I searched to see if this had been covered and I didn't find any threads that seemed to talk about this specifically. A lot of stuff about vacuum pumps and seal a meals. So, I figured I'd post this.
I usually use my autosiphon to transfer, but I somtimes ferment in some small one gallon jugs. The autosiphon is too big to fit into the mouth of these and I have to use a normal racking cane. I hate starting a siphon. I've tried the turkey baster method with no luck. I tried a pipe in the end of the tubing so that I could suck and then quickly remove the pipe when the siphon started. It kind of worked. However, my brother mentioned that he uses a home vacuum cleaner. I tried it last weekend. I just cupped the end of the transfer tube in my hands, I dunk them in Star San first, over the end of the attachement hose on the vacuum and WOW. Just be ready to drop that hose on the ground once the flow starts because it takes off like a rocket!!!
EDIT: So, of course, the search function didn't bring up ANY of the threads listed below. A couple of them do address this to some degree. Anyway, it works great and is worth covering again.
I usually use my autosiphon to transfer, but I somtimes ferment in some small one gallon jugs. The autosiphon is too big to fit into the mouth of these and I have to use a normal racking cane. I hate starting a siphon. I've tried the turkey baster method with no luck. I tried a pipe in the end of the tubing so that I could suck and then quickly remove the pipe when the siphon started. It kind of worked. However, my brother mentioned that he uses a home vacuum cleaner. I tried it last weekend. I just cupped the end of the transfer tube in my hands, I dunk them in Star San first, over the end of the attachement hose on the vacuum and WOW. Just be ready to drop that hose on the ground once the flow starts because it takes off like a rocket!!!
EDIT: So, of course, the search function didn't bring up ANY of the threads listed below. A couple of them do address this to some degree. Anyway, it works great and is worth covering again.