rcinnovations
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My origioinal thread was removed but I was hoping to continue the dialog.
Mod edit: It was removed because you do not have a vendors account and you were promoting your product.
So I did not explain well why I created the carboy keg adapter in the first place – some of you will agree with my story and many of you won’t (and probably be offended) but that’s all part of the process.
To begin, the soda manufacturers are very capable of changing the seals in a Cornelius container, these containers were designed this way on purpose. They discarded these containers for another reason such as health, safety, or reliability. For example, if the container is dented, the passivation process on the stainless has now been compromised. For whatever reason, the home brewers, including myself once, think they have found a treasure at the scrap yards and recycle centers and only need to change out the replaceable parts to make them new again but in reality, no one knows the real reason the Cornelius container was discarded (and never will) BUT we home brewers have no problem placing our brew, to be consumed, in that same scrapped container – go figure. The argument “I can buy these for $20” doesn’t fly with me because you are buying “contaminated stainless scrap” which is the exact category. Obviously, if you purchase these containers new and take care of them, it’s a great solution.
Yes, I’m on the conservative side especially when it comes to the health and safety to anyone I share my brew with and that is exactly why I came up with another way to keg… The Carboy Keg adapter is NOT recycled it is NEW. Manufactured from high quality materials where there are no health concerns. Yes this solution leverages from a plastic bottle with inherent disadvantages but it is NEW, made from food grade materials (water is a food) and can be easily replaced. Compare the solutions new to new, not new to scrap.
Mod edit: It was removed because you do not have a vendors account and you were promoting your product.
So I did not explain well why I created the carboy keg adapter in the first place – some of you will agree with my story and many of you won’t (and probably be offended) but that’s all part of the process.
To begin, the soda manufacturers are very capable of changing the seals in a Cornelius container, these containers were designed this way on purpose. They discarded these containers for another reason such as health, safety, or reliability. For example, if the container is dented, the passivation process on the stainless has now been compromised. For whatever reason, the home brewers, including myself once, think they have found a treasure at the scrap yards and recycle centers and only need to change out the replaceable parts to make them new again but in reality, no one knows the real reason the Cornelius container was discarded (and never will) BUT we home brewers have no problem placing our brew, to be consumed, in that same scrapped container – go figure. The argument “I can buy these for $20” doesn’t fly with me because you are buying “contaminated stainless scrap” which is the exact category. Obviously, if you purchase these containers new and take care of them, it’s a great solution.
Yes, I’m on the conservative side especially when it comes to the health and safety to anyone I share my brew with and that is exactly why I came up with another way to keg… The Carboy Keg adapter is NOT recycled it is NEW. Manufactured from high quality materials where there are no health concerns. Yes this solution leverages from a plastic bottle with inherent disadvantages but it is NEW, made from food grade materials (water is a food) and can be easily replaced. Compare the solutions new to new, not new to scrap.