, then S type. I find you are much less likely to get whatever you've filled the airlock with sucked backed into the fermenter with the S type, and they require less refilling (for longer fermentations.)
Livendadream
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I use both, 3 piece is alot easier to clean. But I like the sound of the bubbles coming from the s type. Sometimes I listen to the sound in bed, it is like a lullaby. It is such a beautiful sound. Blurp, Blurp, Blurp, glipp, Blurp , Blurp, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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